International professional exchange program
Last winter I made an application to an exchange program for teachers. My employee is member of ICIPS - ICISP 2018-2019 International Professional Exchange Program
I was pretty sure that I won´t be accepted to exchange because of my professional backround. In application was a sentence that you will be accepted if there´s application from USA in the same professional backround... I thougt that there´s no agricultural teacher interested in coming to Finland. I was wrong, somebody wanted to come to visit Finland... She works as a associate professor in a chemistry department in a college - not agriculture but close enough ;). I´m so excited to go to states, last time I was there in 1987 when I was a young student in high school.
My host is living in Batavia, Illinois. I will live two weeks with her and her family. I´m hoping to visit a american dairy farm and getting to know something about agricultural studies in America but if it´s not possible I´m satisfied to know something about American educational system.
Few days later my host sent me some scedule she had planned; we would go to the dairy farm, a sheep farm and some other placies. That´s very nice, I can see what kind of farming they do in the US.
I write some of my posts in english and some in finnish, this will be also part of my own studies (studying and working in international environments, university of applied sciences; master´s degree programme in rural development).
Two weeks before departure I have almost no idea what I have to take with me; what kind of clothing, gifts, presentation of my country and job... Pretty busy at work now. Maybe this weekend I have some time to think about those things. I´ve been texting few times with my host and she seems to be very nice lady. And I also looked in Google where she lives; nice house in Batavia :)
I was pretty sure that I won´t be accepted to exchange because of my professional backround. In application was a sentence that you will be accepted if there´s application from USA in the same professional backround... I thougt that there´s no agricultural teacher interested in coming to Finland. I was wrong, somebody wanted to come to visit Finland... She works as a associate professor in a chemistry department in a college - not agriculture but close enough ;). I´m so excited to go to states, last time I was there in 1987 when I was a young student in high school.
My host is living in Batavia, Illinois. I will live two weeks with her and her family. I´m hoping to visit a american dairy farm and getting to know something about agricultural studies in America but if it´s not possible I´m satisfied to know something about American educational system.
Few days later my host sent me some scedule she had planned; we would go to the dairy farm, a sheep farm and some other placies. That´s very nice, I can see what kind of farming they do in the US.
I write some of my posts in english and some in finnish, this will be also part of my own studies (studying and working in international environments, university of applied sciences; master´s degree programme in rural development).
Two weeks before departure I have almost no idea what I have to take with me; what kind of clothing, gifts, presentation of my country and job... Pretty busy at work now. Maybe this weekend I have some time to think about those things. I´ve been texting few times with my host and she seems to be very nice lady. And I also looked in Google where she lives; nice house in Batavia :)
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