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IS THE HONEYMOON OVER? |
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How many times in the past few weeks have you asked yourself, “What am I doing??!!”
Whether you are a student or host family, most likely you have asked
yourself more than once. By now, everyone is beginning to feel
comfortable and their true personalities are beginning to surface. At
the moment, your relationship with one another should be a pretty good
one. Students have made friends, are involved in activities, and are
pretty comfortable teasing and talking with host family members. This is
the time to really get to know one another, to talk about the
differences, to work towards making memories and friendships that will
last a life time. Whether a student or host family, you will learn much
about yourselves during this time. Later on you will discover that each
of you have made a difference in the other’s life.The majority of students takes this whole experience in stride and tries to make the most of this great opportunity that they have been given. There are some students that never seem to be satisfied. My advice for those students is that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and you should make it one of the best experiences in your life. Realizing this, and accepting it as a challenge is the key to having a great experience. So often we hear, “But, in my country…”, “It is SO difficult because I don’t have so many rules in my country”, “The kids here don’t talk to me”, “I don’t have friends here like I do in my country…”. These are all true statements. There are good and bad things about every country and in every home! You don’t like everything about your country, right? You don’t like everything about your home in your country, right? Well, there are things everywhere, in every place that you will like and not like. But, you can focus on what you do like and have a great time! This is why you became an exchange student; to see something different, to learn something different! It is very different and even difficult at times, but, if you look at this experience as a challenge, to learn all that you can, and experience all that you can (legal things, please!), you will succeed! If you succeed, so will your host family. They in turn will learn about your country, through you. As for friends; if you are only speaking to other exchange students or e-mailing your friends back home, you are missing out on a HUGE opportunity. You came here for different reasons; for some it was to make life-long friends in another country, for others it may have been to improve your English. Students, whether here in If you have only made friends with other exchange students, you are not taking advantage of your stay in |
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WEIGHT GAIN
All students WILL gain weight! It is just a normal process due to your
metabolism. Typically it is about 20 pounds. Don’t worry!!! Within a few
weeks of your return home, it will fall off. PLEASE do not make eating a
chore. You are here to enjoy America. Just be careful you don’t eat so
much you hurt. Eat just enough that you feel comfortable and get lots of
exercise! Eat healthy foods, only a little of the candy and chocolate.
ENJOY and don’t worry. I GUARANTEE IT WILL FALL OFF!!! STUDENT OF THE MONTH / HOST FAMILY OF THE MONTH CONTEST
We have decided to do a MONTHLY contest for families and students. Send us
a letter explaining why your host family should be the family of the month.
Host families; send us your letter explaining why your student should be
student of the month!
We will review each letter and choose ONE for each. We will put the top 3 of each in the newsletter. The winners will receive special t-shirts AND have their letters on our newly improved and updated WEBSITE!! We will begin with December! Please have your letters to me by the 1st of December to be entered. |
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THANKSGIVING
CONTEST We are having a Thanksgiving contest!! Winners will receive a
COOL tee shirt! -Write about your Thanksgiving
experience with your host family! What did you have for Thanksgiving
dinner? Tell us about any similar celebration you may have in your
country and compare the two. Tell us what you did, did you go anywhere,
how many family members did you get to meet. Finally, write a comparison
of your first Thanksgiving to being an exchange student. How does it
compare? Thanksgiving is a time of coming together, of family, of being
thankful. How does that compare to being an exchange student? Send your
entries to me at the address below! All entries must be received by
December 5, 2006. Winners will be announced in December Newsletter!
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The following websites should help everyone with questions about
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http://www.drivers.com/topic/67 http://info.insure.com/auto/teenstates.html |
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All A’s
Janina Enachescu
Julian Ziob Eun Jin Kim Viviane Ehret-Kleinau Ha Kim Tran Tim Siegmund Ye Na Shin Lucia Mair Dritjon Gruda In Sook Do Fabian Petri Ajald Celmeta Franziska Jennert Denis Reinold Eva Macherey Jung Sun Park Sul Ah Moon Lien Le Eun Young Ko |
A’s & B’s
Ivona Kostadinovic
Sandra Suarez Phuong Le Iva Cami Tsolmon Baatarchuluun Wiebke Kleinfeldt Zhanran Li Karen Hernandez Tamir Bayarti Karen Kehr Nadine Lubnau Alexander Moeller Annemarie Sponholz Anna Reichartz Ailton Temotio Stefanie Lehmann Hannah Schmidt Marie-Christine Schoel Miwa Sawamura Ana Valderrama Maximillian Ernst Diana Barriga Frederich von Jensen |
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