Question #1

Okay, just a refresher note: as part of my scholarship I have to answer some questions (a.k.a. talk about these topics the AFS people gave me). So here's the first one. Also, if anyone else has any questions, go ahead and ask them, and I'll answer the best I can.

1. What are you thinking about as you prepare to study abroad?

Well, the biggest thing I'm wondering about is who my host family is going to be. AFS USA doesn't send anyone's applications over to AFS Japan until February, so I'm not going to find out until late February/early March. It's normal wondering- what will they be like, how many people will be in the family, will there be anyone my age, will they have any pets, and whatnot. I'm also thinking about how much this trip costs, because I've been doing tons of fundraising- writing letters to the Rotary Club and Junior Women's Club in my town, as well as other people we know (though I'm not sending those ones out yet). I guess I also think about what I'm going to do there- am I going to go to school (I'm not exactly clear on that; I believe I am, though), will I go on trips (I made friends with a year-long AFS exchange student from Japan named Moena, and she would go to New York, into the city, with other AFSers all the time. That might be different because of the time I'm there, though). I'd like to see and experience as much of Japan as possible before I go.

~Kay