When are you leaving?
June 21st, 2009. I’ll arrive in Melbourne on the 23rd. It’s a stinking long flight. I’ve flown across oceans before, and taken long flights, but this will be the longest flight, and I will be completely on my own. Prayers are MUCH appreciated :)
Where are you going?
I’ll be attending Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria. For those of you at home – its about an hour west of Melbourne, annd only a 15 minute drive to the beach. Heck. Yes.
What are you studying?
Journalism! I’ll have the opportunities to take classes that compare different types of journalism from the Australian perspective. One class will allow me to study the United Kingdom’s journalism, Australian journalism, United States’ journalism, as well as those that differ vastly – like in China or India. I’ll also get a lot of my general education credits out of the way. I’ll take a child psychology class, Australian history class, as well as a few art and philosophy classes.
How long will you be gone?
I’m going to spend my whole sophomore year there. So because of the difference in Australia’s and the United States’ academic years, I’ll come back around June or July 2010.
Will you come back to visit during the year?
No. It’d be very unlikely because of the long flight, and the expense of the flight. But you could visit meee!
Why are you going?
I’ve been interested in Australia for a while, something about those koalas and kangaroos :). Also, with my adverse reaction to Spanish these last two semesters – I didn’t want to go to a country where I would have to know a completely different language – not yet at least. But, I still wanted to study abroad. I’ve always been interested in other cultures, and haven’t really pictured living in the states. I want to work with something along the lines of international journalism – ideally a magazine. Maybe even National Geographic! But I figured this would be a good taste of what that life might be like.
This is the story of a Kansas girl going over the rainbow to the Land of Oz.
