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[brainless]

hiya everyone, I'd like to hear some opinions on my newest plan for the next year in my life:

Half a year ago I considered applying for exchange programmes to some african nations [in the end I settled for Ghana or Nigeria] but except for one organization they all took an application fee of about 50 Euros which I absolutely couldn't afford back then and unfortunately I didn't get an answer to my application from the organization which didn't take an application fee.
I just researched this topic again and found some other programs but all of them would require me to pay more than I can afford...

... but when I read about a "Work Experience Program" to several nations [which would require 50 euros application fee plus about 400 euros participation fee] I had another thought: Wouldn't it be possible to travel to London for something like two weeks or a month, try to find some small job in a pub or supermarket and check up with the bureaucracy so I can make a living for something like half a year and go back home then?

...and if I don't make it within the two weeks, I could just go back home to mom and dad just as if I'd been on holiday, couldn't I?

sounds like a plan to me but what do you people think about it? Is there maybe someone from the UK around who could give me some legal advice?

[Saint_Michael]

i myself would't mind doing it but trying to pick up a new language is somewhat a hard and time consuming thing for me at least, and they say its easy, but i know it is like the best learning experience anyone can get, cuz your learning something completely different, from outside your life.

[brainless]

I've spent something like 7 or 8 years learning english by now, I suppose I can read it, have a good understanding of what I read about and am somewhat capable of dealing with conversations [but I'm gonna give spanish a try when I've got some time to spare; right now I've got an unqualified full-time job for the summer in which I earn quite a bit, which is hard to get around here...]

[dragonfang00]

I agree with saint_micheal.. learning a new language will be time consuming.. but I don't mind trying to work outside my country instead all I have to do first is to study their language and save up for the fees..