Summary of pages 213-220

The text is about the advantages and cons of studying abroad. Studying in foreign countries can help  provide you with skills in everyday English that can be useful in such fields as buisness and politics. You will be more sofiicated in the international workplace. You also get to understand and experience other cultures in a new and different way. On the other hand, there are things as culture shock and homesickness. These things can occur if the culture is too different, the natives are unfriendly or unhelpful, or perhaps if you miss your frinds, family and culture. Money is also an issue here since it is quite expensive. you can of cource loan money from the Norwegian State Education Loan Found and provide grants for study abroad, but the loans have to be paid back.

The text is also about the positive and neagtive effects of migration. The problems can be that the migrants often will work in conditons that native workers would not accept and by law cannot accept. they may work for less pay and aslo bacome a part of the "black economy". Also pressure on welfare systems because of migrants can be a problem. But foreign workers can raise the skills of certain trades, introduce new techniques into established trades ans supplement trades where the domestic supply of skilled workers cannot meet the demands of the market.

The question i think you will have to ask yourself if you are thinking of studying abroud is; are you independent enough? Because even if you are very extrovert and smiling, it is always hard and perhaps lonley in the beginning. (in a new country)