How Would It Be to Live in Chile, Argentina, and South Korea as a Teenage Girl?

Abstract

This paper focuses on my experiences living in three different countries – South Korea, Argentina, and Chile. In doing so, I demonstrate how, through the perspective of a teenage girl, my perspective of cultures and the world broadly were shaped by living in these different countries.

Many think neighboring countries are very similar but, countries even sharing a border can be very different. When thinking of moving to a new country, the first thing you can know about the country is the geographical location in the world. A question I asked myself and was always curious about before moving to a new country was “How does being located in a specific region of the world affect the country's environment where a teenage girl is going to live?” I decided to answer this question by focusing on these countries. 

Some of the other questions that I explore in this article: What are special words unique to a language or different pronunciations and dialects? What are the differences and similarities of a student’s life in Chile, Argentina, and South Korea? Adding on to this, what are the things a teenage student does outside of school and in their everyday lives? How does living in a certain country change your experience of a pandemic? In order to answer this question I will be focusing on the five aspects of life: Environment, Food, School, Language, Lifestyle, and Covid-19.