About Me
Welcome to my web site!
I am an exchange student from Moldova and I am sharing with you here about my experience as an exchange student for the 2009-2010 academic year in Spokane, Washington, United States of America.
On the site you will find about some of my trips in the USA and as well a page full of pictures which i hope you will enjoy and a questionaire at the end about what do you think about an exchange experience and how do you like my web site!
- My Trip to Seattle, Washington
- On the page you will find about how I spent my weekend in Seattle and how much fun I had with my host family and with our new family member!
- My Trip to Silverwood
- If you are not familiar with it, Silverwood Theme Park is in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Read about my time there on the site! Click here to visit Silverwood Theme Park homepage.
- My Trip to Glacier Park in Montana
- You will read a little story about the Labor Day weekend when I went to Montana, it was quite a good combination of exitement and blood! It's not a horror story, fortunately, no bear killed us. Want to find out? Check out the page!
- My Ski Trip in Kellogg, Idaho
- Me and my host family, as well the organization Center for Cultural Interchange with all the other exchange students in the region had a fun weekend and we learned a lot too.
I was very excited to participate at the scholarship contest and I got to become a finalist, with other 42 students out of about 1000 in total.
Everything started when I was in middle school. I was actually studying english since 2nd grade and I loved it from the very beginning. My biggest dream was to go to America, seemed unreal, untouchable, but it came true! Isn't that amazing?
I was in 10th grade and I participated at the scholarship contest FLEX and I I got to know about me being a finalist in March, 2009, after I got a call. My parents and I decided that I should take the chance and try my luck over the ocean. If your are a mother or a father who is reading this, I would like to say that I really understand and I believe it is hard to let your teenager go far away from you and I'm not saying it is very easy. It is hard sometimes for both parts, the parents and the studensts. But this really makes you appreciate the time you spend with your family back at home and in the country you are in, because you know you will have to leave sometime. I bet it was hard for them to let me go, but before all, they understood me, that I wanted really bad to experience a more independent life, to live in a host family and live a time full of other challenges that would help me grow spiritually, become more mature and thoughtful in everything I do, to know another culture, visit a beautiful country and make a lot of new friends.
I am still here in America and I designed this site because I am taking a web design class here and I really loved it! It's an opportunity that I wouldn't have in my country without paying money for it. So, I am really thankful. I didn't leave yet, to know how is it to say good bye to my host family, but I am sure it is terribly hard, as hard as it was to say good bye to my natural family when I left Moldova.
My country is called Moldova, or oficially, the Republic of Moldova and it is
situated in Eastern Europe, between Romania and Ukraine. If you want to find more information about Moldova, clik here.
The Future Leaders Exchange is a federal government program that provides opportunities for high school age students (ages 15-17) from Eurasia to spend a year in the United States, living with a family and attending a U.S. high school. American Councils’ placement organization works with local coordinators in communities across the United States and through those coordinators, finds appropriate family and school placements. Local coordinators lead a pre-arrival orientation with the host family, a post-arrival orientation with the student, and provide monthly reports on each student's behavior and adjustment.
Eligibility:
US coordinators and host families
are welcome to apply by sending an email expressing their interest to the address listed below.
Length:
One academic year (August to
May/June)
Price:
Fully funded
Funded By:
US Department of State, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs