I've always loved language, and am currently trying to master my French as well as learning Spanish. It's been my dream to become a poly linguist and pursue job opportunities including linguistics, anthropology, and possibly sociology for quite some time now. After going to France and being submersed in an entirely different atmosphere for a 9-month school year, I'm hoping colleges will be able to understand my diligence and independence as a student--and my devotion to this type of work! It's also going to be a great experience for my own, personal understanding of the world and different societal behaviors--which is why I'm so excited! It's going to be incredible, and I do so enjoy incredible things.
Not only am I going to benefit from this year abroad though--it isn't just for college applications, and it isn't even just for my own personal gains in a comprehensive knowledge over the differences (mores, traditions, common courtesies) in other countries--actually, AFS is gracing me with an opportunity to really spread the American culture! As a student, and thus a representative of the upcoming generation, doors have been opened so that I may help spread awareness about my own country now. Not that there's any great need to terminate any ignorance causing problems in terms of diplomacy over America, however the chance to spread understanding must always be taken--and AFS is one of the leading organizations dedicated to helping students and young adults grab at such opportunities! My life long goal has been to travel, understand, speak, and learn--and for my senior year of high school, I finally have the chance!
With such ambition, however, the bills can tend to pile up sometimes. And the AFS program, as an act of aiding my family and I for my tuition payments for next year, has enabled me with a ChipIn button below, and if you were able to help contribute to my future, it would be so gladly appreciated! I've begun organizing ideas with people I know, including bake sales and selling greeting cards with my art on them online! (I am an aspiring artist as well, I love photography and can't seem to keep my hands away from any watercolors either!) My mother, a jeweler, also works at a weekend bizarre, where she will try to sell my art-cards too!
(The picture above is a photograph of me, in Australia, hiking up a mountain in the rain forest! My mother and I have family in Australia, so we try to visit as often as we can--and as an aspiring anthropologist, even just one week in another country is phenomenal!)
As you can tell, my family and I are making a great effort towards funding my experiences abroad, and if you'd like to help, I'd surely appreciate it!
To sponsor my AFS program now, please click the ChipIn button below!
