Apr 20 2008
Information Letters, Part One
Yesterday I received another package from ASSE, which was super exciting because it’s been more than a month since I got the acceptance letter. It’s filled with basic guides to being an exchange student (culture, school, your host family, and “It’s all up to you!”), a handy Celsius<->Fahrenheit guide, and some fun info about Germany and a rather dry overview of their history.
Also, to confuse my parents, they start the packet with the words, “Congratulations on your final acceptance as an ASSE exchange student…” Aha! You weren’t finally accepted before! You were only a finalist then! No one actually said that in my house, but I swear I could hear it from CBYX-er’s homes nationwide. I’m sure they’ll congratulate us again in the future, but no will will complain. 
We also get an official ASSE folder to hold all these information letters in one place, and I suppose it’s as nice as folders come.
Today marks the beginning of the end. There are only eight more weeks of school; one is full of STAR testing (to measure my school’s performance), and one is just graduation practice and having fun, so there are really only two more weeks of school. It’s frightening.
8 weeks of school left…. your last eight weeks at lynbrook. gonna need to enjoy them instead of fretting over calc
The ASSE folder that comes with the first information letter is handy, but mine broke after a while….possibly because I tried to fit too many papers in there haha.
That’s hilarious - the ASSE folder and the ASSE bag I’ve been hearing about. Not looking forward to that bag xD But I shall reinforce the folder…with another folder.