The thing that has changed me most as a person is attending boarding school. When I arrived in Salem for the first time, I was 15 years old with very little german knowledge. It was extremely challenging to navigate the culture, language and boarding life for the first time. Once COVID-19 hit Germany, I was unable to go home and I lived in the school for about 2 months with 25 other students from across the world. I became friends with people I otherwise never would have spoken to. It was lonely, but it taught me the importance of community and hope. I am currently in my third year of attending this school, and I have made life-long friends, experienced the beauty of the culture, and learned that I have the strength to overcome any hardship life throws my way. Not only has boarding school been an amazing opportunity to improve my education and see the world in a unique way, it has taught me the strength of hope, the importance of adapting, and the fact that home is where the heart is.
The thing that has
changed
me most as a person is attending boarding
school
. When I arrived in Salem for the
first
time, I was 15 years
old
with
very
little
german
knowledge. It was
extremely
challenging to navigate the culture, language and boarding life for the
first
time. Once COVID-19 hit Germany, I was unable to go home and I
lived
in the
school
for about 2 months with 25 other students from across the world. I became friends with
people
I
otherwise
never would have spoken to. It was lonely,
but
it taught me the importance of community and hope. I am
currently
in my third year of attending this
school
, and I have made life-long friends, experienced the beauty of the culture, and learned that I have the strength to overcome any hardship life throws my way. Not
only
has boarding
school
been an amazing opportunity to
improve
my education and
see
the world
in a unique way
, it has taught me the strength of hope, the importance of adapting, and the fact that home is where the heart is.
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