I left my class really happy and I thought to myself: teaching isn't so bad after all.
What particularly appealed to me about the FLTA position was the dual role as a student and teaching assistant. It gives you a deeper insight into the American university system.
The program did not only have a positive impact on my own professional development; it also enabled me to inspire people in the US, whom I would have never met without being awarded the Fulbright scholarship.
I am truly grateful for the experiences I have been able to have. Joining the Fulbright Program can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but it can also open doors to opportunities I never thought I would have.
I definitely got a typical US campus university experience at CSB-SJU. But the great thing is I got even more than that."
Das Fulbright-Programm hat mir nicht nur die Möglichkeit gegeben, in das Bildungs- und Universitätswesen der USA einzutauchen, neue Kontakte zu knüpfen und Unterrichtserfahrung zu sammeln, sondern auch die Vielfalt der Vereinigten Staaten kennenzulernen.
You can take the teacher out of the Fulbright Program, but you can never take the Fulbright Program out of the teacher. In fact, you cannot even fully achieve the former—the bond that unites all recipients of this wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime experience is much too strong.
Teaching my first language to others taught me so much about it, about myself, in return.
It is impossible to put all my experiences during this year into one story—I could probably fill a whole book. It was a year that I will never forget, a year that helped make me the person I am today.
I know the value of this experience and how much it changed me, my life, and my future. I’m so incredibly thankful for every moment I could experience during my time in North Carolina.
Fulbright FLTA 2018–19: such a great opportunity, such a great adventure, so thankful, so thankful, so glad.
My year as a Fulbrighter brought me one considerable step closer to analyzing current issues in a more global context and to becoming a more open-minded and tolerant human being.
There are a million and one stories I could tell about my year as an FLTA in the US. I was lucky to receive the chance to teach German at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. All in all, I cannot say more than a simple THANK YOU, FULBRIGHT!
This program has given me the opportunity to experience small-campus life in the Pacific Northwest and to discover a beautiful region that was unknown to me before and that I probably would never have visited.
I will always continue to spread the Fulbright spirit in the world and stand up for what I believe in, which is that diversity is a massive chance and a necessity for a society and its members to thrive.
"My year abroad as Fulbright German language assistant can be best described as a crazy rollercoaster-like adventure that led me on physical and mental paths that I had not even in my wildest dreams thought I would ever walk..."
"I have, however, chosen one particular experience to write about regarding leaving my comfort zone. There is a tradition at Bates College called the Puddle Jump. Every year in January, Bates students jump into a frozen lake. This year the temperature was at -6 °C..."
"The Fulbright year in the US truly changed my life. I met amazing people from all over the world, who I still call friends."
"Meine Zeit als Fulbrighter an der University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) war vorbei und es gab viele Dinge, die ich nicht mit nach Österreich nehmen konnte..."
"My year in the US was one of the most intriguing and fascinating experiences in my life."
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