My name is
Bryan Knighton I am a Senior Political Science major here at UCONN. I decided
to participate in this program after one of my advisors told me of the
opportunity and after attending an information session on what the program was
about and what I would get the chance to do in South Africa. During this trip I
hope to learn more about myself. I have studied abroad before and I was able to
find out things about me as a person that I never really knew. I also want
to perform really well in my internship, because it is closely related to my
future career field and if I take advantage of this opportunity I will have
gained experience that I otherwise would not have gotten if I didn’t go to
South Africa.
At this very moment I have mixed feelings going through my head and a lot of
them are dealing with the unknown aspects of the trip. I can say that I am not
nervous about going to another country as I have done so before in the summer
of 2015 with the London program, but I do think that the thought of spending a
semester in an unfamiliar environment with a group of individuals who I have
not yet made personal connections with is what makes me nervous. I also feel
like I have a lot of pressure upon my shoulders, because I need to be a great
example of what UCONN students are like, and what we have to contribute to the
international community as students.
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