Advice For High School Exchange Programs

I'm going into my sophomore year of high school (i'm taking French 1 and 2 this coming year) and want to go to France my junior year, I don't have a lot of money so i need a scholarship and some advice on what kind of programs to look at. Thanks!

Ahern Middle School

A big shout out to my new friends at the Ahern Middle School in Massachusetts. It was fun talking to you about writing and science and ... out to the parking lot, my car was surrounded by big, yellow school busses. As I sat and watched those busses load up and ship out...me, for the first time this spring, that the the 2008-2009 school year is on its way out. You know what this means, ...

High School Musical // 4 Drabbles

Title: Our Summer. Fandom: High School Musical. Character(s)/Pairing(s): Troy/Sharpay, Chad/Taylor, Ryan/Gabriella. Rating: General. Spoiler(s)/Warning(s): Suggestiveness in the last three parts of this drabble series. Author Notes: A four part drabble series. The first part with all three couples followed by three seperate drabbles for a specific pair. I miss writting drabbles for ...

dear graduate school,

congratulations, you are officially testing and teaching me. even when i don't pass in one way, i am learning that i'm succeeding in another. because despite feeling like a train wreck, somewhere beneath all these insecurities that you've released, i still believe that things can be okay in the end.

Time To Build A New World

The Jacksons, "Can You Feel It?" I first saw this in school, in Mass Media class. When the time came to make our own short films, we were told point-blank by our teacher: NO MUSIC VIDEOS!

... I'd never gotten into that class, and swimming in a pool full of tarantulas is better than going to graduate school, I am very happy. All that's left (pretty much) is to make a few appointments - one with my ... - to figure out my course of study. I'm deathly afraid I'm going to flunk out of graduate school or it's going to be too overwhelming for me (both thoughts that keep me up at night) but I'...

Quitting Twitter (just don't LJ at work, then!)

... I had a bacon salad so my vitamins have also been restored. v.g. whereas you were on your way to watch the premier of the winter season of some designer.. and.. chips @maddeh: I was in school clothes! And school face! @maddeh: omg @damianaw: just do crunches in their general direction, and they'll love you. Works every time. How do you think I got where I am today? @damianaw: show them your new ...

Back on LJ.

 Right. So the new Multiply kind of sucks. I'm back on LJ, though I guess I will still be cross-posting entries.  First week of school is over. In this week, I have learned that I love my course more than I thought imaginable. I have a great respect for Mass Comm and the people who are in the field of Communications. With any luck, I'll be joining them soon, too. :)  I have a blister. I've named...

Scars

Title:  Scars Series:   CLAMP School Detectives Pairing:   Suoh/Nokoru Rating/Warning:   PG-13, shonen-ai Author's Note:   I've decided that in this fic Suoh is 13 and Nokoru is 14.  Not that it really matters...   He wasn’t sure how exactly Nokoru had talked him into going swimming for the afternoon, considering that he could think of at least twenty other (more important) things ...

School Violence Prevention Act Passes in NC

NC House Passes School Violence Prevention Act About the bill (summary) From the summary of the bill (provided by Equality NC [emphasis mine]): Senate Bill 526, would require public schools to adopt strong policies against bullying and harassment, specifically including bullying and harassment based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, gender identity or ...