Valkenburg savoring his American experience

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  • Jitse Valkenburg is taking part in the Education First exchange program and spending the school year at Aurora High School in order to figure out what he wants to pursue after graduation.
    Jitse Valkenburg is taking part in the Education First exchange program and spending the school year at Aurora High School in order to figure out what he wants to pursue after graduation.
    When Dutch foreign exchange student, Jitse Valkenburg, came to spend the school year in Aurora, he expected to see the American stereotypes created in his mind by online memes and Hollywood cinema.“I didn’t realize it when I was there (in the Netherlands), but when I came here I was like, ‘I have been stereotyping’”, Valkenburg said. “Not of prejudice, but I knew that I had thou...

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