This is right off of the website:
http://www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/index.html
http://www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/students/about.html
"THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE IS EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT CULTURES. The world becomes a smaller, friendlier place when we learn that all people - regardless of nationality - desire the same basic things: a safe, comfortable environment that allows for a rich and satisfying life for our children and ourselves. Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their fultures. This plants the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding."
http://www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/index.html
http://www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/students/about.html
"THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE IS EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT CULTURES. The world becomes a smaller, friendlier place when we learn that all people - regardless of nationality - desire the same basic things: a safe, comfortable environment that allows for a rich and satisfying life for our children and ourselves. Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their fultures. This plants the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding."
"A Brazilian student makes her first snowman in Finland. A south African masters eating with chopsticks at his Japanese hosts' home. An Australian becomes part of an extended family in Russia, and a Mexican student in France raises funds to benefit homeless children in Haiti. New experiences, new "families" and friends, and new adventures can await you, too.
"This year, more than 8 000 teens will see the world the way it is best seen - from the inside out - throught the Youth Exchange program. This could be your year.
"As a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you will spend a year, or perhaps just an extened period of time, living with a host family in a country other than your own. you may learn a new language; you will learn a new way of living and a great deal about yourself. Bout there's more. While you are busy learning, the people you meet will be learning as well about your country, culture, and ideas. You will be an ambassador. You will be helping to bing the world closer together and you'll be making good friends in the process.
"If you are ready for the challenge and the rewards of living in another land as an exchange student, then you are ready to discouver new worlds through the Rotary Youth Exchange."
This is what I read back on October 24, 2005. It was the information meeting @ the YMCA. I absolutly LOVED the idea of the exchange program. Living in another country. Experiencing a different culture. Learning a new language. Making friends from all over the world. To me, this is the best thing EVER!!!
So I had 4 days to fill out my application, write an essay, and get letters of reference. It was stressful with school projects due that same week, but I had to prove to my parents that I was capable of this exchange... including the work load.
Wednesday, Novemeber 2, 2005 was my interveiw. It went really well. I answered questions on the Rotary Club, Canada and it's gov't, my personality... etc. It was intence, but I was prepared. I got a phone call the next day saying that I tied with another girl and we would be having a SECOND interveiw. Now I was really nervous. I didn't know how to prepare for this interveiw. Well, as it turned out... they let the other girl go, mainly because it was her last year of applying, and I still had another chance. Stephanie is currently enjoying her year abroad in Germany.
"This year, more than 8 000 teens will see the world the way it is best seen - from the inside out - throught the Youth Exchange program. This could be your year.
"As a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you will spend a year, or perhaps just an extened period of time, living with a host family in a country other than your own. you may learn a new language; you will learn a new way of living and a great deal about yourself. Bout there's more. While you are busy learning, the people you meet will be learning as well about your country, culture, and ideas. You will be an ambassador. You will be helping to bing the world closer together and you'll be making good friends in the process.
"If you are ready for the challenge and the rewards of living in another land as an exchange student, then you are ready to discouver new worlds through the Rotary Youth Exchange."
This is what I read back on October 24, 2005. It was the information meeting @ the YMCA. I absolutly LOVED the idea of the exchange program. Living in another country. Experiencing a different culture. Learning a new language. Making friends from all over the world. To me, this is the best thing EVER!!!
So I had 4 days to fill out my application, write an essay, and get letters of reference. It was stressful with school projects due that same week, but I had to prove to my parents that I was capable of this exchange... including the work load.
Wednesday, Novemeber 2, 2005 was my interveiw. It went really well. I answered questions on the Rotary Club, Canada and it's gov't, my personality... etc. It was intence, but I was prepared. I got a phone call the next day saying that I tied with another girl and we would be having a SECOND interveiw. Now I was really nervous. I didn't know how to prepare for this interveiw. Well, as it turned out... they let the other girl go, mainly because it was her last year of applying, and I still had another chance. Stephanie is currently enjoying her year abroad in Germany.
I had to wait a year to apply again. Believe me a year is a LONG time. :)
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