Comments on: Expats are More Intelligent http://www.expatify.com/advice/expats-are-more-intelligent.html Expat Blogs & Community Magazine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: olivia duval http://www.expatify.com/advice/expats-are-more-intelligent.html/comment-page-1#comment-2283 olivia duval Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:46:09 +0000 http://www.expatify.com/?p=4046#comment-2283 Completely true!! ;) Completely true!! ;)

]]> By: Rob Innis http://www.expatify.com/advice/expats-are-more-intelligent.html/comment-page-1#comment-2062 Rob Innis Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:02:47 +0000 http://www.expatify.com/?p=4046#comment-2062 I think this raises some very interesting points. Having now lived 10 yrs as an Expat I would not claim to be more intelligent but tolerant, flexible, creative - certainly. As to living longer - time will tell. It has been a great experience so far. I think this raises some very interesting points. Having now lived 10 yrs as an Expat I would not claim to be more intelligent but tolerant, flexible, creative – certainly. As to living longer – time will tell. It has been a great experience so far.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.expatify.com/advice/expats-are-more-intelligent.html/comment-page-1#comment-2054 Michelle Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:12:13 +0000 http://www.expatify.com/?p=4046#comment-2054 Chris--wouldn't it be a fantastic thing if everyone has a cross-cultural experience? The world might be a more tolerant place... Megan--glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the link! Interesting! Chris–wouldn’t it be a fantastic thing if everyone has a cross-cultural experience? The world might be a more tolerant place…

Megan–glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the link! Interesting!

]]> By: Megan Fitzgerald http://www.expatify.com/advice/expats-are-more-intelligent.html/comment-page-1#comment-2007 Megan Fitzgerald Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:40:20 +0000 http://www.expatify.com/?p=4046#comment-2007 Great article! Here's another about expats being more creative negotiators and problem solvers from the Economist: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2009/05/life_abroad_and_creativity Ciao! Megan @expatcoachmegan Great article!

Here’s another about expats being more creative negotiators and problem solvers from the Economist: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2009/05/life_abroad_and_creativity

Ciao!
Megan
@expatcoachmegan

]]> By: Chris G http://www.expatify.com/advice/expats-are-more-intelligent.html/comment-page-1#comment-2002 Chris G Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:20:50 +0000 http://www.expatify.com/?p=4046#comment-2002 Going to live in another country may not necessarily increase your 'intelligence', but consider this: If all American Grade 11 students (for example) were required to partake in a 6-10 week international exchange program with a student of the same age from a random country and of random social class, and those international students returned to the USA for a 6-10 week's stay ... well, consider how that would change the world. The American kids would get a taste of what it's like outside their comfort zone, and the international students would get to spend some time in the country they have only seen on film. What both kids would experience would completely rock their world. 20+ years ago I signed up for an exchange between our school in British Columbia to a school in rural Quebec. It was in Grade 11. It cost me $15 at the time. Completely and undeniably set me on a far more enlightening and interesting path. Going to live in another country may not necessarily increase your ‘intelligence’, but consider this:

If all American Grade 11 students (for example) were required to partake in a 6-10 week international exchange program with a student of the same age from a random country and of random social class, and those international students returned to the USA for a 6-10 week’s stay … well, consider how that would change the world.

The American kids would get a taste of what it’s like outside their comfort zone, and the international students would get to spend some time in the country they have only seen on film. What both kids would experience would completely rock their world.

20+ years ago I signed up for an exchange between our school in British Columbia to a school in rural Quebec. It was in Grade 11. It cost me $15 at the time. Completely and undeniably set me on a far more enlightening and interesting path.

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