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International Assistant Imagine what it is like coming to the United States for the first time to a major university in one of the largest cities in the country. As an international student, you do not know much about the culture or are fluent in the language. American students face many challenges when going to college, because it is a very different place than their high school and they are away from home.

Someone coming from another country must handle all the changes as the American students plus many, many more. When I left Indonesia and came to Boston College, my feelings were mixed. I was very excited to be going to the United States for the first time, to college, to Boston College and to Boston. It was difficult leaving my friends and family and going someplace that had a very different culture.

I was nervous about meeting new people, my language ability, my roommate, the difficulty of courses and just getting around the school with little information. I was afraid of being home sick and suffering culture shock. Because I am an international student, I would make a good international assistant. I know how new international students feel when arriving and being hit by so many differences. I know how lonely they are when they first arrive.

or, some students never get over the loneliness, because they do not receive the support they need to feel welcome and answer their questions and do not make friends. I have experienced the same thing first-hand and these new students, so I can really understand their needs and what they are going through. I can also share with these students my own experiences. They can see that with time they will feel better about their situation.

Although the home sickness and culture shock do not disappear completely, life on the BC campus and in Boston becomes much more doable and enjoyable. Everyone learns ways to adapt to new environments, and I can let my international student gain from my own experiences. By being in the international assistant program at BC, I will have the opportunity to meet more students from campus and new arriving international students.

This will also give me a chance to learn more about BC, since I will need to find answers to the student's many questions. I want to be more involved with the school and its activities, and this is a great match doe my experience. Being an international assistant would also give me personal satisfaction, because I like when other people seek my advice and I am able to help them out. 3) Coming to the United States from Indonesia was a big shock for me.

It was very different and very scary. It was difficult because I came from another country and because I am a minority here on campus. I was afraid that I would not be able to make any friends and not know how to get around campus or travel in my free time. Before coming to America, I studied about the people and culture. I watched movies and looked at photographs. It is never the same when you see it for real. There are always new surprises, new sights, sounds, smells.

There are new foods and dress styles, and the pace of life is very fast. People talk so fast and the cars drive even faster. The buildings looked much different than I expected, too. I was used to crowds, but not crowds where it is mostly Americans such as certain places in Boston. It also took me time to learn my way around the campus and find my classes, and to places like the library, student union, and registration. There is a different culture in the school, too.

It is not the American culture, but the BC culture. When the professors talk about papers, tests and exams and different processes at the school, it becomes difficult for international students to understand. Language is also difficult in the classroom, since each instructor and professor has a different accent and communicates differently. It is very difficult understanding the class assignments. Sometimes they are very complex and I get worried that I will not be able to do my assignments.

I do not know if I would have made it without the international assistant and would have to go home again. When I met my international assistant and the world was much brighter. The student was there to guide me and teach all the things you need when first arriving at a college, such as getting my dorm room in place, helping me get a new cell phone, and showing me how to get around Boston. This student also answered my many questions about Americans.

I wanted to fit in as best I could, but it is difficult when you look and act differently than a lot of the other people. I learned how I was both similar and different to the Americans at the college and in Boston. I was so pleased that Boston had this international assistant program for incoming students. It really helped my transition to the school and let me focus on my school work rather than my cultural problems.

I cannot imagine what it would have been like if I came to the United States and did not have someone helping me out. 4) it is the responsibility of the international assistant to make Belen (? )'s experiences in the United States as non-stressful and rewarding as possible. In order to do this, I would have to make sure that she begins to feel at home and not alone and without help from others on the campus.

It seems to me that there are two things that need to be done to help her. The first is for just the two of us to go places together. It is not fair for her to have to be with a whole group of American students who are all talking fast and at the same time. She gets frustrated talking to me now, but as we get to know each other this will become less.

If necessary, I can also invite just one of the other students who speaks her language to come with us when we go different places. This would help me know what her specific questions are and to.