Abstract

The students always tend to see the one side of the picture, bases on the hope that they will be able craft out a better future for themselves. This paper intends to highlight some of the factors which student has in their mind while taking the decision of pursuing their studies abroad.



Studying Abroad

Introduction

Students going to study abroad always tend to see the positive side of the picture, based on hope that they will be able to craft out a better future for themselves which would yield positive results for them as well as for the future of their family. This hope, however, is the result of the disappointment that they face in their home country, or their failure to find a better job. Most of the students, however, tend to blame the policies of their native country which led them to the extent of leaving their homeland, their loved one, ignoring their own abilities (Holly, p.389). Majority of the students often tends to ignore their own abilities of exploring the opportunities in their home country. Rather, tend to see this as the easy way out; however, it is also true to some extent that their countries fail to shape up the policies which would bring prosperity. Most of the countries today are facing tough economic conditions, as a result, the developed economies tend to attract the students more towards them, and the students tend to ignore the cons of this decision in the hope that the future holds something good for them. Students, tend to base their decisions on the following factors:

Discussion

Perspective

One benefit, which is bound, to happen with all those students who are going abroad to study is the fact that they will be hit by the change in perspective. In their native country, their perspective is often limited to the situations around those premises but as soon as they enter the other countries, witness the change in behavior as depicted by the other people who are used to of the conditions which are alien to the person coming in. Their perspective tends to become more widen as they start viewing their country, their people in comparison to the country they went to study. As they meet new people who have entirely different background, their views get influenced by them, and in order to associate themselves with the change they also tend to try to adopt the views of others around them in order to feel part of the circle they want themselves to be a part of. However, they sometimes attaché those values to themselves which instead of taking closer to the other views pushes them to go against their built-in values ,as a result, they initiate a fight inside themselves which eventually is reflected on their grades.

Career Advancement

Students when leave their country tend to see the dreams that will be presented with the opportunities which were not provided to them in the native land. However, there this assumption is not based only on hope rather it ...