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"Many of you have written saying that you wish you could travel or move to another country spontaneously. Well guess what? You don&amp;#039;t need to wait until after college, or even study abroad, to do it!  This past summer, I worked for a company called Putney Student Travel , which organizes incredible summer adventures for high school students. There&amp;#039;s a trip for everyone, whether you want to do community service in Ghana, take theater classes in England, learn Spanish in Costa Rica or trek through Oceania. I organized activities and taught a Survival Italian course for the Excel Oxford/Tuscany program, which combines fun summer classes, like Medieval History and Creative Writing, with travel. Our program started at Oxford University, where we spent ten days living in campus dormitories, catching outdoor Shakespeare performances, learning to punt and drinking ridiculous amounts of cream tea.  We then headed to Paris for a four-day whirlwind sight-seeing tour before catching an overnight train to Italy. The last two weeks of the program were spent in a beautiful 16th-century villa overlooking the city of Florence, where we got a chance to unwind and gorge ourselves on ridiculously good Italian food.  It was an unforgettable summer, for me but especially for the kids. I watched my students grow so much over the course of the month. They made new friends, learned new things and opened their minds to different worlds. On the last day, there wasn&amp;#039;t a dry eye in sight, including mine!  I&amp;#039;d recommend Putney, or a program like it, to everyone. With financial aid available, there&amp;#039;s no time like the present to make your travel ambitions a reality!  Bisous, Jess CosmoGirl Travel Blogger "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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