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“Twenty years from now you will be more
  disappointed by the things you didn’t do
than by the ones you did do. So throw off
   the bowlines, sail away from the safe
harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
         Explore. Dream. Discover.”



                —Mark Twain
Why Study Abroad?
Travel              Make Friends

Discover Yourself   Learn a Language

Expand Your         Experience Culture
Worldview
                    Enhance Marketability
Escape Classroom
Routine             Get the Most out of
                    College
Develop Skills
Myths - Study Abroad
Is Expensive

Requires a Second Language

Delays Graduation

Can Be Done Later

Is Not for Everyone

Is a Luxury
Dr. Gerald Lucas
 gerald.lucas@maconstate.edu
      http://grlucas.net/

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Why Study Abroad?

  • 1. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Mark Twain
  • 2. Why Study Abroad? Travel Make Friends Discover Yourself Learn a Language Expand Your Experience Culture Worldview Enhance Marketability Escape Classroom Routine Get the Most out of College Develop Skills
  • 3. Myths - Study Abroad Is Expensive Requires a Second Language Delays Graduation Can Be Done Later Is Not for Everyone Is a Luxury
  • 4. Dr. Gerald Lucas gerald.lucas@maconstate.edu http://grlucas.net/