Welcome to our New Group of Undergraduate Students |
Monday, 26 January 2015 |
AGS just welcomed the new group of undergraduate students who joined the program for a study abroad semester in Paris. After a welcome dinner at a traditional French restaurant, the students enjoyed their first few days discovering what will be their home city for the next four months, and getting introduced to the program and activities. This orientation weekend started with a walk through the AGS neighborhood, which took them to Luxembourg gardens and the historical Montparnasse artists' district. Saturday afternoon was spent doing a guided walking tour of the left bank, focusing on the theme of French Revolution. Sunday was dedicated to a visit of the Eiffel Tower, followed by a tour of the nearby Quai Branly museum, where they saw unique primitive arts collections from the African, Asian, Oceanic, and American civilizations. Classes started today with the French language courses at AGS's partner school Alliance Française Paris-Ile de France, based on the assessment tests that they took at the end of last week in order for each one to be placed in the course that is best suited to his or her level of French. |
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Stefan De Las Trinidad and Tobago AGS brought me closer to the world, and to those multinational perspectives that always tended to evade a simple islander. My own ideals were tested and defended on a daily basis, as I was challenged by almost everyone, from German, Russian and Ghanaian classmates to Ambassadors and professors, who have time and again embraced the practical and academic realms of life. Paris' hard-knock life style, AGS' academic structure and my own drive to succeed have definitely provided me with the foundation to give working life the pursuit it deserves. |