benmed23
Dec 24, 2016
Undergraduate / The birth of an unprecedented lifetime bond. Amherst supplement quote response. [8]
@Holt
Thank you for offering your help! can you please tell me what you think of this version?
I took part in the Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study program, funded by the US department of state, back in the 2013/2014 academic year. This program was started after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. It allows students from countries with significant muslim populations to spend one academic year in the United States. I was part of an ongoing process to build relationships that "cut across seemingly entrenched societal and political boundaries." Thanks to this program, I now have a second family with whom I developed a strong bond based on honesty and acceptance. We were more than just polite to each other, we were comfortable speaking our minds about the simplest things from the fact that american bread is sweeter than Tunisian bread to trying to agree on the definition of Terrorism. This exchange of cultural and individual diversities only drew us closer.
Being tolerant and ready to face differences between one another is what made this program successful and so dear to my heart. With every student meeting her host family, making them a dish from her home country or joining the house-chore schedule we were slowly contributing into making the world a little more tolerant. Both sides of the cultural exchange get a hands-on experience on what it is like to love and respect the other regardless of the stereotypes associated with them. In fact, these stereotypes are destroyed the minute a family opens its doors to a new member and harmoniously create a melting pot of cultures. Most of the time, the result is the birth of an unprecedented lifetime bond.
@Holt
Thank you for offering your help! can you please tell me what you think of this version?
I took part in the Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study program, funded by the US department of state, back in the 2013/2014 academic year. This program was started after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. It allows students from countries with significant muslim populations to spend one academic year in the United States. I was part of an ongoing process to build relationships that "cut across seemingly entrenched societal and political boundaries." Thanks to this program, I now have a second family with whom I developed a strong bond based on honesty and acceptance. We were more than just polite to each other, we were comfortable speaking our minds about the simplest things from the fact that american bread is sweeter than Tunisian bread to trying to agree on the definition of Terrorism. This exchange of cultural and individual diversities only drew us closer.
Being tolerant and ready to face differences between one another is what made this program successful and so dear to my heart. With every student meeting her host family, making them a dish from her home country or joining the house-chore schedule we were slowly contributing into making the world a little more tolerant. Both sides of the cultural exchange get a hands-on experience on what it is like to love and respect the other regardless of the stereotypes associated with them. In fact, these stereotypes are destroyed the minute a family opens its doors to a new member and harmoniously create a melting pot of cultures. Most of the time, the result is the birth of an unprecedented lifetime bond.
