{"id":9225,"date":"2011-02-15T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=9225"},"modified":"2011-02-15T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T19:14:00","slug":"benefits-of-rooming-with-someone-from-a-different-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2011\/02\/15\/benefits-of-rooming-with-someone-from-a-different-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of rooming with someone from a different culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking About roommates for next year? \u00c2\u00a0Consider the many benefits of rooming with someone with a different cultural perspective:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Expand your understanding of people with different ways of seeing the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Sharpen your communication skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Grow in your skills in being more culturally sensitive.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Be more prepared to live and work in our global society.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 By exposing yourself to people from other cultural perspectives, you better understand your own culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 You have something to share and that others need. \u00c2\u00a0Remember, expressing your perspective is as important as learning other\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Consider how God might use you or speak to you through a roommate from a different cultural perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Develop a relationship with someone outside your comfort zone. \u00c2\u00a0This relationship could be life long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking About roommates for next year? \u00c2\u00a0Consider the many benefits of rooming with someone with a different cultural perspective: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Expand your understanding of people with different ways of seeing the world. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Sharpen your communication skills. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Grow in your skills in being more culturally sensitive. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Be more prepared to live and work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newberg-student"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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