{"id":1400,"date":"2024-05-16T17:46:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalblog.unibe.ch\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2024-10-10T14:19:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T12:19:24","slug":"studying-in-korea-cultural-opposites-attract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalblog.unibe.ch\/?p=1400","title":{"rendered":"Studying in Korea: cultural opposites attract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalblog.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chiara-in-Korea-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalblog.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chiara-in-Korea-portrait.jpg 800w, https:\/\/internationalblog.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chiara-in-Korea-portrait-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalblog.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chiara-in-Korea-portrait-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/internationalblog.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chiara-in-Korea-portrait-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalblog.unibe.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Chiara-in-Korea-portrait-270x270.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup>Image: Chiara Heiss<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>At first it was a culture shock, then a passion. Chiara Heiss, a Bachelor&#8217;s student in Social Sciences at the University of Bern, spent a semester studying at Korea University in Seoul. In this video, she explains how she found her feet in a foreign country and how her exchange changed her.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Studieren in Korea: Kulturelle Gegens\u00e4tze ziehen sich an\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_KdkwY0XIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chiara learned to cope with the unfamiliar aspects of living in a foreign country. When she returned home, she found that she was approaching life with a different mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe shall not cease from exploration<br>and the end of all our exploring<br>will be to arrive where we started<br>and know the place for the first time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>T. S. Eliot<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many students dream of discovering the world and studying abroad for a semester. Spending a semester at another university anywhere in the world is a unique opportunity to get to know other ways of learning and living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3yv5rki\" style=\"border-radius:100px;background-color:#e6002e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>outgoing.unibe.ch<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Images: Chiara Heiss<br>Text and Video: Caspar Bienek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first it was a culture shock, then a passion. Chiara Heiss, a Bachelor&#8217;s student in Social Sciences at the University of Bern, spent a semester studying at Korea University in Seoul. In this video, she explains how she found her feet in a foreign country and how her exchange changed her. Chiara learned to cope with the unfamiliar aspects of living in a foreign country. 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