Exchange students

Exchange Student Song | | | |

WE ARE EXCHANGE STUDENTS So much is said about being an exchange student, but only when you experience it. Things make sense. It is definitely not easy andwhether you want it or not, you´ll end up changing and growing. Once your exchange is done YOU finally realize that you can handle way more than you could and would ever imagine. You need to appreciatethings you have because they might be gone sooner than you think. Life is not easy. True friendships are really forever. The best part about being an exchange student is not about the parties or placesyou get to go. Not the independence and life experience, but the friendships.I'm not talking about the friends you made from your host country but about the other exchange-student friends. For most ofus, they were the very first "friends" we had in this new experience. We met them in orientation meetings or trips, etc. They were the first people we actually talk to without having the fear ofspeaking in a different language. No matter what, there's a big difference between "host country friends" and "exchange student friends". Exchange students have a special bond. Despite language andcultural differences, you'll understand one another because you experience similar situations. The hardest part of facing the end of your exchange year is to accept the fact that it's gonna take a whileuntil you have the chance to travel the world to see your exchange friends again. Because once you leave your host country, deep down inside, you know that sooner or later you´ll be back, but when are yougoing to have enough money and time to travel the world again??? Some of us became friends because we were placed in the same schools, lived in the town nearby each other. Others we met along theyear, during trips and meetings... The trips... first day nobody knows each other, everyone is shy... By the end of the trip everybody knows everybody and says good bye in the last day is as sad as...