tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13374913.post6643855083111126494..comments2024-03-11T06:40:05.456-05:00Comments on School of Blog: The Gapjuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17948010246097186377noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13374913.post-79920305846045006702008-06-22T20:46:00.000-05:002008-06-22T20:46:00.000-05:00After my high school graduation, I went to West Ge...After my high school graduation, I went to West Germany as an AFS exchange student. Getting there was the first time I had flown. I spoke no German. I knew no one who had ever been to Germany. And . . . <BR/><BR/>It changed my life. I viewed the US from afar, without the filters that living in one's one culture brings. I came to appreciate, sincerely appreciate, my country. And I respect and appreciate the world views of non-Americans.<BR/><BR/>Gap year? Heck yes!J McCrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029861466154079473noreply@blogger.com