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In the past, when students did a university degree, they tended to study in their own country. Nowadays, they have more opportunity to study abroad. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this development?

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Nowadays, there has been an increase
of
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 the number of
students
which
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 are studying abroad as the opportunities are expanding.
First
 of all, the main advantage of studying abroad is that it is possible for
students
 to gain more skills and knowledge. Since
,
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students
 are living apart from their family in a different country, they might learn to have more responsibilities.
In addition
, they are learning to search things out on their own.
For instance
, if they want to travel through the country, they should at
first
 search how the public transport works there.
Secondly
,
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 studying abroad
students
 could meet new
people
 and
also
 make
ne
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new
 friends. Because of creating new friendships
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students
 that are living in a foreign country, they might
also
 learn about new cultures.
On the other hand
, there are
also
 some negatives
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 studying abroad. Since
,
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 everything is new for the student, it could lead to a culture shock.
For example
, Dutch
people
 are more likely to answer directly to the question they would receive.
This
 can be confusing for
people
 from other countries
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 because they are not used to
this
.
Furthermore
, when
students
 are moving to another land they presumably move to big cities as the large universities are often in big cities.
Therefore
,
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living could be expensive for the student. Especially, when that person is willing to live on
its
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their
his
her
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 own, without roommates. In my opinion, it is important that
students
 are aware of negatives
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 before they move. Because I think most of the time
people
 will only talk about the positives and
this
 could to a shock.
However
, it could
also
 be a lifetime experience.
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