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He was married into my family.This guy was such an asshole. He bullied everyone, and people would try to become his friend so they would get picked on less. I remember being in the hall and he was walking away from his girlfriend yelling, “you're a fat piece of shit, and I only dated you to get some.” I'll never forget that because this girl was skinny but curvy in the right places, not fat at all!Probably the worst thing you can imagine happening happened to me. My uncle met his mom, went on a couple dates and married a year later. And now I have to deal with that guy at family gatherings.He's a Lutheran and goes to church every week ever since him and his girlfriend had their baby. No matter what good he does in his life to redeem his past, it doesn't help. The guy ruined people's lives for fun and now because he's a Christian I should put all of the crap he dished out behind me. Nope, no way.This may sound petty, but I just don't care. Your past shapes you into what you are and who you're viewed as. His life is pretty crappy though so I guess what goes around comes around.I acknowledge his presence, say hi and walk past. That's all he'll ever get from me.

Hi Mostafa, the best option for you is to use an organization to help you find the right school. As Selin pointed out, some study abroad programs have way too many restrictions.To directly answer your question, my organization has a single online U.S. High School Application that can help you apply to any of the high schools we represent. We provide great homestay families who live near our schools and they are required to drive high school students to and from school activities. We also help students acquire their F-1 student visa instead of a J-1 student visa. Let me explain the differences and how they can affect you.Like Selin mentioned, AFS is a good organization. However, there is a good chance you will not be able to attend a school in the U.S. with their help because they are a J-1 visa exchange program. Why? The U.S. government does not allow American homestay families to be paid for hosting exchange students on J-1 visas. This discourages and prevents many potential families from hosting.Although the U.S. economy has recovered some since the market crash in 2008, many families are still unable and/or unwilling to host students for free. I witnessed this firsthand this school year. A school we work with in Southern California tried to find homestay families for two students from Spain with J-1 visas. Nobody was able or willing to host them for free, so they had to cancel their plans to study in the U.S.There is also another disadvantage to studying with an organization like AFS on a J-1 visa. As a high school student, you can only study for one school year with that visa. If you wish to return for the next school year, you will have to change your status from a J-1 visa to an F-1 visa. F-1 visas are preferable because they do not have the same limitations as J-1 visas.I read your comment and saw the list of schools that the exchange organization in Egypt has to offer. From what I can tell, each one of those schools is a public school which presents another problem. Even if you have an F-1 visa, the U.S. government says that you can only attend a public school for one year; after that year is over, you are not allowed to switch to a different public school. Your only option would be to transfer to a private school. Based on some of the other questions you have asked on Quora, it seems to me that you would like to finish high school in the U.S.Because of all of these restrictions, it is much easier to get an F-1 visa to begin with and attend a private school instead of a public school.Obtaining any kind of visa can be a confusing task, especially a student visa, so I wrote a step-by-step guide on how to get your F-1 visa: How to get an F-1 Student Visa. I highly recommend you read the entire post to have a good understanding of all the things you will need to do to obtain a visa and study in the U.S.I understand that cost is an important factor in your search for schools, and I'm happy to say that the tuition for one of the schools we represent in Southern California, the Lutheran High School of San Diego (LHSD), is similar to the public schools you might find through AFS or other J-1 exchange programs. Although LHSD is a small school, they offer a wide range of speciality and AP classes along with various school sports. Students who graduated from LHSD have been admitted to the University of California and California State University systems, along with other high-ranking schools like Purdue, Syracuse, and the prestigious West Point Military Academy.Selin is right that some organizations have too many restrictions. While we do have a set of guidelines and rules that homestay families and students must follow, we are very open about them and have made them available for anyone to read (see our Homestay Guidelines & Rules and our Student Guidelines & Rules). We believe that the guidelines we have set provide a good balance between safety and freedom.Last but not least, I'd like to share how we are different from every other international education organization out there. In case you haven't heard of it, there is a company here in the U.S. called TOMS shoes. Their founder created a revolutionary idea called "One-for-One." Whenever you buy a pair of TOMS shoes, they donate a pair to a child in need. Similarly, when I bought my glasses from a company called Warby Parker, they either donated a pair of prescription glasses or funded corrective eye surgery for a person in need. We took that same concept and have pledged to sponsor anywhere from 1 to 5 children in need for each high school student that studies through our organization. Child sponsorship provides children in need with education, nourishing food, healthcare, and training to develop self-confidence, social skills, and key life skills. In other words, by choosing Passport Scholars, you can impact the lives of children who can't afford to study even in their own country. I encourage you to learn more about this by reading Our Mission.Once again, I am more than happy to answer any questions you or your parents may have! Please review the F-1 visa process to see if it's something you are interested in doing. Also, let me know what you think of LHSD by sending me a message here on Quora or emailing me at james(at)passportscholars.com.I wish you all the best in your studies!

I have two positions in this scenario, Firstly, as the youngest in my family with a 12-16 year age gap between myself and my sisters I can offer my opinion on the matter from the perspective of a younger child farmed out to older siblings.Secondly, I can offer my perspective as a 15-18 year old who was forced to care for my 8 nieces and nephews for several years.to start my sisters hated me, and while we are all adults now they still have quite a bit of animosity toward me when it comes to certain things. In regards to my relationship with my parents, they believe that I was coddled and given anything I ever wanted, that I was spoiled and treated far better then they ever were.They had grown up with my parents, traveling with them extensively during my fathers navel career, however by time I was born my father had retired. So while they were forced to move ever 2-4 years, I had a relatively stable childhood/home life. my siblings went to military public schools that changed every time they moved, I went to a private Lutheran school (which my sisters often argued with my parents about) for my entire elementary and junior high years, and went to a local high school a few miles from my home. Neither of my sisters finished high school.I never really understood why my sisters hated me, I loved them and wanted to be close to them and do everything they did, but they often told me I was stupid and annoying. It wasn't until I was put in the same situation that I really started to get why they had so much dislike for me.I remember being farmed out to my sisters on a regular basis, they often ignored me, played tricks on me, lied to me, picked on me and tried to get me into trouble with my parents. When I was 6 years old my oldest sister moved out and got married shortly after, she would still occasionally watch me but often she would ditch me with one of her friends (who had kids my age) and would go party and drink with her new hubby.When I was 5 my sister who is 12 years older then I had her first child. As she was still in high school at the time she dropped out, this meant that she was often left with me as well as her newborn, thankfully I was in kindergarten at the time so it wasn't to much strain on her but she still talks about how unfair life was for her during that time. Because of our age gap I grew up side by side with her children, her oldest son basically being my little brother.When I was 12 years old I was often saddled with the younger kids, everything they did I was responsible for. if they got into trouble it was my fault, if they lied or did something they weren't supposed to do "I should have been watching them better" I was forced to share my room with my two youngest nieces, which for a 15 year old girl is HELL! I hated it, I often acted out and tried to convince my parents and sister to move them out of my room, but as our home was small I didn't have much of a choice.I actively became violent and aggressive toward my sister and nasty and cruel to my nieces and nephews. My oldest nephew and I fought constantly and often came to blows with one another.When I was 16 I was taken out of school for illness, during my 7 months at home recovery I was tasked with raising my sisters infant, which would later develop a huge conflict between us, as for the first year of my nieces life she called me Mommy. I hated my sister, I loathed my parents for putting me in that situation and worst of all I blamed the children simply for existing.Bottom line is, if she doesn't want to take care of your youngest, don't make her. She has her own life to live and her own problems to worry about. Getting a nanny or a babysitter might seem silly because you have "free daycare" available right down the hall, but your eldest daughter is not cattle, you don't own her or her free time.Do the right thing and get a reliable and kind third-party individual to take care of your youngest when you want some free time, otherwise suck it up and take the baby with you.