{"id":14182,"date":"2022-01-31T00:22:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T06:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=14182"},"modified":"2022-02-13T12:22:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:22:35","slug":"lucia-kruize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/14182","title":{"rendered":"Lucia Kruize discovers America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Jadyn Steffen-<\/strong>-Lucia Kruize made the bold choice to come to college in the United States, leaving behind her parents Lisa and Peter and her older sister Freja. The 20-year-old freshman came to Morningside University from Kulhuse, Denmark on a soccer scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has had to make some big adjustments to the American lifestyle. \u201cThe food and the way people talk is way different than back home,” Kruize said. “I mean, the people here are very sweet and more friendly, but back home we care way more about our environment.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to college in general Lucia says, \u201dI think college back home would be much harder. We don\u2019t get graded on attendance and it\u2019s extremely difficult to get A\u2019s in Denmark. I think I know of one person who graduated high school with straight A\u2019s, so I\u2019m glad I chose to come here especially due to all the friends I\u2019ve been able to make.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of pushing for good grades Lucia is a college athlete. She says, \u201dSoccer takes up a lot of my time, but I love being a part of a team. Without them I don’t think I would have very much of a social life.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before her time here Lucia played club soccer since she was just four-years-old! In Denmark they actually don\u2019t offer college soccer, it’s just ‘club.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kruize says overall, \u201cMoving to Sioux City has been a great experience, but hard on me. It\u2019s so difficult trying to accommodate the time-change to keep in contact with my family and I really miss my hometown and friends. I always feel like I\u2019m missing out on things, but I\u2019m happy to have great memories here.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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