<p>under zee table pay-ee-ment</p>
<p>lol.</p>
<p>I'm going to ask my dad for a loan. I'll offer to pay him back when I'm like..25. lol. I'll need about $3,500 for the trip to France (including air fare), and $700 for Japan. I just found out we don't even get to visit Tokyo and that's where we're flying to! We immediately get on a bullet train to Yoshida or whatever. That is so typical of my school. ugh...</p>
<p>Promote Jon K's Landscaping company by just telling your neighbors. Act professional, distribute flyers, promote your business through Goodyear dirigibles, yellow book, and radio ads. As Donald Trump says, Think big or get out!"</p>
<p>Can you please read my essays, Justinian?</p>
<p>win the spelling bee</p>
<p>Umm...what? I already won my grade one, then I came in third in the school one. :(</p>
<p>P.S. - I sent you my essays, Justinian. :)</p>
<p>"I don't know if they're gonna wanna up and give money to a random 7th grader~ maybe a high school valedictorian with tons of ECs and community service, but some random 7th grader...seems sketchy....."</p>
<p>The only thing they might have problem with would be a 7th grader... They might think you won't get a lot out of something like this in 7th grade. But I am/was not the valedictorian, but the Lions Club gave me money to do a leadership program thing when I was a sophomore. They don't just hand you a check, they send it to the company/ group that the program is through.</p>
<p>The Rotary Club has different local clubs throughout the world so you might have to look one up locally, your parents might know about it. The Lions club is a local thing to, different districts have their own clubs.</p>
<p>So do you have to register with the program first (Like the French program), then you ask for money? Or say like... "My name is Noonaa and I'm interested in attending a summer language camp in France. It would be an amazing and fulfulling experience. The only thing that's standing in my way are financial reasons." Is that all you do?</p>
<p>Jonathan,</p>
<p>You're not missing out on much, not being in Tokyo. Really, it's like any other big city.</p>
<p>You'll get more of "Japan" out of a smaller sized location. I wouldn't sweat that at all.</p>
<p>Why Japan? Go to Mexico, particularly Puerto Vallarta. Puerto Vallarta is gorgeous and very clean(little poverty, clean water, beautiful aqua water. Va a Mexico, ahora!</p>
<p>you might want to try going to the mall by yourself without holding grammie's hand before you leave the country.</p>
<p>I played chaperone to a Japanese 8th grader and two 9th graders. Worked out fine. 'Cept for the fact that they were insufferable brats.</p>
<p>Oh well.</p>
<p>Japan is the only option for some reason. But if I had to go to an Asian country, I'd probably go there or Singapore. Maybe South Korea. Or the UAE if you count that as ''Asian."</p>
<p>I found a trip that could cost me under $3,000 including air fare. It's a trip to Nice/Monaco for three weeks. There's 15 hours of language lessons a week and you can go snorkeling and tour the city and everything. That'd be so awesome.</p>
<p>Bump... still looking for people to read my essays. :)</p>
<p>Bump........</p>
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<p>Overland's trips are awesome... but really expensive.</p>
<p>Yeah...really expensive, but it offers 60 hours of language instruction for three weeks, but there's a few I found that offer twenty hours for about $1800. This one costs $5195. Ahh! NOT including airfare. So it'd probably end up being about $7,000.</p>
<p>I would suggest that if you really want to go to xyz country you make your own little agenda and not go along with some group. But I only suggest this if you are old and mature enough to handle it. I think not going with a big group of english-speaking (especially younger) tourists will allow you to learn alot more and have more fun. But now I do realize that you are a sixth grader so that may not be possible. ...Maybe if you take a parent. :]</p>
<p>Second, the amount of language instruction (20 vs 60 hours) you receive there shouldn't be the biggest factor on whether or not you go. It would be a better deal to get a language instructor in the states (who is fluent) for a better price and longer period of time. The only plus I can see of being taught a foreign language in the country that speaks it is that you are completely immersed in it for a short period of time. But, as it sounds like to me, your group will have other kids along with you and most likely they will speak English out of class. not good. Also, even if you ARE completely immersed in the language with no english contact for a total of three weeks, your skills may only improve just a bit more than if you would have taken regular lessons for a month or two. Believe me, there is no miracle moment when all of a sudden you become fluent. I'm sure you already knew that however.</p>
<p>Make a list of what you want to come out of a trip to a different country. If its just language, and you're looking at paying $7000, forget it, because you won't learn much unless you live in the country for a while. If its culture, then go for it! But then I would suggest on not going with a bunch of other people you don't know. It may suck the fun out of visiting a totally different place when some people may not visibly enjoy it as much as you or they become overly excited and tourist-y/embarassing and so on. If it is to meet other people who are interested in that country as much as you are and make friends, then it is something to consider.</p>
<p>Now to me it sounds like (reading some of your previous posts) that you dont have a clear idea why you want to spend a large amount of money to go to a country for a bit of time. You mentioned france, japan, monaco, and really haven't delved into the fact why you may be interested in visitng those countries. As you can probably tell by now I am really, really, really against these "planned country experiences". You hardly learn or get to experience a tenth of what you could if you planned what you wanted to do yourself and didn't follow along in a big group. And I also think it is a waste of money imo.</p>
<p>so there's my ramble. :) take it as you like, its just my two cents.</p>
<p>Well, I'd really like to experience a totally different culture, which is the main reason why I'm applying for the Japan trip. As for France, that's mainly for the language opportunities, but I'd like to learn the culture as well. </p>
<p>"Second, the amount of language instruction (20 vs 60 hours) you receive there shouldn't be the biggest factor on whether or not you go."</p>
<p>Trust me, it's not. The biggest thing that's standing in my way of going anywhere is money.</p>
<p>Do you think just buying a $150 language program would help me learn a new language, vs. going to a different country to learn? (Pimsleur Approach)</p>
<p>I tend to believe that Japanese is a language best learned in a classroom and augmented with time in Japan.</p>