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Originally Posted by mercedesjin
o_O Whoa, my friend. Whoa. I strongly suggest that you don't get sucked into this forum's popular trend of holier-than-thou attitude, especially when you're asking for advice.
You say you want advice for living in another country. There are countless threads dedicated to just that. I think that MMM and I naturally assumed you wanted advice about universities since that's the only thing you've given specific details about. You haven't even asked any specific questions. What do you want advice about? It's hard to give advice when people don't even know where to start. There are many aspects to student life in Japan.
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I see what you mean. I had thought that I asked specific questions, but I suppose not. =\ I by no means want to adopt that negative, and very usual, forum mentality.
To be honest I have found MMM's attitude to be holier-than-thou, but I have undoubtedly misread between the lines. For some reason I have felt like I need to be on the defensive, since reading his responses. Plenty of it, I'm sure, is fueled by my anxieties about this situation. I can not describe my feelings of urgency or concern - nor my motivations. I'm not sure that a forum is the place to get into any of that to begin with.
It is difficult to get a good feel for people online. I, myself, have a lot of difficulty conveying things on a forum.
Maybe I should ask myself what I'm doing here! Har.
I don't know where to start! I have a lot of questions about life in Japan.
I am especially concerned about financial expectations. I want to live a very basic life, I do not want any more extraneous expenses than can be helped.
Student loans are a topsy turvy thing right now, and I can only rely on them so far...
I do appreciate the information about university. I had not heard of Temple university, and will be looking into it! Trouble is, university is about the only thing I know anything about. I've been reading the forums up and down (as much as a person can in two days, with a busy schedule), but maybe I have missed some important details? I don't wish to repeat anything unnecessarily.
The biggest issue here is that I have no idea what to consider when planning to leave your country for long-term residence elsewhere. I've focused primarily on schools, because that is what I know. Being someone without money, I certainly won't be able to lead a life of leisure and tourism. Nor would I want to, necessarily.
I will spend more time checking out the forums before starting any new threads. I regret it becoming this ridiculous. I'm a prideful girl. :3
Something I'm working on growing out of.
Thanks for your patience. I'll look forward to seeing you around the forums.
