My presentation to Mississauga West Mana, in front of her cultural RYE display Mana's Japan display The food from the World Food Party!! Mana's curry was amazing. The Food Party MY CROCS!!!! Pride 2019 Sending Ina back home... Volunteering at Ribfest.
Here you can find general advice other exchange students have given to me. I hope this helps! In Preparation For Exchange Study the language of your host country as much as possible!!!Write down your goals for exchange. Then write a letter to yourself outlining those goals and what you hope to achieve on exchange. Have … Continue reading Advice from Exchange Students
Lots of exchange students have blogs!! Here's some links to some that I have read that are really good! I took inspiration from some of them to make my blog. Click on the blog name in blue to be taken to it. (There are also BeaverTales, stories written by exchange students from my district.) Sayonara … Continue reading Exchange Student Blogs
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(Written April 16th 2019) My first taste of Taiwanese culture! There's a WhatsApp group chat for outbounds going to Taiwan for 2019-2020. There are people from all over the world in it. Today, a Canadian - the one who told me about the group chat, actually - got an email! The first connections from the … Continue reading A Taste of Taiwan
Thank you to my family for their support!! Without them, I know I would never have had the chance to go on exchange. Thank you to my dad, for helping me edit my application, for giving me advice throughout the process, and for letting me go on exchange even though it means I'll be away … Continue reading Thank you, family!
Thank you to all the Rotarians in District 7080. Without you none of this could be possible. Thank you for all your hard work, and your faith in the benefits of this program, as well as your faith in us exchange students. Thank you for your commitment to preparing Outbounds as much as possible before … Continue reading Thank you, Rotarians
Thank you to all the exchange students in District 7080, who have made the first year of exchange, my year as an Outbound, already more amazing than I could have ever imagined. I am going to miss you guys so much. It almost scares me how much I am going to miss you guys - … Continue reading Thank you, exchange students
(Written February 15th, 2019) One year ago today I left for France. Two years before that I decided I wanted to be an exchange student, and one year after that, the dream finally seemed to be within reach. Before I left, I had a lot of misconceptions about what exchange life would be like. I … Continue reading France Reflection – One Year Later
February 15th, 2018 to May 10th, 2019 un chat! Some classmates 🙂 RYE students who inspired me to apply! Yum yum yum Me mowing the lawn!!
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I went on exchange and thought, "Hey, why not write about it?" Want to read about my experience? Have questions you want answers to? Want to have a good laugh? You can find all that here! Enjoy! -A.
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