How would an African-American foreign exchange student be treated in Italy High school?
I plan on doing my 11th grade of high school in Italy through a foreign exchange program called YFU. It sounds great and everything, but I'm super nervous. Not only am I going to be away from my mom for a year, but I'll be in a country where people speak a different native language than I do. I'm excited, but I know that I will stand out because not only am I american, but I'm black. How will I be treated? Are people going to be mean to me? I'm shy when it comes to people I don't know, are they going to think I'm stand-offish? I'm friendly, but I'm quiet also. What will high school be like for me?
Studying Abroad - 1 Answers
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I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure you will be fine :) Just be nice and be yourself :) Good luck!
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Friday, February 28, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
What is it like to be a foreign exchange student?
What is it like to be a foreign exchange student?
I am a freshman in high school. I live in the U.S. I have always wanted to travel and see new places, and I have been to Italy for vacation. I take a Spanish class but I'm not particularly good at it. I am a great student (4.0 GPA) and I have heard that studying abroad can give you an edge in getting into good colleges. What is it like to be a foreign exchange student from America? Where did you go and for how long?
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stay in the US. US has the best education. IF you wanna travel, wait until you finish college. IF you really want, try to go to Europe, dont go to Asia
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I am a freshman in high school. I live in the U.S. I have always wanted to travel and see new places, and I have been to Italy for vacation. I take a Spanish class but I'm not particularly good at it. I am a great student (4.0 GPA) and I have heard that studying abroad can give you an edge in getting into good colleges. What is it like to be a foreign exchange student from America? Where did you go and for how long?
Studying Abroad - 1 Answers
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stay in the US. US has the best education. IF you wanna travel, wait until you finish college. IF you really want, try to go to Europe, dont go to Asia
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Friday, February 7, 2014
Do i need any special documents to travel to Italy from Spain?
Do i need any special documents to travel to Italy from Spain?
Im and exchange student from the USA and ive spending a year in Spain, but there planning a end of the year trip to Italy. Do i need any special papework other than a passport to go and come back? Especially to come back to Spain.
Other - Europe - 4 Answers
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You probably got a Shengen visa, meaning you can move around the Shengen area without restriction (thats basically the whole of the EU). So as far as I know you dont, as long you are going to Italy from the country which granted u the visa, which is Spain so everything should be fine.
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They all lie in the Schengen zone but you don't need anything in theory. However, when I crossed the border between Spain and France, police came one and checked for documents. They simply took a 10 second glance at everyone's passports before proceeding. So make sure you have that at least.
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You will need your passport as identification document and the Spanish Student permit (Tarjeta de extranjeros ‘estudiante’) as visa waiver to France/Italy and for re-entry to Spain. There are no regular controls at the border anymore, however the Border Protection Officers of the different Schengen countries may conduct random checks and establish check-points in a 15 kilometer distance behind the border. Source(s): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2006:247:0001:0016:EN:PDF http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/EN/2103/viewImage_49131.html
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no you don't need anything
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Im and exchange student from the USA and ive spending a year in Spain, but there planning a end of the year trip to Italy. Do i need any special papework other than a passport to go and come back? Especially to come back to Spain.
Other - Europe - 4 Answers
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You probably got a Shengen visa, meaning you can move around the Shengen area without restriction (thats basically the whole of the EU). So as far as I know you dont, as long you are going to Italy from the country which granted u the visa, which is Spain so everything should be fine.
2 :
They all lie in the Schengen zone but you don't need anything in theory. However, when I crossed the border between Spain and France, police came one and checked for documents. They simply took a 10 second glance at everyone's passports before proceeding. So make sure you have that at least.
3 :
You will need your passport as identification document and the Spanish Student permit (Tarjeta de extranjeros ‘estudiante’) as visa waiver to France/Italy and for re-entry to Spain. There are no regular controls at the border anymore, however the Border Protection Officers of the different Schengen countries may conduct random checks and establish check-points in a 15 kilometer distance behind the border. Source(s): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2006:247:0001:0016:EN:PDF http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/EN/2103/viewImage_49131.html
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no you don't need anything
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
How useful would Russian be for a classical music student?
How useful would Russian be for a classical music student?
Specifically and classical piano student. I am planning to study music in Europe my languages know French and English. I would like to learn Russian (add some variety to my languages), but I would also like to learn Italian. So my question is, would Italian or Russian be more useful for studying classical music? Second question (sorry) How useful would French be? No, I don't know where in Europe I want to study yet. I guess England, France, Italy or Russia.
Classical - 7 Answers
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If you're looking at specializing in Russian music, you'll certainly want to be able to read what the composers, performers, and critics wrote about it. If your interests are more general, German might be a more useful choice.
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If you want to do Russian music like Prokofiev, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff - then Russian is the way to go but if your doing more European, then 1st Italian, 2nd German, 3rd French
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russian's barely useful at all! Italian is far more useful in classical music, it's fairly rare to see any russian instructions written on a piece of music, 90% of the time it's in italian.
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Good luck studying in Russia... It is extremely competitive and a bit frightening to a new student. Unless you only are going to focus on Russian composers, learning Italian will be more beneficial. A lot of music enforces Italian language.
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Italian and German are used more than Russian in music, even by Russian composers like Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
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The most useful languages for classical music tend to be German, Italian and French because these three languages have dominated musical culture for the past several hundred years. Russian, English, Latin and Spanish are probably the next most relavent languages. Of course if you have a particular area of interest in Russian music you'll want to be able read about it in the original instead of a translation. And wherever you end up studying you should be fluent in the native language there.
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i would recomend learning the language of the country you would study in. depends on the music too. italy is famous for classical as well as germany and france and russia. if in my opinion i would say russian because i am learning it but this is only my opinion. i think that depending on your favorite artist i would go with their language so tchaikovsky is russian bach german ect.
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Specifically and classical piano student. I am planning to study music in Europe my languages know French and English. I would like to learn Russian (add some variety to my languages), but I would also like to learn Italian. So my question is, would Italian or Russian be more useful for studying classical music? Second question (sorry) How useful would French be? No, I don't know where in Europe I want to study yet. I guess England, France, Italy or Russia.
Classical - 7 Answers
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If you're looking at specializing in Russian music, you'll certainly want to be able to read what the composers, performers, and critics wrote about it. If your interests are more general, German might be a more useful choice.
2 :
If you want to do Russian music like Prokofiev, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff - then Russian is the way to go but if your doing more European, then 1st Italian, 2nd German, 3rd French
3 :
russian's barely useful at all! Italian is far more useful in classical music, it's fairly rare to see any russian instructions written on a piece of music, 90% of the time it's in italian.
4 :
Good luck studying in Russia... It is extremely competitive and a bit frightening to a new student. Unless you only are going to focus on Russian composers, learning Italian will be more beneficial. A lot of music enforces Italian language.
5 :
Italian and German are used more than Russian in music, even by Russian composers like Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
6 :
The most useful languages for classical music tend to be German, Italian and French because these three languages have dominated musical culture for the past several hundred years. Russian, English, Latin and Spanish are probably the next most relavent languages. Of course if you have a particular area of interest in Russian music you'll want to be able read about it in the original instead of a translation. And wherever you end up studying you should be fluent in the native language there.
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i would recomend learning the language of the country you would study in. depends on the music too. italy is famous for classical as well as germany and france and russia. if in my opinion i would say russian because i am learning it but this is only my opinion. i think that depending on your favorite artist i would go with their language so tchaikovsky is russian bach german ect.
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