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 Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:21 am
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:14 am
Eccentric Iconoclast DavidGemmell Eccentric Iconoclast Proudly_Jewish Eccentric Iconoclast chocfudge I was an exchange student in the US. To be specific Fairmont, Minnesota. It's a small town with about 12,000 inhabitants. I was there till end of June last year. Now thinking back I'm not sure if the US was my best choice. I live in Germany and feel like US American culture is a lot like the German one. Duh, a lot of ancestors of the people I met in Fairmont were Germans.. But nevertheless it was a really interesting experience and I can recommend spending a year abraod to anyone. Even if you're rather shy. It's really great to improve your language skills, make new friends and exciting experiences! >.< Almost everyone I've ever met from Minnesota had German heritage, including myself. I have the stereotypical German eyebrows to prove it! Well, it's true! xd I also have the mud brown hair and stocky stature. Sounds like me, actually... could you describe these "stereotypical eyebrows"? They're rather...large. Could pass for caterpillars if they could walk. xD Still sounds like me. Interesting. xd
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:29 pm
Oooh! I really want to be an exchange student for a year. I started looking at Rotary Youth Exchange about 6 months ago and will probably (hopefully) do a exchange right after high school- in 2 years. I've read the "journals" on ryeflorida.org and the unofficial Rotary Youth Exchange Forum. It sounds so amazing. I don't know what country I want to go to yet. RIght now I'm thinking of somewhere in Europe- not sure about there even either xP
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Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:07 pm
I either want to go to
Japan
Anywhere in Scandinavia
Italy
Quebec
France
Russia
Serbia
Croatia
Bosnia
Ukraine
and Maybe Spain
bascially anywhere in europe
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:05 pm
I want to be an exchange student so I went all out and searched around like crazy.
My conclusion was: WAY too expensive. It only works when your parents have money.
But I'd still love to do it.
surprised
Good luck.
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:01 pm
I'm trying to get to Japan right now. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:41 am
I did an exchange in secondary school in Poland. My family vacationed often in Poland and Sweden, so Poland was relatively familiar already so less of a shock. Also, because Poland is so close to Ukraine I knew that it would be an asset to know a bit of polish. You should think about the reasons you want to go, and then decide. My advice? You won't learn by being cautious. If I could go on one now I would go to Brazil or Italy.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:09 am
Yeah I want to study abroad. So far I've looked into Intrax and AFS and I hope I get a response. As of right now I am looking more at AFS since they have a Turkish program.
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:19 pm
Natsuki Soto I want to be an exchange student so I went all out and searched around like crazy.
My conclusion was: WAY too expensive. It only works when your parents have money.
But I'd still love to do it.
surprised
Good luck. Are you serious? AFS is really cheap. Slightly over 8k to go to Switzerland. My mom just approved of me going to Hungary and said it was really affordable. This is coming from somebody who rents a two bedroom apartment (( but I do admit Hawaii has an insane cost of living)). Not only that but she said I can go to Norway for the summer (( after that I could go to Hungary for a year)). Sqwee! I can't wait to go!!!
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:43 am
Well next fall I start university and in my field of study there is a program in which you can go for a term or two (in your second year) in another country and for my field it's spain and I'm hoping to be able to go so... work work work!!! heart
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:01 pm
I am thinking if your #1 language is English you would wantto go to another contry that speaks English.....
I am raising funds to be an exchange student... so I am pretty excited!!!!
I am aiming toward Australia, Austria, or Latvia!!! mrgreen
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:51 pm
Ahh, I wish! My mum is quite OK with hosting an exchange student, but she doesn't want me to spend a month or so in a different country because she thinks it'll mess up my Canadian education thusfar. :// It sucks 'cos I really would like to spend a month in either Japan or France. If I went to Japan, I could really improve my Chinese character knowledge (bonus points with the Chinese relatives <3) and language skills, and if I went to France, I'm almost positive I could be fluent by the time I returned.
But noo. D: <
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:45 am
Vinenity I am thinking if your #1 language is English you would wantto go to another contry that speaks English..... I am raising funds to be an exchange student... so I am pretty excited!!!! I am aiming toward Australia, Austria, or Latvia!!! mrgreen I'm guessing you're using AFS?
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:04 pm
There's no China to click **pout** Theochan Sluvotsky I guess Germany. ...Or northern Italy if I can help it. I wanna go to South Tirol/Alto Adige gonk I want to visit Russia and the Czech Republic, though there are things that daunt me. I would never survive in a Japanese/Chinese school where theyre like, STUDYSTUDYSTUDYSTUDY!! Never survive. Of course, my financial status keeps me from so much as exiting the state so...No go x_x Japanese and Chinese schools scare me. They are full of doom >_< I am good friends with an exchange student from the Czech Republic, and I'm gonna try and visit him this summer X3. So then I will have someone to show me around Prague and I won't get lost... which would prolly happen otherwise XP. One of my friends went to Italy last year and I was so mad at her. For the two weeks she was gone. I have never been out of the U.S. and it sucks. They are not full of doom! ok, maybe a little.... I'm going to a Chinese school in 2 years, and they're really not as bad as you'd think, though the ones in the cities are much better than the farmland ones. At first, I always assumed I'd go to France, after all, I've been studying French for years, but both of my parents (who never agree on anything) told me to go to China. While surprised, I definatly don't mind their decision. It really, really scared me for a while, but it's better if you do a bit (read: a lot) more research. I'm hoping to start Manderin lessons soon to prepare. I was going to go for the next school year, but everyone said it would ruin my college applications to miss Junoir year. Since I already put in my application, I'm already accepted to go later. For all the people who are talkiong about AFS, it's a great program. It's most likely the safest (because it's so well known) out there, and while the selection sometimes bothers people, it's much cheaper than a lot of them (and if you find one cheaper, it's prolly a scam/dangerous company/slave labor exchange sweatdrop .) Most people who go AFS are really nice (though, to be honest, their board's hell to sift through stare .) and come back to give great advice on things you might not think of. go to www.afsdiscussion.org. It's not a great set up, but the people on it are lovely overall ;D. They also help people if you have questions with money. A lot of them have sucessfully funded the trips by themselves in a matter of months. -CBD
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Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:17 am
CelibateButDashing They are not full of doom! ok, maybe a little.... I'm going to a Chinese school in 2 years, and they're really not as bad as you'd think, though the ones in the cities are much better than the farmland ones. At first, I always assumed I'd go to France, after all, I've been studying French for years, but both of my parents (who never agree on anything) told me to go to China. While surprised, I definatly don't mind their decision. It really, really scared me for a while, but it's better if you do a bit (read: a lot) more research. I'm hoping to start Manderin lessons soon to prepare. I was born in Beijing, but came to Germany when I was two. When I was eight, my parents sent me to primary school (first grade) in Beijing for three months. There I lived with my aunt, uncle and cousin who is one and a half years older than me. I have to say that the school system in China is a lot different from the German or American schoolsystem. When I went to first grade there, I sometimes did homework till 10 pm! Isn't that crazy as an eight-year old? Anyways, there's a lot of learning by heart and repeating. The foreign language lessons probably won't be of high quality because it is mostly learning by heart and repeating (sometimes wrong pronunciations!), but the sciences are very demanding. They are far ahead with their maths, physics and chemistry... Again because of the great deal of learning by heart! I have a friend who is German and went to Beijing as an exchange student, I think she took two years of Chinese when she went there. When she came back she was a bit disappointed because most students are studying all the time a.) because there are huge amounts of homework b.) because the parents encourage their children to learn all the time c.) even at the weekends a lot of students take tutor classes or piano/other instrument lessons or something else where you have to learn something. As a foreign exchange student you of course don't have to work as hard and as much as the Chinese students, but will probably have a lot of free time where you might be bored because everybody else is studying something. The English of most Chinese isn't really that great, but you probably will get along fine. Of course there are also a lot of positive sides going to China: 1.) It's a really big, beautiful and multilateral country with a lot of things and places to discover. 2.) Mandarin is one of the most spoken languages in the world and is constantely gaining importance. 3.) China's food is awesome! heart There's such a great range of foods you will have to try! 4.) You'll get to know a totally different culture and mentality and in return can tell the Chinese about your culture and mentality. 5.) It's just "cool" to be able to say "I have lived in China for a couple of months!" cool
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