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Student Stories

Grazie Mille

Thoughts and feelings about my internship experience with Learn International

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August 4, 2021

Student Stories

Georgian Houses in Dublin

a small tour through the oldest and most peculiar streets of Dublin, belonging to the Georgian Era.

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August 4, 2021

Staff Corner

The Giant’s Causeway

Current location: Bushmills A productive week This week has been full of achievements and challenges that we have tried to face in the best way

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July 22, 2021

Student Stories

Inis Mór- The largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay

Ele took a chance and went to Galway for the weekend with the hope that the weather wouldn’t be too rough to travel to the Aran Islands. The risk paid off and she had a beautiful time!

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July 15, 2021

Student Stories

The Ring of Kerry

A crazy adventure immersed in the green irish lands.

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July 6, 2021

Student Stories

My Internship experience during the Covid pandemic

A small journal of my first week in Dublin: how to work remotely while self-quarantined in a room.

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July 2, 2021

Student Stories

Embracing the journey: Segueing into life’s next adventure

As Brie finishes up her virtual internship with Learn International, she reflects on her experience and shares some insights as to what she’s learned along her journey. Brie provides tips for living in the moment, embracing each step in life, and looking forward to what’s to come.

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June 4, 2021

Student Stories

A traveler’s perspective: Expectations and motives when going abroad

Along with most experiences in life, studying abroad and traveling requires personal expectations and motives, which may differ widely across individuals. Having these set expectations and motivations for your study abroad or traveling experience is a valuable component to ensure you achieve everything you intend to do during your time abroad.

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May 27, 2021

Student Stories

Defining my passion: Why I’m pursuing International Education

What exactly is International Education? Bries shares her view of the field and how much her passion for intercultural immersion has impacted her future professional endeavors.

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May 20, 2021

Student AND STAFF Stories

The Long Room

“My prior impression of library hallways is that they are typically flooded with sterile white light. The Long Room instead relies quite heavily on natural light, which casts itself more carefully across the 65-meter-long hall.”

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New Leather Boots

“I figure the same thing applies to my boots. They’re not relatively more practical than my hiking shoes for example but I still arbitrate them for separate occasions. Once I’m in my working clothes, the rest of the morning routine passes effortlessly. I arrive at the Luas tramline on time and proceed on my morning commute.”

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Wellington Monument obelisk in Phoenix Park

The Lessons of Nature

“The one resolution that helps me sit at ease with this outlook is the following: consider the bigger picture. Look at the trees, the plants, the squirrels, the birds not for themselves but as part of a larger machine – the ecosystem that is flourishing before you. It’s an interconnected whole that emerged through the collaboration of many smaller subsystems. Recognize that you, like these smaller elements you are focusing on, are characters in a larger story – perhaps one we cannot understand fully but is being told nonetheless.”

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Passing it Onward

The Celtic festival of Samhain is identified as the cultural foundation of the traditions of Halloween. In honor of this legacy, the Irish appear to have a great reverence for the tradition – the scale of preparation and commitment to the occasion took me by surprise, though perhaps it ought to be expected of them, as a culture that protects its heritage through partaking in it.

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