"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on those accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one's lifetime." - Mark Twain
I agree with Mr. Twain! For the last three years, students from GPS and McCallie have spent two weeks each summer, living with German students and their families near Dusseldorf. As part of that trip they have visited some of the country's most historic sites, but more important, they trip has opened their eyes to a wider world, and in many cases, they have made life-long friends. Just what Mark Twain was talking about!
Open to rising 10th-12th graders, any students who are interested in the Germany trip should see me as soon as possible, but that's not the only opportunity for travel. The Experiment in International Living offers a number of summer travel programs, and some financial aid is also available. For more information, visit https://www.experiment.org.
Interested in learning another language but can't travel this summer? Consider attending the Federal Service Language Academy at the University of North Georgia. Students can choose from Arabic, Chinese, Russian, German, Korean, Japanese, French, or Portuguese. You can find more information here.
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