What are advantages and disadvantages of leaving your country to live or study overseas?

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environment to experience new things either for living or education is always an interesting idea for some people. A question springs in mind: "is it good or bad to move to
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land?". In
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essay, I will outline some advantages and disadvantages of it. Living overseas is an interesting thing for several reasons. One is that we can master
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language
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, which perhaps is just a foreign
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that we learn from
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. Now we can have
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and real
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to practise our
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skills with native speakers. Over time, we can pick up the
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in the most natural way. Another beneficial thing is we can embrace
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culture. Meeting new people and learning new diverse ideas from them allows us to broaden our horizons. Clearly, it brings a lot of positive effects. There are,
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, some drawbacks associated with its advantages. Living in another nation means leaving family and friends behind.
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sometimes made you feel lonely and homesick, especially when you had a bad day or
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just feeling down and no
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people is around. Indeed, the feeling of insecurity is
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added up to
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negative side. When you live overseas, it is required to obtain
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work or study. Your legal living status
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depends on others.
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, it is not a comfortable sentiment if any factor impacts your resident status. In conclusion, moving to
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country has both good and bad sides. For those who wish to experience a change of scenery, it is better to understand the downside and prepare to overcome
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challenges to make your overseas life more comfortable and convenient at most.

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