{"id":439,"date":"2019-09-09T18:10:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T17:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/history\/?p=439"},"modified":"2024-08-31T17:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T16:05:52","slug":"fly-like-an-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/history\/2019\/09\/09\/fly-like-an-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly like an Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My Study Abroad Year at Temple University in Philadelphia by Tom Golebiowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I first applied to study history at the\nUniversity of Southampton, the idea of going on a year abroad hardly crossed my\nmind. I was coming to Southampton for the fantastic course, the exciting social\nlife and the amazing campus: I couldn\u2019t picture being anywhere else. But now, over\na year on from one of the best years of my life \u2013 a year filled with so many incredible\nexperiences \u2013 the opportunity to study abroad has to be one of the central reasons\nwhy my time at Southampton has been so remarkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tom with his friends celebrating the Philadelphia Eagle’s NFL 2018 championship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My year felt like a non-stop adventure. Philadelphia\nis one of the most historic cities in the United States, and I was studying at\none of its biggest universities \u2013 from street festivals to campus events, there\nwas always something going on. Plus, as the city is located two hours from both\nWashington, D.C., and New York City, I was able to explore most of the East\nCoast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, I was nervous about being in Philadelphia because\nI was so far from home. But I settled in easily at Temple. The campus has\nstate-of-the-art facilities and plenty of fast-food trucks, both of which I\ntook full advantage of. I definitely should have put on a few pounds from all\nthe Philly cheesesteaks and Chipotle but at Temple there was so much sport that\nI could play soccer (football!) almost every evening. Through intramural soccer\nI met amazing friends with whom I went to frat parties, hung out with between\nclasses and explored the city, all of which made me feel like a proper American\nstudent. The people made my experience a million times more special. I\u2019ll\nalways have a place to stay whenever I visit, as they\u2019ll have a place to stay in\nthe United Kingdom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philadelphia is home to Independence Hall, the Liberty\nBell and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, so being a history student in the city\nwas amazing. One of my favourite activities was to go for a run downtown between\nthe buildings that built the nation, through the iconic City Hall and then jog up\nthe Art Museum steps, made famous by the movie Rocky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National Park Service photo. https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/inde\/planyourvisit\/independencesquarebuildings.htm<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All four of the major American sports can be found in\nPhiladelphia, so I was able to enjoy basketball and American football games in\nabundance. In 2018, scenes from Philadelphia reached the UK news as the whole\ncity erupted into huge celebrations after the Philadelphia Eagles won football\u2019s\nmost coveted prize, the Superbowl. Well, I was there. The feeling of being in a\ncity where hundreds of thousands of people were singing and celebrating on the\nstreet together is simply indescribable. Go Birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the work wasn\u2019t as challenging at Temple compared\nto Southampton and my grades did not count towards my degree, I really enjoyed\nstudying in America. I took a brilliant Cold War class and did lots of extra\nreading in the relaxed setting of knowing that my grades did not count. I am\ncertain that this helped me to achieve my best work in my final year at\nSouthampton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tom sporting a Temple University t-shirt in front of the school’s mascot: Hooter the Owl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am so grateful to Southampton for my year abroad and\nI hope that every future student gets to have their own experiences living\nabroad! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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