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We met 5 months ago and have been extremely close ever since. He's my best pal and I'm falling difficult for him. But he leaves in 4 months. Do I tell him? Any advice please? Thank you!
My family works for the Air force so they are below the government system. I want to receive a foreign exchange student but with with my step-dad having a government job we dont know if I can. I really want to receive one. They are so chilly and we have Chinese kids at school right now.
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I want to go to germany as a foreign exchange student because I think it would be amazing and fun there, aslo a good way to learn german and to loose weight I mean people from germany arrive here and gain it right?
Alright. I'm going on a foreign exchange student trip for 4 weeks. I have to wait until im 15, and I'm currently 13. I would go in the summer, so I have just about 2 years. Any ideas on how to receive 5,000$.? Thanks.
Hello. My name is Paul, I am 15 years old and I live in England. I am wanting to go and live in America for a few months. The state I would like to visit the most would be North Carolina. I mainly want to go there because I have always dreamed of going to America and I have only been abroad once and that is to France. Another reason I want to go there is because I want to look how different everything is to England. England is a good country but I want to spend some time in America. This would be awesome for me and would give me a chance to explore different places. So can anybody please help me and tell me how I can be a foreign exchange student, where I can sign up and what are my requirements. It would be greatly appreciated, Thanks. (:
Currently, I am a Freshman (age 15; I will be 16 in April, if that helps) in Boston, MA. I am taking Spanish II at the moment and, next year (my Sophomore year), I will be taking Spanish III and I will do my best to take Spanish IV during the second semester. That way, by my Junior year (the time that I want to go abroad to Spain), I will have taken every four years of Spanish and should be able to converse with a native speaker, relatively normally. That brings me to my next point - I would like to go to Barcelona, Spain (and if I can't go to Barcelona, then Buenos Aires, Argentina would also be fine but Barcelona is my #1 choice). If neither of those are available, then Havana, Cuba would be good too (since Cuba is an embargoed country, Panama would be a fine alternative). I have spent the last few days looking for good foreign exchange/semester away/that nice of thing and I couldn't find anything incredible. I found maybe four or five good programs but I just want to check other options in addition to those. So my question is: what are some good foreign exchange or semester abroad services that aren't incredibly expensive (around or below $10,000 for the whole year) and are in Barcelona? I am also probably going to be flying into Barcelona from Bosnia (and from Barcelona to Bosnia, too) so it would be nice if the airfare wasn't included in the price so I don't have to pay that and not use it (if it doesn't work like that, tell me please). Also, if you know of any scholarships or anything like that, do share it with me. If you have any other advice, please share it with me. NOTE: I don't want to do a foreign exchange in the traditional sense - I don't want someone coming to my home because, well, I don't know anything about their hygieneeic habits and I'm somewhat of a clean freak. SECOND NOTE: I heard that in Barcelona (where I want to go), every the public schools are tought in Catalan, and not Spanish. Is this true and, if so, are they very similar? Like, could a Spanish-speaker below Catalan easily? Is it a real language or just a dialect (like American English, British English and Irish English) or is it like Portugese and Spanish? LAST NOTE: If they talk Catalan in Barcelona and a Spanish-speaker can't understand it, then Madrid instead of Barcelona is fine but I really want Barcelona).
i want to go abroad to italy or france, i'm in high school. i want to go specifically for art and music. i don't think that if i go to paris for a day i'll be able to paint like monet, i just think it would be a great experience and i need some fun too! i want to learn and experience the culture, but party, eat food and have some major adventures too. which country (other as well) would you recommend, and what are some good art focused foreign exchange programs? it would be fine if it was over the summer, and how do you receive financial aid?
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Currently, I am a Freshman (age 15; I will be 16 in April, if that helps) in Boston, MA. I am taking Spanish II at the moment and, next year (my Sophomore year), I will be taking Spanish III and I will do my best to take Spanish IV during the second semester. That way, by my Junior year (the time that I want to go abroad to Spain), I will have taken every four years of Spanish and should be able to converse with a native speaker, relatively normally. That brings me to my next point - I would like to go to Barcelona, Spain (and if I can't go to Barcelona, then Buenos Aires, Argentina would also be fine but Barcelona is my #1 choice). If neither of those are available, then Havana, Cuba would be good too (since Cuba is an embargoed country, Panama would be a fine alternative). I have spent the last few days looking for good foreign exchange/semester away/that nice of thing and I couldn't find anything incredible. I found maybe four or five good programs but I just want to check other options in addition to those. So my question is: what are some good foreign exchange or semester abroad services that aren't incredibly expensive (around or below $10,000 for the whole year) and are in Barcelona? I am also probably going to be flying into Barcelona from Bosnia (and from Barcelona to Bosnia, too) so it would be nice if the airfare wasn't included in the price so I don't have to pay that and not use it (if it doesn't work like that, tell me please). Also, if you know of any scholarships or anything like that, do share it with me. If you have any other advice, please share it with me. NOTE: I don't want to do a foreign exchange in the traditional sense - I don't want someone coming to my home because, well, I don't know anything about their hygieneeic habits and I'm somewhat of a clean freak. SECOND NOTE: I heard that in Barcelona (where I want to go), every the public schools are tought in Catalan, and not Spanish. Is this true and, if so, are they very similar? Like, could a Spanish-speaker below Catalan easily? Is it a real language or just a dialect (like American English, British English and Irish English) or is it like Portugese and Spanish? LAST NOTE: If they talk Catalan in Barcelona and a Spanish-speaker can't understand it, then Madrid instead of Barcelona is fine but I really want Barcelona).
Does any one know the other one, where the boy was locked in his room by his asian dad, because he didn't want him to go any where, and there was a disco dance but someone changed the music, and there were korean people dancing, and was a battle, and the white girl didn't receive along with them, but in the end there was for give ness like at the church, this girl was english at home, and call received a phone, very good movie but don't know what this could be called been looking for it every over yahoo answers, please tell me what movie this could be. :)
Hello, i am a foreign exchange student from Germany. About a month ago i moved to the U.S and lived with a nice American family. I am only 17 years old so i am a junior in highschool. In highschool i made a couple friends both girls and boys. The problem is a lot of people are calling me a Nazi and names and making silly of me in different ways. I dont understand, i dont know most of the people making fun of me anyways.. Does this usually happen in american schools? is it common? Thanks, and how do i avoid these nice of problems?
Hello! I'm in the 10th grade and I was looking to be a foreign exchange student to the city of London in England, I'm sure you've heard of it LOL. I was wanting to go for the beginning of next school year, like from August to December and then start school here for January through May. Is there a safe way to do this? I've looked at SFA (I think that's what it's called) but they don't seem to have England as a destination. Is there anyway you can help me? Thanks!
Mitt, we are in a different world now. In 1990, China represented 2% of global gross domestic product. It has quadrupled, to 8%, and it's rising. By most estimates, China's economy will become the world's largest between 2016 and 2018. And this is not simply an economic story. China's military capacity and reach are also expanding. Beijing's defense spending is likely to surpass America's by 2025. It's not just China that's rising. Emerging powers on every continent have achieved political stability and economic growth and are becoming active on the global stage. Twenty years ago Turkey was a fragile democracy, dominated by its army, constantly in need of Western economic bailouts. Today, Turkey has a trillion-dollar economy that grew 6.6% last year. Since April 2009, Turkey has created 3.4 million jobs - that's more than the entire European Union, Russia and South Africa put together. Look in this hemisphere: In 1990, Brazil was emerging from decades of dictatorship and was wracked by inflation rates that reached 3,000 percent. Today, Brazil is a stable democracy, steadily growing with foreign-exchange reserves of $350 billion. I could go on, Mitt. What say you?
I'm an Italian student. Could you correct this letter of application for FCE exam? Thanks in advance. Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing with reference to your advertisement, which I saw in the Language&Fun on Thursday 17 September and I would like to apply for a place on a course at your Language School. I am a seventeen-year-old Italian student and I have been studying English for ten years. Since that, I believe I possess quite good communication and logical skills. With regard to the course, I would prefer to attend a daily English class with exchange students of my same age. In addition, I would be really pleased if I could do practical experience with excursions, besides theoretical lessons. My ambition for the future is to become a professional surgeon and English will be of vital importance if I undertake a work experience in a foreign country. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Alessandro Pedretti
Ever since I was little, I saw myself as an outcast. I was bullied and was a bit sick. I am always misunderstood. Usually I was laughed at when I'm serious, which was always. Even now, I don't really fit in. Every time I try to make myself glad, it was usually shot down. Right now, I want to learn how to play a violin. But now I lost wish. Who was going to hear to me? Isn't a 15 year old girl a bit too old to learn how to play? If they did hear, they would tell me to cease it. I wanted to be a foreign exchange student, but again I lost wish. I always saw people being glad. I wanted to be glad like them, but I'm just being greedy. I know I should be thankful for everything I have. However, why am I unhappy? What am I searching for? I really want to do something that would make me feel I was special, but it's wishful thinking. Everyone does the same thing or has done the same thing. I always think of myself not special. I thought of myself as another person. I wanted to be good at something, to make me look forward to somethings, something that would be glad, and something that would make everyone glad. It seems stupid for me to think these nice of things right? I always cared about other people, but I always wondered about myself. I just wanted to do something I would adore and be proud to say that I did/played this (in a good way).
I'm a hs freshman and my gpa is 3.8 but I'm not taking any honors classes. I do live in Michigan so that should help. I was in a club but dropped out and im doing lacrosse in spring. Also I'm going to be a foreign exchange student next year and I heard colleges like that but idk. What are my chances of getting into u of m and what can I do to increase my chances?? I don't wanna be one of those people who freaks out and worries about whether they will receive in or not.
I want to do a semester/year in the Netherlands, and AFS seems like a pretty good program to go through. I was just wondering if anyone knew from personal experience.
I have a foreign exchange student pal who is leaving soon. He is my best pal and I am writing him a goodbye letter that he can read on the plane. I want to write a quote about us in it. Something about never forgetting him or something. Something really thoughtful and deep. Help please :)
I would adore to learn french! We have a foreign exchange student at our school from Berlin and she wants someone to help her but she wants them to talk french. I need a quick, free site to go to! please and thank you!
Next year, I want to go as a foreign exchange student in Japan. My dad is okay with it, but my mom isn't . Also just to state the facts, I'm 12. But I'm very mature and I make every A's every the time. We've found some programs for middleschool exchanges so that won't be a problem but how do I convince my mom???
I am very interested in being apart of the foreign exchange program. I went on sites and it was just for families who wanted to host or for other students to visit America. I havnt talked to my mom about it , i just want to make sure that it is a real thing first. However , i would only be interested if i were to be going anywhere in Europe.Do you have and suggestions ? Experiences ?
I live in Sacramento and i would like to find a high school with a foreign exchange program.
Ok so this is nice of a dumb question but I want to know. So I just started dating a German girl not too long ago but she had to move back to Germany because she was a foreign exchange student at my high school for only half a year. I know Valentine's Day is coming up, and her birthday is the day before Valentine's Day, but since by then it'll only be a little over a month that we will be dating, I can't really receive her a necklace like I wanted to, and I think waiting until Christmas is a little too long of a wait. So my question is, are there any holidays that are celebrated in Germany between Valentine's Day and Christmas that is nice of like those that I could receive her a necklace like I want to. Thanks for the help.
Alright. It was on TV a while ago but let me try and remember it. Any help would he really appreciated. It was about a troop in Iraq. Maybe afghanistan. He might have been a sniper if I'm still thinking of the same movie. He sees a little girl receive vaporized by a roadside bomb, and you can tell he won't forget it. He gets home and finds himself going a little insane and nobody believes him. He thinks he sees that little girl in the maze of a hospital and ends up hugging some random girl thinking it's the one that he saw die. His son started smoking and it turns out his son murdered a middle-eastern foreign exchange student to receive back at the war that his dad was in. The son burned him alive in a dumpster. I remember the soldiers wife ended up in an insane asylum, but I don't know why. Anyway. I adore this movie and any help would be awesome. I remember the title was really weird, almost like it was a series of movies or something. I'm not sure. Anyway thank you guys and please try to help!
I met this girl online, through Omegle or something (do not remember too well). I know, sounds like a lot of other stories but I think what of the key thing that distinguishes between is that we exchanged Facebooks and soon I find myself Skyping with her every weekend morning and night if I am able to. I'm 18 and she's 16, which I guess to some people is a little questionable. Also the fact that she lives on the other side of the world doesn't help; I'm in America, she's in Taiwan but we're both Chinese. I always liked having foreign friends that weren't in my immediate social spectrum whom I could always go to for a nice chat if I wanted something different. Anyways, I find myself quite elated when I talk to this girl, it's just something about her that makes me really glad when I talk to her about the most random stuff. Our conversations go on for hours and I just find it a nice new spin on my social life. Almost like a secret close pal that no one else knows about. It's not to say that I can't find a girl to like in real life; I've had a few girls, some even who I just meet on the road, approach me asking me for my number or asking me to be their boyfriend. I turn them every down (Some say I'm way too picky...), but that's because I personally don't want some three week relationship. I want something meaningful, not a fling. I guess what I am trying to ask is...should she be someone I should keep thinking about in this potentially romantic way, as in perhaps in the probably distant future we might be together seeing as I may have tiny plans to take my life to her country anyways (I had these plans even before I met her)? I am 18 years old about to graduate high school, off to college this coming fall, basically just growing up. Before some people start going off and tell me to just screw off without any reason, its not like I don't freaking look her face. I'm in essence talking to her face to face, albeit webcam and a microphone. Does that still constitute as an online relationship? I'm not even sure, I feel like its like those things they have prison for the inmates to talk with the outside world (...needy analogy?). So people, what is your opinion on it every? What should I do? Move on or perhaps potentially deepen this relationship (I think there is potential room...) into something that could be possibly even greater in our future when we could actually look each other directly without electronic screens as barriers? I have an uncle who may be taking me to Taiwan this summer as a graduation gift already so... maybe...me...and her? :O -"Dan" (People think I'm tough, but honestly I'm a sap,so forgive me if I sound too dramatic, and thank you again for at least taking your time to read up to this point.) :D
okay i have a gpa of about a 3.5, i am taking 1 ap class, sat scores around 1550-1600, play soccer and might play tennis, i do model un, have 30 hours of community service, i go to a blue ribbon high school (public but considered a pretty good school), and i have travelled a lot and am going to do a foreign exchange program this summer... i would like to major in international relations also i dont live in ny. also after taking PSATs st. johns emiled me and i got letters from them so i think they might be interested in me but idk if they do that to everyone haha... please let me know what you think if you know about st. johns or just thoughts.. thank you and please be honest
okay i have a gpa of about a 3.5, i am taking 1 ap class, sat scores around 1550-1600, play soccer and might play tennis, i do model un, have 30 hours of community service, i go to a blue ribbon high school (public but considered a pretty good school), and i have travelled a lot and am going to do a foreign exchange program this summer... i would like to major in international relations also i dont live in florida. please let me know what you think if you know about UMiami or just thoughts.. thank you and please be honest
okay i have a gpa of about a 3.5, i am taking 1 ap class, sat scores around 1550-1600, play soccer and might play tennis, i do model un, have 30 hours of community service, i go to a blue ribbon high school (public but considered a pretty good school), and i have travelled a lot and am going to do a foreign exchange program this summer... i would like to major in international relations also i dont live in MASS. please let me know what you think if you know about umass amherst or just thoughts.. thank you
You just came back from Canada, where the Canadian dollar was worth $.70. You still have C$200 from your trip and could exchange them for dollars at the airport, but the airport foreign exchange desk will only buy them for $.60. Next week, you will be going to Mexico and will need pesos. The airport foreign exchange desk will sell you pesos $.10 per peso. You met a tourist at the airport who is from Mexico and is on his way to Canada. He is willing to buy your C$200 for 1,300 pesos. Should you accept the offer or cash the Canadian dollars in at the airport?
Ok, so along with telling me if you like the plot for this Manga script (thing...um) I also need a name and if someone could help me with a genre that would be great!!!!! :3 it's not being published or whatever, it's going to be a web comic. (I'm not very good at manga yet, but this I'm sure will be great practice!!!!) ---- Duane, a foreign exchange student from Canada (going to Japan), life has become a reck. His mom, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer 4 month before has died and his dad has become an alcoholic reck. Among the reckage a boy shows up, (haven't figured out a name yet...he's japanese) he's a bright kid and soon becomes Duane's friends. Healing Duane's mental wounds starts. Disaster strikes him again. The kid has been hit by a car. He's in the hospital, the wounds seem ok But the kids legs might be lost. Duane in a desperate attempt must try to help the one that helped him the most. --- I already know its not Yaoi or Shonen Ai. The guys are both 15 (so 2nd year highschool I think...) Changed some things to make it more real -_-", Duane moved from Canada to Japan... Sorry about misspelled words, Im very sleepy right now! The story does have an ending, the kid was able to keep his legs though he does have some problems with it. (of corse glad ending! :D) And remember, it's just really for practice! So try not to hate, not like I'm going to publish XP OMG the help has been so awesome so far!!!! Thank you! You every have some great ideas. It is kinda depressing huh? I'll fix it! I swear .
I want to receive into some type of law, maybe malpractice or criminal justice and I know Spanish will arrive in handy, but I also want to do foreign exchange in France which would look good on college applications. Which should I take? I think it's only one, plus I wouldn't want to take 2, they'd receive confusing
I'm filling out my junior year course selection card and I've run in to a bit of a problem. I have to take 7 classes next year (5 required: theology, science, us history, english, and pre calc) and i have 2 empty slots for electives. I was going to fill those slots with ap comparative government and journalism II. ( i know i will be taking 2 history classes but i'm pretty good at history, it interests me, and us history is an average level class. ) I went to my counselor today and she told me that some colleges require atleast 3 years of a foreign language. As you can look i have no room to fit spanish into my schedule, the only way would be to exchange it for ap comparative government. I also have my senior year pretty planned out and again have no room for spanish that year either ( I would have to drop science to take it). My question is: Is it better to take spanish and receive in my 3 years of a foreign language or should I study what interests me and take comparative government? On a side note: I talk fluent spanish and would have no trouble getting into an ap spanish class.
The foreign exchange program. Is it "set-usa" or "setoosah" haha
are there any foreign exchange programs where I can host someone for just a month? The only ones I have found have been for either a year or a semester and my family would be up for hosting someone for that long.
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Okay I really wanna go to japan for a year. I wanna go when im 17, but I dont know where to start. Can someone help?
I'm thinking about being a foreign exchange student but I don't really know any programs. Does anyone know a good one and if you have been one, is it worth it?
I got an email that had thoughts to ponder about Obama.If Obama was born in Hawaii,how did he qualify as a foreign exchange student for Indonesia?Where are Obama's girlfriends.think about this,where are they.Surely he had at least one.No past girlfriends popping up anywhere.We know about Kennedy,McClain,Clinton.Who was the best man at his wedding.Check the groomsmen.Has anyone talked to his professors at Columbia.No one person has arrive foward from his past.We every went to school with someone who remembers our name or face.Even George Stephanopoulos would have been a classmate of Obama's in the 1984 class at Columbia,said he never had a class with him.Since he is such a great orator,why doesn't anyone in Obamas class remember him.Why won't he allow Colombia to release his records?Obama's photograph does not appear in the school's yearbook ,and Obama consistently declines to talk about his years at Columbia.Why was Obama's law license inactivated in 2002? Why was Michelle's law license inactivated by court order?According to the U.S. Census,there is only one Barack Obama-but 27 Social Security numbers and over 80 aliases.The SS number he uses now originated in Connecticut where he is never reported to live.Is it any wonder that his records are sealed.Someone has to know something about this man's background.This may be one of the biggest cons this country has ever seen.
What do you think of my chinese name? 黄继萍 (huang2 ji4 ping2). I really don't like my name, it sounds very masculine to me and every my friends have such feminine and pretty names. Some foreign exchange students from China came to my school and my pal told me someone said my name was pretty. difficult to believe. I've never liked my chinese name, in both cantonese and mandarin. Not to mention that in canto, it sounds like yellow chicken skin (thats the only way my friends remember my name btw). What do you honestly think?
I went to edit my comment arguing against idiocy in regards to foreign exchange and currency strength and it wouldnt post and I lost 4 paragraphs of writing that was GOOD. when they talk of "stronger" and "strength" they are referring to relative changes over a particular trading period. over the past 8 hours, the dollar mave have been stronger than the euro in that it gained in value, i.e., the exchange rate went from $1.30 to $1.28 for one euro. and then I went through and explained and explained and listed 3 different price changes going from 8 hours to 48 hours. and then ended with something like over the past 5 hours and 5 years, the euro may have went from $1.30 to $1.31, which it has, and was therefore STRONGER than the dollar in those trading periods. I also said that one euro is stronger than one dollar because it has more purchasing power and one euro is worth more. if this wasnt the case, then the euro would be worth less than one dollar. i even explained why the euro is losing relative value due to the sovereign debt crisis and it every just disappeared. now an alaskan volcano is about to erupt. I also got a needy kid thinking that I gave him a thumbs down and he asked me what is backing up our currency and I cant edit that comment either. this is absurd and very frustrating
Based on ratios. I'll reveal what it is when picking an answer if anyone is vaguely curious. XXX has been staging a strong turnaround during FY11, and is heavily traded on a foreign exchange. From the AR: The Company owns 2 coal mines in Kalimantan, Indonesia: the Sebuku Mine on the remote Sebuku Island in South-East Kalimantan and Jembayan Mine in East Kalimantan. Sebuku Mine began production in 1997 below a Generation 2 Coal Contract with the Indonesian government and is known for the SebukuTM brand of coal, a high-value bituminous coal that is recognized internationally for its consistent quality, single burn characteristics, high ash fusion temperature and XXX's excellent delivery record. FY11 (US cents) Q1 EPS: 3.65 (+268.7% YoY) Q2 EPS: 3.43 (+66.5% YoY) Q3 EPS: 3.26 (+66.5% YoY) (i) Current Price: 1.87 (ii) 3yr EPS CAGR: -3.13% (iii) Classification: TURNAROUND PEG: 0.11 P/E (TTM): 15.05 EPS (TTM): US$0.124 EPS Growth (YTD, Q1-Q3): +142.7% YoY D/E: 1.00 Without going into the strategic prospects of the stock, just making a very simple, very quick take on it's ratios, would you bother looking further into this? AWW!! Joey you actually bothered to look up the chunk from the AR!! tyvm! ^___^ It's struggling to break over it's MA(50D), which is pretty bad given that most of the higher beta stocks have already formed Golden Crosses in the same index.
Okay well I have a class with the foreign exchange student and his name is Michal and he's from Poland and speaks Polish and I think he is cuter than kittens but I'm too terribly shy to say hi or anything D: I receive nervous when I look in his direction. The other foreign exchange student, named Patricia, keeps trying to receive me to talk to him and say "hi" but I keep chickening out. I'm running out of ideas. I need a REALLY good excuse to talk to him so it doesn't seem like I'm going out of my way to say hi (I don't want to look weird) He has a cell phone and I asked my friends for his number but they think if I text him randomly that I will look like a stalker, :/ I don't know what to do >.< We're in highschool
I think taking Spanish will arrive in handy later, but I've been to Paris and adore it and was wondering if through the rotary club, I'd be allowed to do something like this.
I have been with him for six months and I am absolutely in adore with him, and he is in adore with me. Recently I left and I am living in France until the middle of July. When I left we had an amazing last weekend together and he promised me he wouldn't cease loving me. The weekend after I left, he went to a party and got absolutely trashed telling everyone he wants me back and blah blah. Now, two weeks later, my friends and his friends are telling me that he is trying to receive with one of his friends. I confronted him over Skype and he denied it. But I gave him an ultimatum. I said either you pick me and you stay 100% true to me only for the next 5 months, or you break up with me. And after hours of talking about it he decided that he needs to end this, because he cannot guarantee that when he gets drunk again he will be good to me. I am now depressed and I do not know what to do. Did he ever adore he? He says he still does...
I am currently a 15 year old almost done with my sophomore year in high school. I really want to be a foreign exchange student my senior year. Specifically in South Korea (hopefully in or close by Seoul). Being a foreign exchange student would probably give me a higher chance of college acceptance than trying my best in public school in the States. I've looked into many international schools in Korea, but they are very expensive and my family does not have the financial resources. I know that Rotary Youth Exchange is the most wallet friendly, but there is a chance that I will not be sent to the country of my choice (even if I did receive South Korea I might be sent to a rural town) and my heart is dead set on Seoul, South Korea. The foreign exchange program I've found to be the most promising is Youth For Understanding (the tuition being about $12,000). I would probably pay for at least half of it. Would I be able to take AP classes online in English while attending high school in Korea? And what should I expect from the high school students? I've heard that they are pretty scary, but what high school in this world doesn't have it's fair share of mean girls? I can read and understand some Korean, but I am by no means considered fluent. I would appreciate any input! Especially from people who were foreign exchange students :)
Scout Finch is the Chief Financial Officer [CFO] of SALEM Manufacturing, a U.S. based manufacturer of gas turbine equipment. She has just concluded negotiations for the sale of a turbine generator to Crown, a British firm for One million pounds. This single sale is quite big in relation to SALEM’s gift business. SALEM has no other current foreign customers, so the currency risk of this sale is of particular concern. The sale is made in March with payment due three months later in June. Scout Finch has collected the following financial market information for the analysis of her currency exposure problem: •Spot Exchange rate: $1.5640 per British pound. •Three month forward rate: $1.5549 per pound •SALEM’s cost of capital: 16% •U.K. three month borrowing interest rate: 12.0% (or 3.0% per quarter) •U.K. three month investment interest rate: 10.0% (or 2.5% per quarter) •U.S. three month borrowing interest rate: 12.0% ( or 3.0% per quarter) •U.S. three month investment interest rate: 8.0% (or 2.0% per quarter) •June put option in the over-the-counter (bank) market for 1,000,000 British pounds; Strike price $1.55 (nearly at-the money) 1.5% premium •June put option in the over-the counter (bank) market for 1,000,000 British pounds: Strike price $1.51 (out-of-the money) 1.0% premium •SALEM’s foreign exchange advisory service forecasts that the spot rate in there months will be $1.56 per British pound. Like many manufacturing firms, SALEM operates on relatively narrow margins. Although Ms. Finch and SALEM would be very glad if the pound appreciated versus the dollars, concerns middle on the possibility that the pound will fall. When Ms. Finch budgeted this specific contract, she determined that the minimum acceptable margin was at a sale price of $1,500,000. The budget rate, the lowest acceptable dollar per pound exchange rate, was therefore established at $1.5 per British pound. Any exchange rate below would result in Dayton actually losing money on the transaction. Four alternatives are available to Salem to manage the exposure: 1.Remain un-hedged. 2.Hedge in the forward market. 3.Hedge in the money market. 4.Hedge in the options market. What should Salem do?
I haven't found any of the previous questions to be specific enough, and am still a bit confused about some details. I found a website that pretty much takes you through the whole process - and practically personalizes the process for groups - kids, students, singles, etc. It seemed 'official', but I was wondering if there are a million websites just like this? Is there a best one to go with? Or do I even need to follow a guide? I am also confused about citizenship. I have even been to the Ministry of the Interior's website and it doesn't cover what I specifically want to know. Only my dad is Jewish. Both his parents are Jewish and so on. It says (among every the other ways to become a citizen) as far as 'birthright' I guess you could call it, is that they define 'Jewish' as the mom being Jewish. That I knew. But then it said that they have since extended the definition to include grandparents also. My dad's side is covered, my mom's, obviously not. And I'm not so much concerned about becoming a citizen as I am in picking the right city, etc. I don't have a ton of money to just go travel around and then arrive back as everyone recommends. But (in case this matters) I am 36 and will probably be 37 by the time I receive there, single, and I have mostly a college degree, however no trade or skill. I do not talk Hebrew (though I plan to learn). I was going to go back to school here but really do not look any reason why I can't earn my degree there and then receive a job as I would here. This website made it sound as though Israel practically pays to bring you over as well. A school to learn Hebrew, unemployment if you need it, healthcare - the list goes on. Is this true? It seems to me as though their economy is much better than ours right now, and not at risk of crashing as it seems ours may be. As of today the exchange rate is very reasonable as well. I have read that many people arrive back within 5 years because there were details they weren't told, etc. Are my plans to do this within a year reasonable? I believe I can learn Hebrew within a year, but would earning a college degree and starting a career there be reasonable also? Are there 'scams', like websites that overcharge you, or places that don't give you the right amount in exchange of currency, etc? Maybe even certain areas that take advantage of naive Americans? Is there anything I can do to prepare in the best way, like only file my papers here, etc., maybe make Israeli friends on Facebook (I don't know, just suggestions) - anything? I'd like to know if there are books that can guide you that are up-to-date, or websites that might allow me to forego the books, and would like to know lastly if there are certain cities that you would recommend in particular? I know that's a lot (but would be silly not to ask questions moving to a foreign country), but any information would be helpful, and greatly appreciated - even if it's something I've forgotten to ask. Serious answers only please, and if you're a jerk, please just don't answer. Thank you in advance!