Kuala Lampur, Dec. 27 -- Students grow in extraordinary ways when they step beyond the classroom - into real places, real conversations and real responsibilities. This was evident during a recent short-term outbound mobility programme, where 27 undergraduates from Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya travelled to Taiwan and discovered how much learning can happen in moments big and small.

A journey that began before take-off

The learning started even before the trip. One student really wanted to join, but his mother was worried about him travelling abroad. He came to me asking what he should do. Instead of giving him a straight answer, I shared a simple idea often drawn from Confucian thought: travel wisely, with purp...