Hi! I haven't seen you for ages! There are a lot of changes in my life and in my English, I know. I still keep going and write easily but I should enhance the English level of my readers anyway.
That was lyrical epigraph of my next article: How can one become happy? A plenty of exchange students miss their home, become enervating because of foreign atmosphere. And all of this - now, 3 months ahead as we left Borispil. Why?
The only factor that made them happy was the victory over the difficulties and the happiness because of victory. I doubt, however, that anyone fully realized the opportunities one reveled and hardships one gained. The colorful and picturesque image of the wealthy country could also caused the excitement. Nevertheless, everyone was said about culture shock and homesick. Moreover, we were said to expect 'em exactly in November. Maybe, that's only self-convincing, ah?
I am more exception than normal exchange. Why? Because all September and October I was anxious and annoyed and partly stay the same now. But 85% of students were too happy. And now they are or will be in a short period of time too disconsolate and discouraged. Could anything happen with their dreams and views during these months? Definitely!
The first feeling they probably had was a happiness of adventures, independence and America. Even though they didn't realize wholly a great burden of responsibilities and duties. Now they more or less adopted to this culture, some of them (including me) begin to forget Russian and Ukrainian. Unfortunately, with the languages students forget WHY they are here and WHERE they actually are. No, of course they remember that they are FLEXERS IN THE USA. More? What for?!!
We have gone to the USA to teach them and learn ourselves! We came here to experience new culture and share new. We passed the long way to taste both the victories and the losses. We stepped on the antipodes of our native countries to glance over the advantages and disadvantages of another one. We came here to realize what it means to be nation not the population. We are exchange students who probably have a great potential and can commit either greatness or awfulness. What are we aiming for? Luxurious beaches and rich presents? Adulation? Understanding our moral principles and ideas? Respect? Order? Love? Friendship???
There is nothing here! America has developed feeling of selfishness, strict censure and limited freedoms, masked by over-spaced ones. They have pragmatism and merchantilism, skepticism and partly ignorance. They have citizens not members of nation. But we can teach them! We can teach them to cook their meals. We can teach them to clean, to love, to be healthy! We can show what real friendship means! We can show what nation means! We can teach them where Ukraine/Armenia/Russia/Moldova etc/ is and demonstrate the wealthy of our countries by our representation and interpretation. We are powerful.
However, we should take punctuality and integrity, compassion and politeness. Dress-code, believe me, and privacy is not the last thing! Their tolerance and tactfulness are really on a high level! We can EXCHANGE our values, cannot we?
Happiness doesn't depend on anyone else except you. YOU have opportunity to be happy or bereaved. That's your choice, your right and your duty. Nothing can make you despairing except you!!! Protect your wish to be happy - and you are and will be! Be happy if you are alive! Be happy you are healthy! Be happy you can read and right! Be happy you can hear! Some people can't! Remember! If you can get an education, if you can have a job, if you have friends and parents - you lucky! Be happy! If you are exchange student - be happy trice!!! You have opportunities!!! Everything else depends on you! Only you can turn awful village into amazing center of funs! Go ahead! Don't forget - you should be happy anyway!
That was lyrical epigraph of my next article: How can one become happy? A plenty of exchange students miss their home, become enervating because of foreign atmosphere. And all of this - now, 3 months ahead as we left Borispil. Why?
The only factor that made them happy was the victory over the difficulties and the happiness because of victory. I doubt, however, that anyone fully realized the opportunities one reveled and hardships one gained. The colorful and picturesque image of the wealthy country could also caused the excitement. Nevertheless, everyone was said about culture shock and homesick. Moreover, we were said to expect 'em exactly in November. Maybe, that's only self-convincing, ah?
I am more exception than normal exchange. Why? Because all September and October I was anxious and annoyed and partly stay the same now. But 85% of students were too happy. And now they are or will be in a short period of time too disconsolate and discouraged. Could anything happen with their dreams and views during these months? Definitely!
The first feeling they probably had was a happiness of adventures, independence and America. Even though they didn't realize wholly a great burden of responsibilities and duties. Now they more or less adopted to this culture, some of them (including me) begin to forget Russian and Ukrainian. Unfortunately, with the languages students forget WHY they are here and WHERE they actually are. No, of course they remember that they are FLEXERS IN THE USA. More? What for?!!
We have gone to the USA to teach them and learn ourselves! We came here to experience new culture and share new. We passed the long way to taste both the victories and the losses. We stepped on the antipodes of our native countries to glance over the advantages and disadvantages of another one. We came here to realize what it means to be nation not the population. We are exchange students who probably have a great potential and can commit either greatness or awfulness. What are we aiming for? Luxurious beaches and rich presents? Adulation? Understanding our moral principles and ideas? Respect? Order? Love? Friendship???
There is nothing here! America has developed feeling of selfishness, strict censure and limited freedoms, masked by over-spaced ones. They have pragmatism and merchantilism, skepticism and partly ignorance. They have citizens not members of nation. But we can teach them! We can teach them to cook their meals. We can teach them to clean, to love, to be healthy! We can show what real friendship means! We can show what nation means! We can teach them where Ukraine/Armenia/Russia/Moldova etc/ is and demonstrate the wealthy of our countries by our representation and interpretation. We are powerful.
However, we should take punctuality and integrity, compassion and politeness. Dress-code, believe me, and privacy is not the last thing! Their tolerance and tactfulness are really on a high level! We can EXCHANGE our values, cannot we?
Happiness doesn't depend on anyone else except you. YOU have opportunity to be happy or bereaved. That's your choice, your right and your duty. Nothing can make you despairing except you!!! Protect your wish to be happy - and you are and will be! Be happy if you are alive! Be happy you are healthy! Be happy you can read and right! Be happy you can hear! Some people can't! Remember! If you can get an education, if you can have a job, if you have friends and parents - you lucky! Be happy! If you are exchange student - be happy trice!!! You have opportunities!!! Everything else depends on you! Only you can turn awful village into amazing center of funs! Go ahead! Don't forget - you should be happy anyway!
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