Any foreign exchange students around here?

[Grey Fox]

I only learned such things existed last year.

How is this possible?

Alcohol abuse?

[Ed Anger]

 

[Josquius]

I only learned such things existed last year.

How is this possible?

It wasn't advertised at all. Its all much more discreet and less cohesive than university exchanges.

[Eddie Teach]

Did you never see That 70s Show?

[HVC]

Did you never see That 70s Show?

except for a few episodes they don't mention that he's a foreign exchange student (unless you know what "FES" stands for, then they mention it in every episode )

Should have gone the American pie route

[Eddie Teach]

Did you never see That 70s Show?

except for a few episodes they don't mention that he's a foreign exchange student (unless you know what "FES" stands for, then they mention it in every episode )

Should have gone the American pie route

Another good example. I'm sure if I sat around and brainstormed(or googled) I could think of more. But it's not really worth it.

[The Larch]

Did you never see That 70s Show?

except for a few episodes they don't mention that he's a foreign exchange student (unless you know what "FES" stands for, then they mention it in every episode )

Should have gone the American pie route

Another good example. I'm sure if I sat around and brainstormed(or googled) I could think of more. But it's not really worth it.

[Josquius]

Sure, you see lots of them on TV, but then high school life on TV tends to feature lots of things that aren't possible for normal people (not that we have high school in the UK, but I'd assume it tends to be pretty mundane for most Americans). And these kids are always strange one offs, never mentioned as being part of some grand programme.

[garbon]

Ok, we get it. Another thing you didn't know about. Call off the dogs, everybody.

[Eddie Teach]

Hopefully one day he will realize that sometimes art imitates life. 

[merithyn]

Hmm. Costs have gone up, apparently, from what I initially found. A year abroad costs between $8,000 - $15,000, not including travel expenses, additional "side trips", and monthly spending money. (I'd initially found resources that said $5,000 - $8,000.) All of it must be paid by May 2013 in order for him to go on the trip.

Scholarships are available, but limited, and very few for the programs he's interested in. They have fund-raising opportunities, which seem to essentially be posting online where you want to go and why, and then begging friends and family to donate toward the trip.

Oy! This is going to be very difficult to make happen. Not impossible - yet - but definitely difficult.

[garbon]

You might want to see if you can get in touch with your local Rotary club. When I was in high school there were pretty good at providing a lot of the funding for exchange students...and in fact many of the exchange students that came to my school came through the Rotary club.

Here's what I found on a quick look up:
http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/YouthPrograms/RotaryYouthExchange/Pages/Howtoapply.aspx

[jimmy olsen]

Sure, you see lots of them on TV, but then high school life on TV tends to feature lots of things that aren't possible for normal people (not that we have high school in the UK, but I'd assume it tends to be pretty mundane for most Americans). And these kids are always strange one offs, never mentioned as being part of some grand programme.

Elaborate.

[Valdemar]

Garbon, usually though that is because they exchange between rotary club memebers. So that you get kids whose parents are members sent over to other rotary members.. I'm not sure they are open to non members

V

[merithyn]

Garbon, usually though that is because they exchange between rotary club memebers. So that you get kids whose parents are members sent over to other rotary members.. I'm not sure they are open to non members

V

According to the website garbon gave: "Applicants are not required to be involved with Rotary in
any way before applying."

Thanks, garbon. No Rotary groups in our area, but there are other options. They do seem to be much more highly competitive, but worth giving it a shot.