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Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?

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  • K Klaus
    10 Sept 2024, 15:07

    Wow, this is all very cool! Thanks, @LW !

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    LW
    wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 15:30 last edited by
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    @Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

    Wow, this is all very cool! Thanks, @LW !

    You're welcome! If she finds herself around/in DC, I'd say if she sticks to the mall and touristy areas she'd be fine on her own during the day. At 15 I enjoyed visiting the Smithsonian museums/zoo (they're free!) and monuments with friends. We easily took the metro into DC and wandered around.

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    • J jon-nyc
      10 Sept 2024, 15:11

      If she comes in the summer she could spend several weeks with us. Foundation events end in June and start again in September. And if we do travel on vacation we’d take her with.

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      89th
      wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 15:48 last edited by
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      @jon-nyc said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

      If she comes in the summer she could spend several weeks with us.

      If she comes to Minnesota in the summer she could spend a few days with us. Summer lasts from about June 10 to June 13.

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      • H Horace
        8 Sept 2024, 19:46

        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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        wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 16:10 last edited by
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        @Horace said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

        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.

        Have some friends that hosted students a number of times for the whole school year. At least for them, it was completely voluntary. It ended up costing them money because it was an extra person. But the student and their family had to pay a fairly steep amount. Not sure what it was, but I think it was between USD$5 - $10 thousand. I think part of that was to the host high school as otherwise I think a person has to prove guardianship to enroll a student that is not their own.

        EDIT: Checked and they went through an organization called AFS

        https://www.afsusa.org

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 10 Sept 2024, 16:27 last edited by jon-nyc 9 Oct 2024, 16:27
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          Meh. Send her for a summer it’ll only cost you her flights and a bit of spending money. No one here is charging you room and board.

          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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            Klaus
            wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 08:15 last edited by
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            Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 12:35 last edited by
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              LOL! Just make sure that she doesn’t participate in illegal protests!

              And you may want to have @Aqua-Letifer givevher some advice about the spiders…

              The Brad

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              • K Klaus
                31 Jan 2025, 08:15

                Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 13:41 last edited by
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                @Klaus Very cool! Sounds like an interesting and exciting time.

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                • L LuFins Dad
                  31 Jan 2025, 12:35

                  LOL! Just make sure that she doesn’t participate in illegal protests!

                  And you may want to have @Aqua-Letifer givevher some advice about the spiders…

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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 13:43 last edited by
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                  @LuFins-Dad said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                  Just make sure that she doesn’t participate in illegal protests!

                  We certainly wouldn't want any criminals in Australia. Sound advice.

                  I was only joking

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                  • K Klaus
                    31 Jan 2025, 08:15

                    Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.

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                    Aqua Letifer
                    wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 14:34 last edited by
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                    @Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                    Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.

                    Which part?

                    Please love yourself.

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                    • A Aqua Letifer
                      31 Jan 2025, 14:34

                      @Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                      Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.

                      Which part?

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 16:17 last edited by Doctor Phibes
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                      @Aqua-Letifer said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                      @Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                      Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.

                      Which part?

                      The part with all the deadly animals and heavy drinking.

                      Still, not to worry.

                      I was only joking

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 17:13 last edited by
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                        That’s all of it.

                        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                        • MikM Mik
                          31 Jan 2025, 17:13

                          That’s all of it.

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                          Doctor Phibes
                          wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 17:34 last edited by
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                          @Mik said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                          That’s all of it.

                          Not true. Some of the bits in the middle are completely uninhabitable and would kill you in a matter of minutes.

                          Still, not to worry.

                          I was only joking

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                          • D Doctor Phibes
                            31 Jan 2025, 17:34

                            @Mik said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                            That’s all of it.

                            Not true. Some of the bits in the middle are completely uninhabitable and would kill you in a matter of minutes.

                            Still, not to worry.

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                            Aqua Letifer
                            wrote on 31 Jan 2025, 17:42 last edited by
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                            @Doctor-Phibes said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                            @Mik said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                            That’s all of it.

                            Not true. Some of the bits in the middle are completely populated and would kill you in a matter of minutes.

                            FIFY.

                            Please love yourself.

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                              bachophile
                              wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 04:53 last edited by
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                              • A Aqua Letifer
                                31 Jan 2025, 14:34

                                @Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                                Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.

                                Which part?

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                                Klaus
                                wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 06:05 last edited by
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                                @Aqua-Letifer She has applied to schools in Queensland (mostly near/in Gold Coast) but since its the most popular choice it's likely that she'll have to make another choice.

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                                • K Klaus
                                  1 Feb 2025, 06:05

                                  @Aqua-Letifer She has applied to schools in Queensland (mostly near/in Gold Coast) but since its the most popular choice it's likely that she'll have to make another choice.

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                                  Aqua Letifer
                                  wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 06:24 last edited by
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                                  @Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer She has applied to schools in Queensland (mostly near/in Gold Coast) but since its the most popular choice it's likely that she'll have to make another choice.

                                  Gold Coast is great for college kids! Hope she finds placement somewhere she likes.

                                  Please love yourself.

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 13:10 last edited by
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                                    Very cool!

                                    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                    • K Klaus
                                      1 Feb 2025, 06:05

                                      @Aqua-Letifer She has applied to schools in Queensland (mostly near/in Gold Coast) but since its the most popular choice it's likely that she'll have to make another choice.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 1 Feb 2025, 14:15 last edited by
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                                      @Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:

                                      @Aqua-Letifer She has applied to schools in Queensland (mostly near/in Gold Coast) but since its the most popular choice it's likely that she'll have to make another choice.

                                      Musical Princess (remember her) lives in Brisbane.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        taiwan_girl
                                        wrote on 4 Feb 2025, 17:40 last edited by
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                                        Have a friend visiting Australia and sent me this meme and I thought of this forum thread.

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