Expectations vs. Reality Expectation: It's a safe country
Assumptions & Stereotypes Stereotypes and assumptions are inescapable and can be found everywhere. Going to a new country and meeting people from different parts of the world it's important to keep an open mind to what others may know about your ethnicity, culture and home as well as what you know about theirs. From my experience, most of the stereotypes or assumptions people make come from ignorance and misconstrued ideas from the media, not out of hate. Before studying abroad, there were certain stereotypes that I believed in because I didn't realize they weren't true. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to meet someone from that country/culture and to learn something new. Being Asian and being from Hawaii, I got a lot of different questions and had many assumptions made of me. The following are my experiences with stereotypes, I hope this will help prepare you for what you may witness while studying abroad.
Being Asian:
Being from Hawaii:
Take all of the comments and questions you'll receive with a grain of salt and an open mind. Look at it as a chance for you to enlighten someone about your ethnicity, culture as well as our home, Hawaii.
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About MeMy name is Jackie Agena and I am a junior at the at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I am full time student majoring in Management Information Systems and Finance. Categories
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