Post by DELILAH on Mar 20, 2007 19:55:28 GMT -5
t h e p l o t
But I don't want to leave
I'm not worthy of this higher
Being in the light
But now I'm
Confined to this ground
Invisible life
"You've got you're cars, you've got the grades or the looks
or both, there are all the basketball games, the after parties, and
of course prom. You think you've got it all...and that you know
it all but right now i want you to really think about it and tell
me do you really have a clue?"
The class remained completely silent. No snickering from the jocks
in the back corner, the straight-A's stopped their note taking. Everyone
watched the cryptic smile on the professors face. Oh no, they didn't
know, but they would. soon enough.
Three schools; three states and three very different parts of the
country all with the same unreal opportunity. The professors were
starting to find their students had no focus on the world around them
they didn't know the capital of Italy, or what Russia looked like in
July. Nothing. They knew high school, some with ivy league on the
mind had other plans but no one stopped to learn about the world.
And this was what they wanted to change and so they did with an
amazing program. These three schools had been selected to collectively
go to one location outside their county. Paris, France to be exact.
And they would spend one month walking in another cultural shoe
so to speak.
One month, with a new school curriculum, that of their new country,
a new atmosphere, with language barriers and new ways of thinking.
These teenagers would be exposed to elements they never imagined.
A project to broaden their minds, open them to explore and think
outside of their school, outside of their state or their country and
really get a new view. A project that's supposed to be educational
and fun. But teens will be teens and thrown in with two other schools,
there'll sure be rivalry of all kinds, new friendships. Adventures of
all kinds -- whether getting lost in Paris or meeting 'interesting' people
while in line at the Louvre. And of course, in the 'city of love' romance
is bound to blossom, with the cute and endearing locals or a new
school stranger. It'll definitely be one dramatic and exciting
learning experience.
I'm taking my own chance
To find truth between the lies
It's kinda like just what it is
So I've got to try
[*lyrics © ashley angel parker]