Dear Jessica,
Thank you for contacting Berlitz regarding Rotary test.
I have attached the letter describing the Rotary testing process.
Before I can e-mal the written test to you, I need to know your full name and address, the phone number which you can be reached at and the payment information(credit card numbers and expiration date, or got to receive a check before the test.
Please inform when you want to give the test (day and time).
If you have any other question, please feel free to contact me.
Best regards
Irma Iskali
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Said Attachment:
Congratulations on being named a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar!!
Please find following a brief description of the language testing process.
The language proficiency test is comprised of both written and oral sections. The written exam takes 45 minutes and is emailed to you as a Microsoft Word document. When you can dedicate 45 minutes at your PC without distraction to complete the exam, you may call to advise that you wish to have the email sent. Your 45 minute time limit will start once the email is sent. There are two parts to the written exam (Part III and Part IV). Part III is a short multiple choice section testing you on grammatical structures. You will select the appropriate answer, by italicizing, bolding or underlining the answer that you are choosing. Please do not select an answer by changing the color of the font. Part IV is a short essay. You may type your essay onto the Microsoft Word document. Once you have completed the multiple choice section and essay. Save your changes to the document and email it back to me at david.mottier@berlitz.us
After receiving your written exam, I will be in touch regarding the scheduling of your oral exam. The oral section is conducted over the phone and will take approximately 20 minutes. The instructor will ask you some general warm up questions then ask you to read aloud the paragraph in Part II of the exam emailed to you. After reading the passage aloud, you will summarize the paragraph for the instructor. The instructor may have some additional questions for you about the passage. This completes the oral exam.
Once you have completed both the oral and written sections of the exam, your results will be faxed to our contact at the Rotary Foundation. We are unable to share the results of your exam with you directly, but you are welcome to contact your scholarship coordinator at Rotary shortly after you have completed both sections to learn of your results. Expect that Rotary will have your results approximately 2 weeks after you take the first section of the exam – the written section.
The cost of the exam is $150 made payable by credit card (MC, Visa, Discover, Amex) or check. We are unable to send the written section of the exam before payment is received.
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Sound likes Tons of Fun ;)
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Rotary District Thanks!
This is me thanking my Sponsor club and District for the Orientation via Ian Cosh.
Dear Ian,
Hi, I am an outbound 2007-2008 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from District 6170 who is going to Lyon, and I last saw you in May on the day of my Big Interview!
If I am not mistaken, I believe that you were the Rotarian with the wonderful accent ! Also, were you the Rotarian who had me speak french during my interview!!!?
I write you not only to start a correspondence, but also to Thank You and District 6170 for being so generous on my behalf. Because you paid my $95 Orientation Fee, I was able to attend the Rotary Regional Outbound Scholar Orientation Seminar 2007-2008 for Rotary Scholars in Kansas City.
This past weekend while I was there, I officially met Ashlee Peters, the other scholarship recipient from D-6170, and I learned so much about Rotary. I had to give three speeches: a self-introduction, a simulated speech of something I would present to a French Rotary Club, and an idea of how I want to change the world, or what I called the "Miss America Speech"!
With all that I learned, now, I better understand my role as "une ambassadrice".
I made friends with a room full of young adults, some whom are already what I would call "accomplished" or "successful". I will admit, at first, I was very intimidated by these new-found friends: one is a successful lawyer, one worked to patrol the Alaskan Skies to deliver food supplies and watch for poachers, one had actually been to India to administer Polio Vaccinations, one is trying to help build the first Ivy League School in Africa, etc.
Then there was me! Girl from a small town! Girl with a seemingly measly French and English Bachelor's Degree who teaches French and English at a Montessori School and who tutors French to three young girls!
But, I am young woman with BIG dreams! And this is one thing I learned from the Seminar: I am great with my own accomplishments, and I will be even greater with my future accomplishments!
It seems silly, even juvenile to compare myself (rather torture myself) with comparisons to my peers, but honestly, the entire troupe did it! That is really all that we could do! It was an existentialist trapping of sorts, placing us in a room together for two days! And even in the evening, we were each other's company!
We were all so mesmerized by what the last person did that we could not help but think about how little it seemed that we had done, well, at least in my case.
After the first day, I started to understand why Rotary would put us through a seminar like what we went through. During this seminar, I was seeing my peers in a different light. I understand now that my professional inadequacies really mean nothing to the others I grew to love because just a few years ago they were in my position (possibly doubting themselves); they had the big dreams that I have and they worked hard to accomplish their goals, as I hope to do as well. In all actuality and honesty, they are my mentors :)
Looking back on this past weekend, I am blessed to have this new group of friends because we are about to embark on an opportunity greater than we know, an adventure that will test and/or change our levels of belief, of cause, of generosity, of opinion, and of good will. And this, this is what my adventure will be about.
It is not about me comparing myself to other humanitarians.
It is not about me even thinking about myself in place of others.
It IS about putting myself out there in situations that will help others.
So, I just gave you a snippet of what I went through this weekend, and to tell you the truth I am still recovering mentally! It was a super-turbo charged weekend that I will seldom forget, if at all let slip from my mind.
Thank you for that great opportunity and thank you so much for everything it unfolds for me :)
Sincerely,
Jessica Jones
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar D-6170
Dear Ian,
Hi, I am an outbound 2007-2008 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from District 6170 who is going to Lyon, and I last saw you in May on the day of my Big Interview!
If I am not mistaken, I believe that you were the Rotarian with the wonderful accent ! Also, were you the Rotarian who had me speak french during my interview!!!?
I write you not only to start a correspondence, but also to Thank You and District 6170 for being so generous on my behalf. Because you paid my $95 Orientation Fee, I was able to attend the Rotary Regional Outbound Scholar Orientation Seminar 2007-2008 for Rotary Scholars in Kansas City.
This past weekend while I was there, I officially met Ashlee Peters, the other scholarship recipient from D-6170, and I learned so much about Rotary. I had to give three speeches: a self-introduction, a simulated speech of something I would present to a French Rotary Club, and an idea of how I want to change the world, or what I called the "Miss America Speech"!
With all that I learned, now, I better understand my role as "une ambassadrice".
I made friends with a room full of young adults, some whom are already what I would call "accomplished" or "successful". I will admit, at first, I was very intimidated by these new-found friends: one is a successful lawyer, one worked to patrol the Alaskan Skies to deliver food supplies and watch for poachers, one had actually been to India to administer Polio Vaccinations, one is trying to help build the first Ivy League School in Africa, etc.
Then there was me! Girl from a small town! Girl with a seemingly measly French and English Bachelor's Degree who teaches French and English at a Montessori School and who tutors French to three young girls!
But, I am young woman with BIG dreams! And this is one thing I learned from the Seminar: I am great with my own accomplishments, and I will be even greater with my future accomplishments!
It seems silly, even juvenile to compare myself (rather torture myself) with comparisons to my peers, but honestly, the entire troupe did it! That is really all that we could do! It was an existentialist trapping of sorts, placing us in a room together for two days! And even in the evening, we were each other's company!
We were all so mesmerized by what the last person did that we could not help but think about how little it seemed that we had done, well, at least in my case.
After the first day, I started to understand why Rotary would put us through a seminar like what we went through. During this seminar, I was seeing my peers in a different light. I understand now that my professional inadequacies really mean nothing to the others I grew to love because just a few years ago they were in my position (possibly doubting themselves); they had the big dreams that I have and they worked hard to accomplish their goals, as I hope to do as well. In all actuality and honesty, they are my mentors :)
Looking back on this past weekend, I am blessed to have this new group of friends because we are about to embark on an opportunity greater than we know, an adventure that will test and/or change our levels of belief, of cause, of generosity, of opinion, and of good will. And this, this is what my adventure will be about.
It is not about me comparing myself to other humanitarians.
It is not about me even thinking about myself in place of others.
It IS about putting myself out there in situations that will help others.
So, I just gave you a snippet of what I went through this weekend, and to tell you the truth I am still recovering mentally! It was a super-turbo charged weekend that I will seldom forget, if at all let slip from my mind.
Thank you for that great opportunity and thank you so much for everything it unfolds for me :)
Sincerely,
Jessica Jones
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar D-6170
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Kansas City Rotay Ambassadorial Scholar Orientation
As part of my orientation as Ambassadorial Scholar, I attended the Multi-District Outgoing Scholar Orientation, held in Kansas City, MO.
I traveled up to Kansas City with fellow scholars Anna-Kate Mayhew, a good friend of mine and a 2005-2006 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Strasbourg, and Ashlee Peters, my newly found friend :)
Anna-Kate and I at O'Dowd's, an Irish delight in KC.
Ashlee Peters and fellow Outbound Scholar Beck Islan.
Dancin' fools ;)
Ashlee and I, a few hours after meeting !
My roomie, Abbie Sawyer, and I going out on the town. She is on her way to New Zealand this year.
Oh how she shines...on the car ride home!
Anna-Kate and I goofin' off somewhere in between MO and AR.
Anna-Kate and Ashlee on trip home. Shades!
We had a great time during the road trip-the inbound and the outbound, talking about our hopes, dreams, fears, experiences, opportunities, etc. Anna-Kate's parents were gracious enough to accommadate us in Springdale, AR, where we stayed the night last Thursday (March 1, 2007). On Friday morning we woke up, ate a good breakfast, and made our way up to KC. After getting a little lost, and then ultimately getting found, we drove upon up to Amerisuites, our pre-planned post for the weekend.
Amerisuites is where I met some of the most interesting people I might ever stumble upon. We heard of alumni stories, what to do and not to do in our respective countries, what to do in case of sexual harrassment, how to make the best of our trip, what to do before we go, how to handle procedures to be responsible once abroad, and how to keep in close contact with your Rotary sponsor and District while abroad.
Not only did I learn all of that and more, I also learned more about myself and what I will be doing as an ambassador of goodwill, a giver of goodwill, an example of benevolence.
Ash, Annie, Jess (Notice the awesome shades I sport here! Ash's husband, Jeff, let me borrow them - I felt like a kid!!)
In truth, I will not ever be able to forget this amazing experience.
Most fun of all - meeting other scholars, learning about what they do, and seeing just how accomplished some of my peers already are!
I traveled up to Kansas City with fellow scholars Anna-Kate Mayhew, a good friend of mine and a 2005-2006 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Strasbourg, and Ashlee Peters, my newly found friend :)
Anna-Kate and I at O'Dowd's, an Irish delight in KC.
Ashlee Peters and fellow Outbound Scholar Beck Islan.
Dancin' fools ;)
Ashlee and I, a few hours after meeting !
My roomie, Abbie Sawyer, and I going out on the town. She is on her way to New Zealand this year.
Oh how she shines...on the car ride home!
Anna-Kate and I goofin' off somewhere in between MO and AR.
Anna-Kate and Ashlee on trip home. Shades!
We had a great time during the road trip-the inbound and the outbound, talking about our hopes, dreams, fears, experiences, opportunities, etc. Anna-Kate's parents were gracious enough to accommadate us in Springdale, AR, where we stayed the night last Thursday (March 1, 2007). On Friday morning we woke up, ate a good breakfast, and made our way up to KC. After getting a little lost, and then ultimately getting found, we drove upon up to Amerisuites, our pre-planned post for the weekend.
Amerisuites is where I met some of the most interesting people I might ever stumble upon. We heard of alumni stories, what to do and not to do in our respective countries, what to do in case of sexual harrassment, how to make the best of our trip, what to do before we go, how to handle procedures to be responsible once abroad, and how to keep in close contact with your Rotary sponsor and District while abroad.
Not only did I learn all of that and more, I also learned more about myself and what I will be doing as an ambassador of goodwill, a giver of goodwill, an example of benevolence.
Ash, Annie, Jess (Notice the awesome shades I sport here! Ash's husband, Jeff, let me borrow them - I felt like a kid!!)
In truth, I will not ever be able to forget this amazing experience.
Most fun of all - meeting other scholars, learning about what they do, and seeing just how accomplished some of my peers already are!
Sunday, February 25, 2007
The Rotary Foundation to Jessica Lee: You've Got Mail!
So yesterday I got my Rotary Foundation Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarship Acceptance Form for my 2007-2008 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, Sponsored by Conway-Morning Rotary Club.
Whoa, that is a tough sentence to swallow!
It outlines basically what I am and am not supposed to do under my scholarship while on my year-long Educational/Ambassadorial stay in France.
I have to sign it and turn it in!
I feel like I am signing my life away !!!
It's so crazy!
Last February/March I was soul-searching for what I would be doing after college, and I wasn't sure if I was going to apply for this scholarship again after I got runner up in the Spring of 2005.
Sounds silly to me now though to think that I had the option to not apply for it again! What was I thinking back then--to not apply again?!!
So anyway, NOW I have a French host counselor and an Ambassadorial Scholar Handbook! All Shiny and brand-spankin' new. I also have a flipbook entitled: The ABC's of Rotary.
This is all hitting me now!
This is for real!
Next Friday and Saturday I will be in Kansas City giving two speeches (my first two out of a dozen more) and meeting all of the head-honchos of Rotary.
I will muster up some courage this week. I will muster up some courage this week.
Grow Some.
I don't know if you can tell, but I think that it all just hit me.
It is hitting me right now!!!
I got this scholarship on Graduation Day May 2006 on the ground floor of the Ceremony!
That minute-long conversation is just now hitting me!
On Monday I have to sign a piece of paper for my future.
On Monday I have to turn in a Housing form.
On Monday I have to contact Monsieur Chauvin to help me understand some basic French questions all relating to Socialism.
For tomorrow is my day of rest and so should the world.
For today was a hell of a day and tomorrow should be my day of rest.
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