Video reflection

In this video there are three foreign students who are asked to talk about their new university life in Ohio Northern University. The students are; Linxi Du from China, Krishna Oedjaghir from Netherland and Arata Doba from Japan.

When asked why they chose America as a place where to study at, the students answered differently. Linxi said that the main reason for choosing USA is that in her hometown, China, she would not be able to get the major she has been dreaming for and that is because the high school grades has to be very high. Krishna is fascinated by the creativity and team work which are provided by the universities in USA, which, according to her, they are not provided in the European universities. Whereas the Japanese Arata has been used to studying abroad, especially in English speaking countries such as England and Canada.

They have different stories in the way they heard about the ONU and decided to come there. Some of them have come by international student programs, and some of them by means of their relatives who live and well know USA.

While talking about the differences of USA and their countries in terms of education, Arata says that in Japan once you have made one decision, it is like you have pulled the trigger to catch the only aim, there is no way you can take it back. So, in Japan there is no possibility of changing your major once you have chosen one at the beginning. Krishna instead, blames the Dutch education system for being very strict and not opened to different curricula or ideas.

They also talked about the life in ONU and their expenses while doing their majors there for one year. They seem to like the campus life and university methods of teaching and they have different expenses each for one year of study in ONU. Chinese girl explains how some tradition on clothing in China are different. Arata is surprised how the American people are so outgoing and he likes that. The Dutch girl is very impressed with her new life in ONU and USA as well as she is getting new experiences and capturing methods of individualistic progressivity.