The New Global Student: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education |  | Author: Maya Frost
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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ISBN: 0307450627
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.198
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Publication Date: May 19, 2009
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Good-bye, Old School. Hello, Bold School!
In 2005, Maya Frost and her husband sold everything and left their suburban American lifestyle behind in order to have an adventure abroad. The tricky part: they had to shepherd their four teenage daughters through high school and into college. This hilarious and conspiratorial how-to handbook describes the affordable, accessible, and stunningly advantageous options they stumbled upon that any American student can leverage to get an outrageously relevant global education.
Ready to ditch the drama of the traditional hypercompetitive SAT/AP/GPA path? Meet the bold American students who are catapulting into the global economy at twenty with a red-hot college diploma, sizzling 21st-century skills, a blazing sense of direction–and no debt.
You’ll discover:
• the one thing preventing your student from blasting forward
• why Advanced Placement isn’t so advanced
• why international programs fail to provide a truly global education
• the most critical time for your student to study abroad
• the best exchange program in the world ($3,000 or less per year)
• the strategic way to fast-forward through high school
• how to maximize a family sabbatical
• how to live the life of your dreams abroad–and save thousands for college
Packed with myth-busting facts, laughable loopholes, insider insights, astonishing success stories, and poignant tales from the Frost daughters themselves, this inspiring romp is guaranteed to get you cheering.
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 Moving toward Bold School Thinking November 10, 2009
Helen C. Slemons (Sun City West, AZ USA)
If you are the parent of a middle- or high school student or a school counselor who wants to help prepare high school students for challenging and interesting careers in a global economy, you would get practical, first-hand advice from The New Global Student. In an upbeat (sometimes almost flippant) style, Maya Frost tells why she and her husband chose to leave a comfortable suburban life in the Northwest and move to Mexico, then to Argentina, with their four daughters. The stories of many other students who studied, traveled, and worked throughout the world, became fluent in one or more languages other than English, finished college at least two years earlier than classmates who stayed in a traditional high school program in the United States, and often accomplished this without going into debt are inspiring.
Not all families who want to help their children prepare for a global career are in a position to sell everything and move abroad as the Frosts did. Those families could follow Maya Frost's recommendations to take community college classes simultaneously with high school classes at home to earn as much as two years' college credit before high school graduation, then to look for internships and/or jobs abroad to strengthen their language and job skills. The book is full of examples of the various paths taken by successful global students coming from wide range of economic backgrounds. In my opinion, this is a good book which shows that, with discipline and determination, a student desiring a global education could achieve this goal.
The book would be a valuable resource for families contemplating leaving the Old School way of thinking about education and going toward the Bold School of alternative education. Other parents can follow Maya Frost's practical suggestions to give their students a richer, international education and not use up all the family savings in the process. I enjoyed the book and will recommend it to my two daughters who are now considering expensive, traditional college educations for their high school age children.
 Break your boundries September 27, 2009
Hans Palma
The New Global Student is a great book that inspires you to forget fears and step out into exciting world of opportunity. Many times we are paralyzed with doubt and uncertainty, believing that a global experience will be too dangerous or what we won't be able to handle the pressures. Maya Frost deals with these issues saying that the emotion cost is real, you have to let go and you will have difficultly, but the overwhelming majority of people who take that leap of faith land and say, "That was so worth it." She also gives great tips as to how to get ahead of the game and snagging extra college credit to enter college as a sophomore or even a junior at age 18.
Currently I am 22 years old and a college student at a private institution in Michigan. Though this book is geared for High School students and their parents, it is a great resource for anyone. I was shocked to find out that when I was dealing tired of High School and desperately wanted to get out after my junior year, but was stuck finishing out an almost pointless year, I had other options. I could have skipped my senior year and been catapulted into a more rewarding college experience. Thankfully, Frost's advice doesn't stop for High School students. The stories she shared of other students who cross the American board into the great beyond have blown away my fear of the unknown and made me hungry for a global challenge. Now, largely because of her book, I am getting ready for a semester abroad in South Korea.
Whether you are a Middle School, High School, or College age student, or a parent you have a lot to benefit from by reading this book. Don't get stuck in the herd but be inspired to break ranks and fly by reading Maya Frost's "The New Global Student".
Food for thought September 22, 2009
LindaLou
This book conveys a positive and enthusiastic message about taking control of your child's education. The array of choices out there for a global path to education is truly dizzying, and Maya does a great job of presenting some of these options. It truly is limited only by your imagination. I do agree with some of the criticisms in previous reviews that the author does seem to submit that the only path to a global education is study abroad/living abroad. However, there is nothing wrong with having a vision, and introducing a technique that was so obviously beneficial for your family. Maybe this path is for you and your family, and maybe it is not, but at the very least, it provides inspiration for introducing choices to your child's education.
 Limited view, misleading information, self-justification September 12, 2009
Dido fan (Portland, Oregon)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am interested in the different ways parents go about selecting to educate their children. I have worked for the last 20 years in gifted education and I have seen many different paths that can lead students to success. If you read this book you will be left with the impression that the only way to go is exactly like this parent. Somehow, that just doesn't seem right. The author chose a path and then spends the rest of the book justifying her actions. Why is it be better for a student to study abroad during high school than during college or graduate school? If a student chooses to do the rigorous IB diploma program they might be better prepared for college than the path this parent is promoting. A year spent abroad during college can offer the same or better opportunities to learn to get around on your own in a global world then time spent traveling with their parents. Don't buy this book it is a waste of money and too limited in perspective.
Be adventurous and enterprising with education--carve out a bright future of global opportunities September 11, 2009
switterbug (Austin, Texas United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I inhaled this book, and now my daughter (a sophomore in high school) is doing the same. It is a book that dares to be different--dares you as a parent to stop capitulating to the timbre of conventional thinking when it comes to your children's education. It is a guide for you and your teen(s) to stop that treadmill of competition and initiate an authentic and global education. Inside are specific resources to igniting an imaginative, innovative, and creative fire of opportunity so that your child(ren) can possess a confident and solid footing for the future.
The key to an education in today's world is *global* diversity--genuine and authentic. Not a hollow ring of words and concepts being thrown around because they are in vogue. And not just two-week trips or summer jaunts to Europe to pad the educational resume. If your child wants a strong, solid perch on a phenomenal, exciting future, then going global optimally means going abroad for an educational year. Of course, that may not work for every child or household. Frost lays out a variety of attainable ways for your child to have an opportunity to expand her (or his) horizons, whether it is studying abroad in high school or in college, or selecting another option to nurture a global awakening and future. There is no one formula here. But there are plenty of eye-opening tools to assist your kid in taking charge of the high school and college years--without being intimidated by the needless, excoriating, and daunting competition of the conventional route.
This is not just rhetoric; this book contains specific and highly useful, concrete information and support for accomplishing adventurous goals. After reading it, I emailed the author with additional questions of my own, and her response was both swift and extremely helpful. My daughter is already initiating a commanding, fresh look at her high school education and seeing it through a bright-eyed, bold new lens.
Not every kid l-o-o-o-ves high school or flourishes in the 4X4 path (4 years of high school segueing into 4 years of college). Not everyone thrives on Spring Break, prom, cliques, trendy fashion, and the high school social scene. Maybe your child is a square peg--or a shooting star ready to take off and orbit away from the standard and into the transformative--around the globe. Some teens feel outright depressed on the boilerplate path. This book helps your child discover some alternative routes to achieving his or her goals while attaining a first-class education and college degree. And, believe it or not, they may even graduate early. From both. Additionally, this book is also a guide to studying abroad without breaking the bank. The author is economically wise. She illustrates that you don't need to be affluent with notable or powerful connections to get an international education.
Frost's writing style is engaging, entertaining, inspiring, and encouraging. Always encouraging. Interspersed throughout the book are narratives by many of the students who have designed a colossally impressive education--by applying a dose of daring and a sparkle of ingenuity.
The advice, the recommendations, and the wisdom of this book will boost your (kids and parents/ guardians) confidence, spirit, and outlook. I am not overrating this book--grab it now and score an intrepid and global future.
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