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Russell

Master's Degree in Int'l Mgmt. - Worked/Studied/Lived Abroad

I became fluent in Spanish while studying a college semester abroad in Sevilla, Spain, but only by emerging myself completely in the culture (and refusing to hang out with other American students). Upon arriving, I met students, who had been there for six months to a year (and longer), and they hadn't learned to speak very well at all. I was surprised! I realized that, unless I gave it my all, I might (like them) just be an American tourist (often complaining about dumb stuff), and not beco...