Family matters: An SIT Study Abroad Loyola student and her homestay family

Sidra Zaidi and her homestay family

Sidra Zaidi, a junior at Loyola University Chicago, writes about the powerful impression her homestay family is having on her study abroad experience. Sidra is studying on the SIT Study Abroad Switzerland: International Studies, Multilateral Diplomacy, and Social Justice Program. As a double major in International Studies and Political Science and a minor in French, “it only makes sense that I [Sidra] would want to study abroad in Geneva, the heart of French Switzerland, during Fall 2010.”

Sidra’s experience studying abroad in Geneva is being shaped by her homestay family. Read more about Sidra’s experience on her blog.

In my short life, I’ve taken many classes but the majority of what I’ve learned can’t be found in any textbooks. And while a lot of my SIT friends have been going out and about (visiting the Chateau de Chillon or hiking in St. Cergue) I can’t get myself to leave the house. I’ve never been a homebody but I don’t want to leave because I love my homestay family so much.

Follow Sidra’s blog at http://blogs.luc.edu/szaidi1/.