No, Most of You Would Not Last Six Months Living Abroad - Part 1

because you aren't prepared to become fluent in a foreign language

Wait! I have to really learn to speak French? Like, for real?

In the late 1990s, I lived in India for nearly three years, studying Tamil and conducting immersive field research in a large temple city. I never intended to settle there, and my opinion did not change before I left. I was happy to return to the U.S. in December 1999 and end my voluntary celi…