03-25-2018, 05:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-28-2019, 05:10 PM by ReinlynxPSI.)
Last week some exchange students from Japan came to my school. While it was only a 1-week experience, they enjoyed their stay and liked the school, despite it being incredibly different from their schools in Japan. A few of them wanted to stay in America a bit longer, even.
I didn't get to talk much with any of the exchange students (and I don't remember their names), aside from one who was following one of my friends through her classes for the week (she ended sitting at the same table as I did in Biology). She was very nice, giving me and the other people at my table a few treats from Japan on a few occasions. I consider her to be a friend even though we didn't know eachother for very long.
While the exchange students didn't have to do any of the actual school work, my friend's exchange student was actually fine with it (and actually got a record time in my friend's PE class!), and another exchange student gave his input on an English assignment a different friend had.
In English class, we had just finished reading Unbroken the week before, and were watching the movie adaption that week to make a presentation of the differences between the book and movie (for those of you that don't know; Unbroken is a book about a WWII POW and is a true story about a person named Louie Zamperini). Because of my other friend partnering with the exchange student, he included how Japan viewed World War II in his presentation: A big mistake on their part, and they have no hard feelings towards America.
A few of the exchange students knew English, though not very much. One of them I was only able to say "Hello" to, and that's all they were able to understand. A few of the ones I got to meet but not know very well I could at least have a short conversation with.
All and all it was a great experience and I would enjoy having some more exchange students at my school. I've heard that my school wants to send some of our students to China, though they're still looking for a sister school. I don't think I would go myself, but my step-brother wants to go.
Have you guys ever had any exchange students? How were your experiences?
I didn't get to talk much with any of the exchange students (and I don't remember their names), aside from one who was following one of my friends through her classes for the week (she ended sitting at the same table as I did in Biology). She was very nice, giving me and the other people at my table a few treats from Japan on a few occasions. I consider her to be a friend even though we didn't know eachother for very long.
While the exchange students didn't have to do any of the actual school work, my friend's exchange student was actually fine with it (and actually got a record time in my friend's PE class!), and another exchange student gave his input on an English assignment a different friend had.
In English class, we had just finished reading Unbroken the week before, and were watching the movie adaption that week to make a presentation of the differences between the book and movie (for those of you that don't know; Unbroken is a book about a WWII POW and is a true story about a person named Louie Zamperini). Because of my other friend partnering with the exchange student, he included how Japan viewed World War II in his presentation: A big mistake on their part, and they have no hard feelings towards America.
A few of the exchange students knew English, though not very much. One of them I was only able to say "Hello" to, and that's all they were able to understand. A few of the ones I got to meet but not know very well I could at least have a short conversation with.
All and all it was a great experience and I would enjoy having some more exchange students at my school. I've heard that my school wants to send some of our students to China, though they're still looking for a sister school. I don't think I would go myself, but my step-brother wants to go.
Have you guys ever had any exchange students? How were your experiences?