Amongst, many tears of sadness at farewelling homestay families and many friends, on Saturday, 31 April, 11 students from a girl’s school in Tokyo returned home after spending 12 weeks here in Brisbane. The students arrived in mid January and studied English for four weeks here at NIC. After which, five students attended Corpus Christi College and six attended St James College until the end of the first term of 2007.
Apart from the serious side of their studies, during their time in Brisbane they went on excursions with NIC and their homestay families, attended the International Students day in traditional dress and judging by the size and weight of their bags, went shopping, shopping and more shopping!
It was sad yet delightful to see them with the homestay families as they have made many friends for life during their stay. One student explained through her tears, that she loved her family, loved her school and her many new friends of different nationalities. This has been an opportunity and experience they will never forget.
We look forward to running a similar program in the future. If you have any interest in this program, email Micheale mic@nudgeeinternational.com
