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2007
Features
Students study abroad to improve language
L auren L evine
co-Editor-in-Chief
Exchange students. We see
them in the halls and in classes,
but who are the students
from WLHS who leave to be
exchange students in foreign
countries?
One such student is Kirsten
Otterlei, senior, who spent
the first semester in Bogota,
Colombia and has always been
interested in studying abroad.
"I really enjoy traveling and
wanted a chance to be part of
the culture in another country,"
Otterlei said.
When the opportunity
came up for her to spend
five months in Colombia,
she jumped at the chance to
experience a new culture and
to improve her Spanish.
"My host dad spoke broken
English and so I got a chance
to improve my Spanish while
he got to improve his English,"
Otterlei said.
Even though experiences
like these can be expensive and
can take months of planning
and preparation, most feel that
they are well worth the cost.
"The money that would
have gotten me a car went to
that program," Karen Vance,
senior said. Even though her
experience was costly, she
has no regrets. "It was a life
changing experience," Vance
said.
Students not only get the
chance to be immersed in a
different culture and improve
their skills in the language,
but they also get used to being
on their own and gaining a
different perspective on the
world.
Vance, who traveled to
Paris, France for one month
last July went with a summer
program through the New
York University's Tisch School
of the Arts along with 14 other
students from around the
world. One thing that came
as a surprise to her was how
sheltered American students
can be.
"You get a completely
different perspective on life
and how other people see
Americans," Vance said,
"especially being on your
own (in another country) and
not sheltered within a family
vacation."
There can also be many
dangers students face while in
another country. In Colombia,
an argument broke out in the
streets in front of Otterlei's
house between a taxi driver
and motorcyclist.
"There was a shooting by
my house and a bullet went
through a window. My host
mom was home at the time
but luckily she wasn't hurt,"
Otterlei said.
Both Vance and Otterlei
agree it is worthwhile. "I
would definitely do it again,"
Otterlei said. "My experience
was definitely worth more
than the cost. I wouldn't have
traded a single minute for
anything," Vance said.
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Ph'oto courtesy of Kirsten Otterlei
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