I leave New Zealand tomorrow, and I can’t help but think back on all the things I have enjoyed about being here, what I have learned, and what I hope to still learn more about. I have been more aware of little moments since I have been here, and they remain in the back of …
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Uni
The university system in New Zealand, or at least in Christchurch, seems much more lax than it is in the United States. I know for fact that part of this perception comes from my unusually light course load. However, several people I have come across have been intrigued by the pace of my home college. …
Words, Accents, and Interaction
It has been difficult for me to come up with academic material in as much volume as is needed for a whole blog post, that would not bore the heck out of somebody reading this. I figured I’d focus this post on communication in general, and what I have noticed being in New Zealand. It’s …
Integrating Culture
I, being the lone bachelor student in the CSD program here not enrolled in a clinic class (I am also the lone male and I think the lone American too), did not get invited to join the program to visit a Marae this week. So I ignorantly showed up to class with all of the …
First Impressions and Realizations
Hello, my name is David Roney. I am in my junior year of college and am pursuing a major in Psychology and a minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at The College of Wooster in Wooster, OH. Currently I am studying abroad at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand for the semester. I …
CSD at the University of Canterbury 