... Kris, Our students have all had bank accounts in their own countries with a credit/debit card from that bank. That way their parents control their ...
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khawk313@...
kirbydog924
Oct 19, 2006 9:20 pm
... Dear Beth, Thank you for your help on this matter. You have a lot of great ideas and I am just a wimp when it comes to debating or sending anyone to their...
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Karen Shell
karen4fiea
Oct 19, 2006 10:01 pm
Hi Beth, Great advice.... Karen in Florida bday1313 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Hello K -- Another take on this situation is that you have a teenage...
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comerrick
Oct 20, 2006 3:19 pm
I had great students last year. Well, you have read about the students this year. They are gone, the rep will pick up their stuff today. I am starting to go...
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Karen Shell
karen4fiea
Oct 20, 2006 4:31 pm
Hi Liv, You host agian, but try another program...and no all girls are not hard to host...I would rather host boys. I have hosted 23, I have moved 1 from my...
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Lisa
morgan_dobes
Oct 20, 2006 9:58 pm
Ok, sounds like a silly question. But, I am 41 and have a 2 year old and no teenagers :-) For someone looking into the exchange program, is there a set of ...
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Michele Boone
micheleboone...
Oct 20, 2006 10:39 pm
Hi, we are hosting a German girl, she just turned 17. Any advice on how to get her to talk with my husband, she says she feels more comfortable talking to a...
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Mike McGraw
mhjmcgraw
Oct 21, 2006 2:24 am
Liv - Please don't let this bother you. It could have been the mixture of the two or just the fact that this was just not to be. You said you have hosted...
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Mike McGraw
mhjmcgraw
Oct 21, 2006 2:33 am
I guess the first thing that comes to mind is -- there is no "typical" anything when it comes to teens. I have no doubt - you will get a lot of ideas and...
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=^.^= Maxi =^.^=
maxeenmarie
Oct 21, 2006 1:57 pm
That's pretty close Mike, the main one being "treat them like they are your kid". We have two, one our own and one who is Thai who is in her second of three...
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Lisa
morgan_dobes
Oct 21, 2006 3:07 pm
Thanks Mike; Very thoughtfull response and exactly what I was looking for. Gonna print this off and refer to often! :-) Lisa...
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Lisa
morgan_dobes
Oct 21, 2006 6:56 pm
Hi all; Another question. Does anyone know GENERALLY how much public schools collect(from the Federal Govt(?)) for exchange students per year? I was curious as...
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Mike McGraw
mhjmcgraw
Oct 21, 2006 11:57 pm
It may be where you live - but here in North Carolina there is no extra funds paid to the school district by anyone (Federal or State) because a school has an...
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Amanda Turpin
skyesmom_in
Oct 22, 2006 2:09 am
These are all great tips! I really like to hear that we are doing about the same things as our counterparts all over the US. We have a Brazilian girl with us....
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comerrick
Oct 22, 2006 4:56 am
I don't have your answer but all I do know is that here the school's maximum of exchange students is 1% of the student pop. of the high school. So since our...
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bday1313
Oct 22, 2006 5:58 am
In general, there are no programs that I am aware of that pay public schools to host exchange students. Most states give a "per head" amount of money to the...
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bday1313
Oct 22, 2006 6:16 am
Hi Michele, I would try to get them talking with some "inpersonal" topics. Germans are generally pretty politically astute. If your hubby can handle a ...
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bday1313
Oct 22, 2006 6:16 am
More great advice! We're on our 12th student ... we don't have natural children! Our first step was to learn to be parents and figure out what was "teenage"...
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bday1313
Oct 22, 2006 6:24 am
Hey Karen, Glad things are going better! The microwave popcorn (you might send a popcorn on the cob too) is a big fun thing to send! We also like to send...
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Jan M. Scherrer
anmeismom
Oct 22, 2006 8:40 pm
Lisa, Why in the world is this student coming to you so late? Hope everything works out well for you with this placement. Jan _____ From:...
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comerrick
Oct 22, 2006 11:09 pm
I am thinking second semester student. Lov Liv ... everything...
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Karen Shell
karen4fiea
Oct 23, 2006 1:22 pm
Hi Michele, Send them off to do the shopping or to a movie. Then they will have something in common that they are doing and maybe that will break the ice. ...
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Karen Shell
karen4fiea
Oct 23, 2006 1:39 pm
Hi everyone, One of my friends works for a school district, the school get the per head money and that is all. Hope this helps, but I work with Forte...
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Lisa
morgan_dobes
Oct 23, 2006 6:28 pm
Well, its not actually the students fault, we just sort of discovered the program and thought it might be an interesting idea for our family As it turns out,...
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poolplayermommy
Nov 1, 2006 5:25 am
Hello all, I am so glad I found this group and wish I had thought to look for it last year. We hosted for the first time last year with a german girl and for...
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Karen Shell
karen4fiea
Nov 1, 2006 1:31 pm
Hi Beth, My name is Karen, I have hosted 23 students to date. The problem is that you gave her to much free time. 1. My students get 1 hour per week on the...
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comerrick
Nov 1, 2006 4:26 pm
Beth, I don't know what will or will not help. But I do know that everything you have gone through is everything I tend to see in Asian students. I swore I...
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Elizabeth A Mendoza
poolplayermommy
Nov 2, 2006 12:12 am
Thanks Liv, There is so much you don't know about hosting different students and I have not found the exchange program very helpful. They do not say anything...
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Karen Shell
karen4fiea
Nov 2, 2006 1:44 pm
Hi Beth, This is Karen, we spoke yesterday...lying is NOT typcial of Asian student and I have hosted many plus worked with many. I place around 100 a year that...
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comerrick
Nov 2, 2006 2:18 pm
I don't think that lying is typical of asians. It's just that I find that the girls, from their culture, especially Japanese, are more submissive, not...
