{"id":683,"date":"2022-03-21T12:47:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2022-04-04T12:21:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:21:01","slug":"aidan-gordley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/authors\/aidan-gordley\/","title":{"rendered":"Aidan Gordley"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1217\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1217 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/files\/2022\/04\/Gordley_Aidan_Spanish_Headshot-300x298.jpeg\" alt=\"Aidan Gordley Headshot\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/files\/2022\/04\/Gordley_Aidan_Spanish_Headshot-300x298.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/files\/2022\/04\/Gordley_Aidan_Spanish_Headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/files\/2022\/04\/Gordley_Aidan_Spanish_Headshot.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aidan Gordley, Class of 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b>E-mail: <\/b><a href=\"mailto:agordley@nd.edu\">agordley@nd.edu<\/a><br \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>Language: <\/b>Spanish<br \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>Location of Study: <\/b>Buenos Aires, Argentina<br \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>Program of Study: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/find.apiabroad.com\/study-abroad\/argentina\/buenos-aires\/intensive-language-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intensive Spanish Language, University of Belgrano<\/a><br \/><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>Sponsors: <\/b>The Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/author\/agordley\/\" data-type=\"page\">Visit Aidan Gordley&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life. <\/p><cite>Walter Mitty<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As someone who has never been outside of the US, I believe that I need to acquire experience abroad prior to my Spring 2023 semester abroad in Santiago, Chile. I chose Buenos Aires, Argentina because it is not only a naturally beautiful country, but also the intriguing national history and culture excites me to gain speaking proficiency in Spanish. I have wanted to place myself in an immersive environment where I would be forced to speak Spanish constantly. An experience like this would allow me to gain the confidence and proficiency I will need to become the global citizen I know I can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-mail: agordley@nd.eduLanguage: SpanishLocation of Study: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaProgram of Study: Intensive Spanish Language, University of BelgranoSponsors: The Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures Visit Aidan Gordley&#8217;s Blog To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/authors\/aidan-gordley\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aidan Gordley<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3874,"featured_media":0,"parent":91,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/683\/revisions\/1531"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}