Weekly Hornet

Issue date: 9/12/07 Section: Local

Media Credit: Christi Klein Eiffel Tower

Every semester, students and faculty at both Cypress and Fullerton College are invited to share an experience in a foreign country. Study abroad programs offer many valuable gifts to students who participate, and those who choose to join the program are excited and look forward to the trip. Being in a new and unfamiliar city can be a very enchanting experience, for more than the cultural differences.

The newest destination for the FC students will be Paris, France in the spring of 2008. Students will be able to study in the city of lights, and explore all of the hisstory and grandeur of France itself.

Studying abroad allows people to understand different cultures and open up their horizons, while they are able to develop maturity and become more independent. This is a wonderful lesson that books cannot teach.

The academic and cultural effects of studying abroad on participants are remarkable. By adding a diverse education and experience like going to a foreign country to learn for four months to the academic process, a trip like this makes you discover some personality traits that you didn't know you had.
It is a great opportunity to immerse your self in a foreign country, learning and observing the people and their customs. Participants might find the first weeks very challenging and experience a bit of a cultural shock. Being an abroad student myself, it is easy to say that studying abroad is a life changing experience but students have to participate in order to gain that experience. Without any hesitation most would recommend studying abroad to other students.

Two teachers will deliver the courses to the students in France next spring. Instructor Roger See from Fullerton College will offer several history classes including: U.S. History: Special Emphasis on the French Role in the American Revolution, American Neutrality in the French Revolution, and Relations with Napoleon and France Through the Civil War.

Two other classes about western civilization will also be offered by See, one of them emphasizing on the France's role in the development of modern Europe. The other instructor making the trip is a teacher from Cypress College, Stuart Rosenberg. Rosenberg will offer some different English classes such as Critical Thinking and Writing about Literature, Creative Writing, The Film and Humanities and the Arts.

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