Nowadays parents are sending their children to trips abroad for educational purpose. What are the advantages and disadvantages of it?

Of recent, parents now follow the trend of making their children

study

abroad. Of course, these activities do have their advantages

such

as giving them exposure alongside a well-recognized degree ,

however

, poor connection with their root and long distance from

home

amongst many others could be some shortcomings.

This

essay will

further

elaborate on these two views. On

one

hand, there could be a few benefits from an academic adventure abroad for many reasons. An important

one

is that some believe that travelling internationally to

study

gives more exposure to

students

. Meaning that they have more opportunities to explore a variety of modernized environments unlike staying back in their

home

country. An important example is African

students

that go to Europe for a university degree.

As a result

of

this

, they are able to experience a more developed and fascinating environment.

In addition

, studying abroad, especially, at top universities gives a well-recognized degree to

students

.

For instance

, Havard University graduates have been found to be more globally recognized compared to others.

Hence

, they are not only able to secure better jobs but actively compete in society.

On the other hand

, there are some drawbacks to

this

view.

One

,

students

that

study

away from their

home

country tend to lack cultural value. In the sense that, they know little or nothing about their country in relation to their course of

study

.

For example

, studying medicine in the USA is different from studying in Nigeria because

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the two countries have separate peculiarities of disease conditions that are common to each of them.

Therefore

, being a doctor in the United State doesn't outrightly make

one

start practising in Nigeria.

secondly

, some

students

lack family bonding because of the long distance away from

home

. They miss

home

and are only able to relate with their parents and siblings on face time or on social media.

Consequently

, they are physiologically unstable which may result in them having poor grades. In summary, as outlined in the paragraphs above, there are two sides to the current practice of parents sending their children abroad for studies. While the benefits are glaring, the side effects cannot be underplayed. I think the option of international studies should be based on individual needs and benefits.