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[sseth]

After reading the first 43 pages of Kohl’s Survival
Kit for Overseas Living, I thought that it was ok.
Some of the author’s perspectives seemed skewed to me.
Right away on the third paragraph of chapter 1 it
reads: “If left to luck, your chances of having a
really satisfying experience living abroad would be
about one in seven”. I feel that travel

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1 in 7

[globestomper]

Your comments about travel experience not being “left to luck” were interesting to me because when I read this particular passage, I received the impression that Kohl was referring more to the experience of "culture shock" and the potential for cultural misunderstandings. That being said, it would unfair to assume everyone's varying levels of cultural exposure would lead to a satisfying trip abroad. For example, I have had several peers who have traveled abroad and some experiences have been positive while others were intensely negative, usually resulting from misunderstandings and cultural clashes. That was my personal observation from this passage.