Due Wednesday, 22. May 2013
Okay, you've talked about what you don' want, where you don't want to go, what you want to keep, what you want to change....This is it, your last post. I know this makes you melancholic, but bear up. Soon you will be in uni with a TON of writing to do, so you will only miss it for a short while.
Your final TASOK English Blog is..drumroll, please: Where are you heading: what country, city, school. What is your intended major, if you have an idea yet. I'm really looking forward to everyone writing this post. It's the most exciting part of teaching seniors. Happy blogging.
Kumu, I honestly can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m going to miss going onto “tasokseniorenglish.blogspot.com” on a weekly basis and having an orange page upload with a new blogpost to write about. It’s become a fixed routine that not doing it anymore just feels strange. I guess this makes me emotional. I can’t believe I’ve formed a relationship with these blogposts! Bye Bye Bloggies, it’s time to move on to the next chapter in my life.
ReplyDeleteI will be heading to Northeastern University which is located Boston, MA but, will be attending NU’s Greece campus for the first semester. I’m so excited to venture out of the ordinary and be on my own. One of my classes is actually called “Intro to Modern Greek” which I’ll be taking conversational Greek class. I love languages and learning about different cultures hence, I’m so grateful that NU has offered me such an opportunity.
Initially during application time, I applied as an undeclared major but now that I’ve already chosen my classes, my major is leaning towards humanities and communications. I think communications and humanities go well together. They are really broad majors but through both, I can achieve great things. Humanities is basically the study of working with people and being engaged in community service projects. I believe that many countries in this world lack a proper government hence, and leave innocent civilians drowned in trauma and destitution. Why not have a voice and help people who are stuck in these situations. Taking this class will surely be an eye opener to what I can do to help.
Well, that’s the best I could do in answering these questions. I guess this is it. Toodles Blogposts! You will sincerely be missed.
Sounds like a fun introduction to uni studies. First semester abroad, unusual, but interesting. I've always, ALWAYS wanted to visit Greece, I'm jealous. Enjoy. As far as a major is concerned, just follow your heart, it will take you where you will love, live, and blossom. Fly and be free.
ReplyDeleteOkay believe it or not but I have to say this but I will miss TASOK and especially the senior English class because TASOK has helped me to lean new things and to over come my academic obstacles and by that I mostly mean my English.
ReplyDeleteI will be heading to Parkland College which is located in Chicago Illinois, Urbana Champaign. I'm excited to be leaving because it has always been an interest for me to go live in the United States. Most of all I will be living alone and which is something that I look forward to, and one of the main reason will be because I will be closer to my brother because it been a while that I haven't seen him.
My plans will be to major in international relations because I like traveling, being free, and most of all I know how to develop relationships with others.
In conclusion I will like to thank TASOK for all it has done for me but now I'm looking forward to the new big world and new experience.
I'm glad you will be near your brother. Living alone is scary and lonely: take care that you reach and try to create a social support circle: it's a long way from home and sometimes when you are homesick even not being able to eat familiar foods can send you over the edge. Hopefully, someday you can live on campus, which will give you a sense of community and family you will miss all by yourself. Enjoy the journey, though.
DeleteOH MY GOSH IT’S THE LAST BLOG!!!! I truly will miss this “free-write” opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI’ve decided to attend Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. What field am I planning on majoring in? Biology, definitely! It’s actually quite a complicated story on how I finally decided to focus on “The Sciences”. Well, when I was a young girl, my parents always bought me those typical doctor kits with the plastic needles, thermometers, and fake stethoscopes. At that age I was sure that I wanted to be a doctor. Nothing was ever going to get in between me and my medical career (little did I know about the 11 years it would take for me to get there). Anyways, at around 9 years old, I developed a passion for music. Literally, I would sing from the minute I woke up until bedtime. One day my parents sat me down and told me “Jenn, sweety, this singing business of yours better only ever be a hobby.” Alright, so singing wasn’t going to be my profession. Then came middle/high school which opened up tons of leadership opportunities for me. In my head, I thought that leading was my forte. I also loved being able to communicate with everyone, getting to know and interact with new cultures, and keeping busy with school activities. I was convinced that international relations was the spot for me, until I took AP Biology, which I found was my comfort zone. There was just something about this class that made me happy to keep learning and discovering new things. Sometimes however, I wonder, do I want to do something that I find interest in and that will challenge me or do I want to do something that will allow me to travel, discover, and open up to new groups of people? I’m a lost “adult” (I can actually call myself an adult now ) who’s waiting to discover what doors life will decide to open for me.
Sounds like you are in the perfect mindset to really use university as a self-discovery time. Enjoy. And keep your TASOK ground crew posted on how it's going.
DeleteAnd finally, I no longer dread the question, “so Farah, where are you going for university?” Now you’re probably thinking, “that’s such a simple question. What’s there to dread about it?” Trust me, it’s not so simple, especially if you’re a high school senior. Choosing where you’re going to go for university is a huge decision to make. It’s not just something you can randomly decide in a couple of minutes. You’re basically deciding where you want to spend four years of your life. You have to take into consideration the area of the university, the weather, the tuition, how far it is away from home, how good the program you want to major in is, how friendly the people are; basically, the list is endless.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn’t until last month that the topic of university finally faded away. I mean, it comes up now and then, but that’s NOTHING compared to how it was from the beginning of the year up till a month or so ago. Honestly, I was really sick and tired of talking about university. It was all people seemed to think about. And I know the only reason it bugged me so much was because they had it all figured out; they knew exactly where they were headed, and I still didn’t. Up till last month, I was still debating on whether I was going to Toronto, Swizterland, or Boston. And now guess what?! I’m going to Marbella, Spain. “What?! Spain?! Did you even apply there? That’s so random and out of the blue!” Yep, after a third time of telling people where I was headed, I knew exactly what to expect when I told them “Marbella, Spain.”
I am going to be studying Hotel Management at Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Marbella, Spain and believe it or not, I am really excited. This is going to be something completely different for me because I always either go to the US or Canada, but hopefully, I will enjoy it. I’ve been receiving many positive comments from people when I tell them that I’m going to Marbella and because I’ve been in touch with a student who currently attends Les Roches, I’m not having as many doubts as I was in the beginning. In fact, I’m really looking forward to it and feeling eager to discover this new place. I really hope that going to Spain will be a good change for me, and that attending this school will open a new door filled with endless opportunities to choose from.
Did corresponding with the current student make the decision easier? Would you recommend others do it too?
DeleteFinally, the last one, we are done with these blog posts. I neither confirm nor deny my happiness that this is over this subject, but on the other hand they will be missed.
ReplyDeleteSince the beginning of the year I have been excited to choose which university I want to attend. Also on the other hand I didn't wan to leave this city. The reason behind not leaving Kin is because I have lived here all my life never travel any where like US or Canada. Now I can't wait to get out of here and explore a new place even though its going to be hard. I got accepted to my two top choices Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario and Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. It was a hard decision to make, because both the universities are awesome and the computer science programs in the universities are similar. Then it was only the matter of rooms, facilities, golf, opportunities, environment, and family. Finally, I decided to go to Laurentian University in Canada. Laurentian has a really good computer science program, a great campus(also the environment is great), and a golf team. Plus the tuition fees are cheap so I could waste money on extra things like new clubs, hopefully a car in my first year, and etc... Hopefully I have enough time to play golf, because the first year I am gonna have a lot of classes.
Glad you found somewhere you think you will enjoy.
DeleteThe only word that is repeatedly said in my head is “finally”. Finally, finally, finally. We are finally, well almost finally done with school. After June 5th our class can officially say we finished high school, assuming that everyone graduates. Once school is over, I plan to enjoy my summer playing golf and working on a side business. I will be heading to Boston at the end of August to attend Bentley University’s orientation. Classes at Bentley officially start on the 3rd of September. That is my one week to finally see Boston, to get to know the place, to settle in, to buy my house stuff, and finally to say “bye” to my parents. Bentley, not too long ago was sponsored by Ernst & Young, and is now known for its business and accounting programs which I intend to study. I have an idea of what field I want to go in, but not entirely. I want a degree in Business Management and Administration, but I will take accounting, human resources, banking, and finance to see if I have a change of interest. Not only to keep my career options open, but also these courses are required for a degree in business. Studying in Boston will also help with my future business goal, as I will encounter a diverse group of people form a variety of schools. MIT, BU, Bentley, Babson, Wellesley, North Eastern, and other schools apparently interact in events. Studying at Bentley, in Waltham, located around 20 – 30 minutes from the city of Boston, promises to be an unforgettable learning and living experience for me.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy it. Buying house stuff? Are you planning to live in your own apartment? Do you really want to spend your weekends mopping the floor and scrubbing the toilets? Can you see yourself shopping weekly and making all your own meals? You really don't want to live in the residence halls - a party next door daily? Maid service in the bathrooms? Hmmm.
DeleteI am going to the United States of America for college, because that is where my family is, that is pretty much the only education system I know, and because I just want to. I am going to Minnesota because most of my extended family lives there and I have lived there before. I chose to go to Bethel University because I have family there: a cousin who will be a senior next year and an aunt who is a math prophesier. Bethel also has a good Computer Science program, and is also Christian which is something I am looking forward to. I am majoring in Computer Science, which will include stuff like computer programming and software engineering. I have already learned some programming so I already know that I enjoy it. I will probably also minor in Music. I enjoy playing and composing music even more than I like programming so I will never live without music in my life. However, pretty much every type of musical career is very competitive. Throughout my future, though, I am going to slowly learn more about music, and will hopefully be able to get somewhere with it.
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty much my whole plan. I’m going to Bethel University which is in St. Paul Minnesota (USA) to study Computer Science and music. I am looking forward to all these new exciting experiences, but I am also sad to leave this simpler life behind.
Have an amazing time. Experience success and failure. Leave yourself open to all new possibilities.
DeleteYay! My last blog post! (Actually it’s not the last one since I have not done the Senior Will one…) I think I expressed my thoughts, goals, and plans a lot through posting comments in this blog. This blog post will be my final blog so my final expression begins!
ReplyDeleteAs you know, my plan is to go to Korean University so my family is going to move to Seoul, Korea. Jun will go to Korean Highschool and I will be studying at a “Hak Won,” getting ready for competitive fights among the students. From June to August, I will study and prepare for tests like TOEFLs and college essays. In September, the application starts! I will apply to maximum 6 schools, either communications or international studies major. After that, it will be a continuation of essays and interviews. I will receive my acceptance results in November and December. If I get accepted, I will relax and enjoy myself untill March when the school starts. That’s my whole academic plan!
I am so glad that I am mostly done with my school works and SAT… The most important thing that is left is receiving an A in English… I hope that will work out!
So.. Goodbye Congo, goodbye Africa, goodbye TASOK. I will miss you but my plan has to start now! Ready, Set (Right now I am in this state), and Go!
Sounds like you are very ready to be back in Korea after so many years in Africa. Here's hoping that both you and Jun will find your places there and that you get in to one of your top choice schools. I have fond memories of Ehwa's language institute.
DeleteSENIOR ENGLISH BLOGPOSTS was like the major topic last week for many of us. We all kept on asking each other “Did you do all your blogs? I have so many more to do”. Although it gave us some stress it was a very useful way of improving our writing and being able to socialize with our other classmates. I’m going to miss you blogs! Hope you miss me too.
ReplyDeleteI’ve planned to go to the American University of Sharjah which is situated in the U.A.E, a country that I just visited last summer for less than a week. I’m going to be heading to completely new world with maybe aliens. The major I intended to take is Business Management and I am pretty excited to experience this field. U.A.E is a somehow a conservative country which stands strongly by its culture and tradition. This leads to me taking “Arabic heritage” classes and Arabic language in university. It is thrilling to be learning about another culture and their language. I’ve lived in a diverse country but I have never really got the chance to explore other cultures and learn deeply about it. So I believe this provides me with various opportunities and experiences.
I have 2-3 friends going to the same university who keep complaining about the workload there and how it has literally been killing them. This really freaks me out but for now I’ve had enough high school stress that I am not willing to take any more stress. I want to enjoy my summer and spend some quality time with my family and friends that I will be leaving very very soon. I am going to miss Tasok and everyone in it so much and miss the SENIOR English blog post :).
Okay, you're sweet to say so, but I doubt you'll really miss posting here that much. It has been a good way for me to get to know you all a bit better, though. Best of luck and fortune in UAE and in learning Arabic.
DeleteI am going to study Interior Designing at Raffles International School of design, which is located in Mumbai. I choose to go to Mumbai because I love the country and the fact that I have family and friends living there which makes me even more excited to live there. Classes at Raffles officially begin on July 1st. I am very passionate about my career but a bit nervous as well. I guess we all are nervous because were stepping into the real world and our journey will not be an easy one we would be faced with challenges but we must not forget to remain strong and to overcome the obstacles. I am really looking forward to succeed in my career and hope everything goes according to my plan.
ReplyDeletePassion for something causes you to work much harder at it without noticing you are working at all. Keep your focus, feed your passion. Enjoy this new chapter in your life.
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ReplyDeleteOnce a Tasokian always a Tasokian. This is my second and last year at Tasok, last year in school. I have grown so attached to the school so it will be hard leaving everything behind. The realization of the moment has not hit me yet. I know one thing for sure I a me going to miss this school. I am going to miss the boring classes, the classes that felt like the inside of refrigerators (psychology, and 11th grade English class), my fun classes or rather class (drama), the teachers I used to think of as annoying that I ended up liking. I am really going to miss Tasok or maybe Tasok will miss me more.
Nevertheless, I still cannot wait to hear this phrase on June 5th “Cybelle, class of 2013.” Those four words, will mark the end of a long past and the beginning of something completely new, the key to my future. I am headed above 6500 miles from my homeland, from my family, from everything I have ever known. Accepted to Eckerd College, that is where I am planning to go follow my path for my future.
Eckerd College is located in St.Petersburg, nickname St.Pete, on the west of Florida State. Drum roll, major I decided to follow is International Relations. One of the reasons that influence my decision in choosing this college it’s because of its warm weather and its easy access to the many outdoors activities. St. Petersburg is a city that has many fun things to do and it is known for it diversity, that is the kind of environment I want to be living in during the four years of my live in College. I cannot wait to travel out of the states for the different internships or again just attend meetings to shadow those who have works based on my major. Taking this major, I know will teach me a lot and will probably even change my life, who knows.
All very good reasons to choose a university. Hope it's everything you dream of. Please keep in touch, I'm eager to see what you think of life there.
DeleteWell it’s finally the end, can’t say I’m not excited, but I’m so not looking forward to saying goodbye to everyone. I will be going back to my home country South Africa, which won’t be new, but going to University will be a great change, not just for me but for my mom too. Sometimes I feel like she thinks I’m not growing up or she just does not want me to grow because she is afraid of what the world might do to me. I don’t get it, she tells me that she was very rebellious growing up, but if I try being rebellious she gets really mad. I don’t know whether it’s because she doesn’t want me to go through what she did or what, but it would be great if she would loosen the grip a little.
ReplyDeleteI am planning on going to either the University of Pretoria or the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. My first choice would be Wits because I have been to the school a couple of times and enjoyed the environment and atmosphere. I have decided on an International relations/study major and a vocal music minor. I’m not sure if everything will go as planned but I believe that with a lot of hard work and determination I can make it further than my mind can reach.
I have highly enjoyed my years in TASOK and wish to visit back whenever I can. I will most definitely miss my fellow classmates and all the friends I have made and families and gotten to meet in Kinshasa. My leaving this country is not only a chance to start again and lead a new life but also an exit to the legacy that I hope to leave in this school, which I will dearly miss.
A new chapter in an old home can be very exciting. Enjoy it and enjoy your mother's worry as you gain even more independence, she won't be there to worry and fuss forever.
DeleteI am reading everyone’s post today, it is actually the first time and I have tears already. Oh My God it’s really the last blog ... First of all, Kumu I can’t believe that I am saying that either but I will miss this orange webpage. “Once a Tasokian, always a Tasokian” said Cybelle and I really feel that way. It is my second and last year at TASOK but I feel like I’ve known Jennifer, Farah, Cybelle, Alexandra and the others for years. I will definitely miss TASOK but there’s never a right time to say goodbye.
ReplyDeleteI finally made a decision and it will be University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada. Yes Maelle is going to Canada she hates the cold and gets sick all the time but she is going to Canada. What major? Political Sciences and I can’t wait to start going to class! Even though Congo is not my home country, Africa is and I really don’t want to leave my beautiful Africa. I will definitely come back to Congo but for now Maelle think about Ottawa!
Why Ottawa while I got accepted to Lynn University in Florida with a warm weather? Just because I want to be an international lawyer and Canada has the perfect program for me. I will be studying the common law which is the study of both Anglophone and Francophone law after two years of political sciences. I can’t wait to live the college life and meet my roommate. University of Ottawa offers apartment that you can share with two, three or four people so it is pretty cool. An apartment that you share is much better than sharing one room.
So I guess it’s the end … Kumu even though I hated doing blogs the entire school year, I really wish to hear you say “I posted another blog last night! I think you guys will like it it’s interesting” I will miss you and your blogs and thank you for this free writing opportunity that you gave us.
Maelle, I love the fact that you chose your school based on really, really looking at the specific program you are interested in studying. Aside from "the rankings," who else is going there, and location (all fine things, granted), you actually took the time to investigate the school in depth. I hate the cold, too. But Canada does heat really well. And hey, you will be inside studying most of the time anyway. Have a great time.
DeleteWell as the last days are fast approaching, it is starting to look like I will be deferring till winter-term. I did not want to give up my opportunity to attend Eckerd (in St. Petersburg,Florida) and decline my scholarship. So instead I will just be going in January.
ReplyDeleteTill January however, I will be interning in Rwanda at an environmental protection agency. Which is fitting,since I intend to major in Environmental Studies and international Development. Also it will help me figure it if I really do want to work in that field of work.
I am not quiet sure what to expect from the internship. What I do know is that it doesn't hurt to pad your resume when you can, especially in this economy. So I'll just cross my fingers and hope for the best for me as well as my fellow TASOKIANS, whom I will miss dearly.
I think you're going to love having some time to yourself: no required outside studies. I also took a semester off, but I was trying desperately to work two full-time jobs so I could pay for 1st semester. Anyway, the time away from school served two amazing purposes. I got to not think about always having an assignment due, so it was sort of "chilling" even with 80 hours a week of work. And I realized I really liked school and what it could offer me: I didn't want to be a full-time waitress or janitor for much longer. Enjoy. And enjoy your "leisure time" in Rwanda.
DeleteIt is for sure that I am not going to college this year. However, my goals are all planned out. I recently did my All India Exam and I am not hopeful about passing at all. The rule is that students need at least a 50% to qualify in the exams and for me things look bleak. The college that I want to go to is Lady Hardinge and for that your All India Ranks needs to be in the 1-50 range. Despite knowing everything, I’m not discouraged. I plan to take the exam again next year, where for sure I will do well.
ReplyDeleteWhen I go back to India in July, I have to enroll myself in an Akash institute. Akash Institute in New Delhi is for students that want to prepare specifically for the All India Exam. I’m really adamant to qualify in this exam because this is the only way that will get in medical school. So for now the city that I’m going to New Delhi and I plan on going to college in Delhi as well.
So, more study, study, study next year. Oh, great joy. Hey, at least you'll be in India, with new scenery and new friends - most of whom will be studying with you....
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