I'm getting ready for Costa Rica!

I’m seventeen years old and I am attending Normandale through the PSEO (Post Secondary Educational Opportunity) program. I love attending Normandale and I am very excited about graduating in the spring. One day as I was surfing the internet I came across an opportunity to study abroad. There were two options, to travel to England or Costa Rica. I have taken Spanish ever since I was little, but I really started to study Spanish since 7th grade. I thought traveling to Costa Rica would be a great opportunity to experience another culture and expand my horizons. Here is a picture of my current spanish class at Normandale.


I have to admit that I sometimes feel like a hermit and I can never get out of my shell. I feel comfortable in my shell, but I know that I need to do something that will help me to break out of the mold. I might be crying, laughing, weeping, or giggling when I write to you, but I will be writing to you none the less for the next few months. Why, you ask? Because this is my Journalism assignment and I want to keep in contact with you. I was in the Jounaliam class at Normandale in the fall and I published the newspaper on the web. My favorite assignment was going to the Target Center and interviewing American Idol hopefuls. Here are some pictures of that experience.






I had my first official meeting on December 4th, 2006 for getting ready to go to Costa Rica. I signed up for all my classes and now I just have to wait until orientation in January. I’m taking Intercultural Communication, Biology, Spanish + Culture, and Journalism (so I can keep in contact with you when I’m in C.R.). I leave on February 17, 2007 and will get back on April 21, 2007. It all begins now, the preparation will be intense, but it will totally be worth it.

“The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.”
Robert Cushing