Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?
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wrote on 8 Sept 2024, 16:47 last edited by
Is she thinking of a foreign exchange student program? How much choice is one given in those programs?
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wrote on 8 Sept 2024, 16:50 last edited by
By the way, I was only joking with my earlier post. The local schools only make ~ 5% of girls into boys, so odds are she’ll be fine.
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wrote on 8 Sept 2024, 19:46 last edited by
based on our experience with foreign exchange programs, the host families generally do it for the money rather than for the opportunity to give an enriching home to a young student. I would take Ax up on his offer rather than get placed with a random host family.
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By the way, I was only joking with my earlier post. The local schools only make ~ 5% of girls into boys, so odds are she’ll be fine.
wrote on 9 Sept 2024, 16:58 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
By the way, I was only joking with my earlier post. The local schools only make ~ 5% of girls into boys, so odds are she’ll be fine.
LOL
And very generous @Axtremus
To answer your question, all logistics aside (location, living, language) I think it's a really great idea. If more Americans spoke German I'd say the reverse would be great, too. We see that a bit more in college here, with a semester abroad being somewhat common.
BTW, at 15 (or regardless of nationality), you may want to consider somehow a place that she could get to/from via electric scooter or something for daily transportation without a drivers license. That also brings weather into play... stay away from Minnesota, so she doesn't have to deal with the stupid cold as much.
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wrote on 9 Sept 2024, 17:15 last edited by
If your daughter is in 10th grade in a German HS, wouldnt that equal out to a second year in a Masters program here in the US?
I wish her the best, travel and experiencing other cultures is the best way to enjoy life.
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wrote on 9 Sept 2024, 19:49 last edited by
Just throwing it out here, but plenty of kids of affluent Canadians here spend part of their high school in Europe. I’d say next to zero Canadians would want to spend any high school time in the U.S., even in NYC, Boston, LA . Come to Canada! Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, .. this would be an adventure imo.
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wrote on 9 Sept 2024, 20:32 last edited by
Freeze
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wrote on 9 Sept 2024, 20:57 last edited by
I understand that in Canada it’s a solid 15% chance that your daughter will become a fine young man…
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I understand that in Canada it’s a solid 15% chance that your daughter will become a fine young man…
wrote on 9 Sept 2024, 21:57 last edited by Renauda 9 Sept 2024, 21:59@LuFins-Dad said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
I understand that in Canada it’s a solid 15% chance that your daughter will become a fine young man…
Not if she attends a Catholic school in Alberta or Quebec. In any event, Canada would be a good choice as well so long as it would be in a publically funded Catholic school. Better teachers and better administered.
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 01:10 last edited by
I can understand wanting the novelty of it, but I'd suggest a summer trip for a few weeks instead, especially if she's more interested in the culture of being an American teen. Perhaps there are programs available in a particular area of study she's interested in? I started my HS education in an excellent school in England and ended it at a fairly decent school not far from Washington, DC. The amount of (what felt like) dumbing down I came across was shocking. I came back to the US mid-9th grade. Social opportunities will be abundant. The opportunity to travel and see new things will be amazing! But the education itself will most likely be lacking.
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I can understand wanting the novelty of it, but I'd suggest a summer trip for a few weeks instead, especially if she's more interested in the culture of being an American teen. Perhaps there are programs available in a particular area of study she's interested in? I started my HS education in an excellent school in England and ended it at a fairly decent school not far from Washington, DC. The amount of (what felt like) dumbing down I came across was shocking. I came back to the US mid-9th grade. Social opportunities will be abundant. The opportunity to travel and see new things will be amazing! But the education itself will most likely be lacking.
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 01:49 last edited by
Please do.
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 02:04 last edited by
How’s the little one, LW?
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 08:26 last edited by
I would offer, we have great public schools and she’d have easy access to NYC. The problem is I travel 20 times a year.
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 08:33 last edited by
That would of course have been a quite tempting option, too! Thanks for considering it, Jon!
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 08:45 last edited by
Plus my son would probably consider her game.
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 08:54 last edited by Klaus 9 Oct 2024, 08:55
Uh
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wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 13:41 last edited by
@Mik healthy and cute as ever. He has his 2 1/2 year checkup tomorrow. Took his first poop on the potty this past weekend, but last night took a dump in his undies followed immediately by peeing on the bedroom carpet. At least that was before his bath. So ...yeah. toddler life.