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Date a french chick.

If it doesn't work at least you get some fun times trying to learn

I was actually about to say, that you should go on an extended holiday to France, but that's also a good way of learning a foreign tongue. My suggestion is different though.

I see that you're 19 (as am I), which means that you'll soon finish or have already finished the school. At that age, you could take a year break from the world and do something different. If you know a bit about the IT or even better a bit about IT AND Economics, you can apply at one of the larger companies (SONY, Siemens, Bosch, whatever has a big IT sector) to work as a student there. If you know a bit about something else, well, it’ll be a hlel lot harder, but doable.

You can just as well apply to work in one of their residences in France, providing you can communicate with the locals. The point being is, you'll learn some French that way, learn quite a bit about the field of work and earn a solid amount of money. If your French skills are however no-so-great, you can do the same thing in your country, earn a bit of cash and go on a "holiday" to France. By that I mean, finding a room/bed in one of the youth hostels and spending time with other chaps. Maybe study something in one of their colleges (it’s hard work if you’re French is weak, but no impossible).

I've got a spot myself, as IT/Businesses-Developer (barely requires any IT skills IMHO), in one of the larger companies in Germany recently. It's quite a bit different from the studies I'm used to, I'm learning the terminology and the cash is pretty good for someone who only does halftime without any formal area of expertise. It’s definitely better than what you’d usually earn at that age for certain. And you’ll get a good report for your CV.

It's really all open to you. Just go to their websites and look at what they have to offer. I know it sounds like a pretty tough thing to do, but if you can get your act together, you’ll be just fine. In other words, I'm doing it and I can only recommend you to do the same.

PS: Any chance that you're from UK?

EDIT: If you're interested in this sort of thing PM me with your MSN or Yahoo! nick.