Norma, 2007
This is our Host-Family Rules for exchange students. Actually, it is more like a survival manual for living in our home. Our host-family rules began ten years ago as a two page document, but each exchange student has left her mark on the rules with an added paragraph here and there…the girls laugh because they know exactly for which parts they are responsible. The length has also grown since AYUSA began requiring certain things to be included, particularly in the area of internet use and safety. (more…)
Categories: Exchange Students
Tagged: Exchange Student
If you are considering being an exchange student or hosting an exchange student, you may have gone to the internet to gain insight and information. Unfortunately, what you will mostly find from this resource is one-sided perspectives rather than realities of the exchange student experience.
Why is this the case? (more…)
Categories: Exchange Students
Tagged: Exchange Student
Irina, 2009
Irina sent me some new pictures. She was an exchange student in 1999-200, was our third exchange daughter, and currently lives in Minsk, Belarus. Irina is living The Devil Wears Prada lifestyle…next week she will traveling to Milan, Italy. (more…)
Categories: Exchange Students · Family
Tagged: Belarus, Exchange Daughter, Exchange Student, Irina, Minsk
