School is probably the best place to expand your academic knowledge, but when it comes to learning about life, there is nothing more enriching than traveling. Whether it?s the people you meet or the things you see, traveling provides more valuable life lessons than school, mainly because instead of being told something, you experience it.
A symptom of being young is being malleable. How many young people do you know have an exact idea of who they are and what they want from life? Maybe you do know a few, but my personal philosophy is that there is no such thing as a person who knows exactly who they are because the concept of identity is fluid. We are constantly changing, evolving as people, and growing. And when you?re young, this is more potent; you?re still new to this world, and there are so many new experiences waiting ahead of you.
This is a time in your life where the things you do, the people you meet, and the places you go all have the privilege of sticking with you the longest. You?re at an advantage, because you?re aware of this. When you choose to travel, you are playing an active role in building your character, and becoming a more globalized individual.
There is no better classroom than the world. Reading about political corruption in heavily worded academic papers is one thing, actually seeing it being manifested before your eyes is another. Both are valid, and both are necessary.
When you see first hand the actual results of all those political theories you learn about in lectures, you get to understand the complexities behind them. Further, you get to humanize them. You see the faces of those most affected, and you might even get to talk to individuals about the obstacles they have experienced. No matter what, you will leave understanding a lot more than you ever could from books and papers alone.
Why do things always feel more romantic when you?re away from home? It?s because the very act of being away from home makes things so much more potent to you. When you?re traveling, being in the unfamiliar automatically makes you more sensitive to everything that happens around you, things that may have passed you by at home. This is especially true as a student. Your mind is already in a stage of hungrily taking in information, processing it, and internalizing it to become a part of you. What you learn in the classroom becomes a part of who you are- it shapes your political views and/or philosophical views. When you start tip-toeing into the world outside of your own, the same thing happens: you are learning, internalizing, and being moulded by these experiences. Kids are provided with a greater advantage if they start travelling when they are young. The reason why travel is extremely important for youth is because it offers a variety of educational experiences and it gives your child an even greater idea of what is really going on in the world they live in
Travelling, at any age and stage in life, is always an enriching and wholesome experience. When you travel you are being exposed to new cultures, peoples, languages, and ways of life. You get to see places you?ve only read about in books, or seen in movies. You get to taste new flavours, smell new scents, and hear new sounds. Suddenly, the world is a roadmap of places you?ve been, and places you have yet to go.
There?s no telling where life will take you sometimes. But there are ways you can steer the direction, and travelling is definitely one of them. So take your life into your hands. Have a say in what kind of person you?re going to become, what kind of job you?re going to have, and what kind of people you?ll meet along the way.
" />School is probably the best place to expand your academic knowledge, but when it comes to learning about life, there is nothing more enriching than traveling. Whether it?s the people you meet or the things you see, traveling provides more valuable life lessons than school, mainly because instead of being told something, you experience it.
A symptom of being young is being malleable. How many young people do you know have an exact idea of who they are and what they want from life? Maybe you do know a few, but my personal philosophy is that there is no such thing as a person who knows exactly who they are because the concept of identity is fluid. We are constantly changing, evolving as people, and growing. And when you?re young, this is more potent; you?re still new to this world, and there are so many new experiences waiting ahead of you.
This is a time in your life where the things you do, the people you meet, and the places you go all have the privilege of sticking with you the longest. You?re at an advantage, because you?re aware of this. When you choose to travel, you are playing an active role in building your character, and becoming a more globalized individual.
There is no better classroom than the world. Reading about political corruption in heavily worded academic papers is one thing, actually seeing it being manifested before your eyes is another. Both are valid, and both are necessary.
When you see first hand the actual results of all those political theories you learn about in lectures, you get to understand the complexities behind them. Further, you get to humanize them. You see the faces of those most affected, and you might even get to talk to individuals about the obstacles they have experienced. No matter what, you will leave understanding a lot more than you ever could from books and papers alone.
Why do things always feel more romantic when you?re away from home? It?s because the very act of being away from home makes things so much more potent to you. When you?re traveling, being in the unfamiliar automatically makes you more sensitive to everything that happens around you, things that may have passed you by at home. This is especially true as a student. Your mind is already in a stage of hungrily taking in information, processing it, and internalizing it to become a part of you. What you learn in the classroom becomes a part of who you are- it shapes your political views and/or philosophical views. When you start tip-toeing into the world outside of your own, the same thing happens: you are learning, internalizing, and being moulded by these experiences. Kids are provided with a greater advantage if they start travelling when they are young. The reason why travel is extremely important for youth is because it offers a variety of educational experiences and it gives your child an even greater idea of what is really going on in the world they live in
Travelling, at any age and stage in life, is always an enriching and wholesome experience. When you travel you are being exposed to new cultures, peoples, languages, and ways of life. You get to see places you?ve only read about in books, or seen in movies. You get to taste new flavours, smell new scents, and hear new sounds. Suddenly, the world is a roadmap of places you?ve been, and places you have yet to go.
There?s no telling where life will take you sometimes. But there are ways you can steer the direction, and travelling is definitely one of them. So take your life into your hands. Have a say in what kind of person you?re going to become, what kind of job you?re going to have, and what kind of people you?ll meet along the way.
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