School

As an exchange student you will spend most of the time in school. It is very important for you to create as much positive influences in school as possible. On your first day of school you will meet the schools student-counselor. It is then you will choose what subjects you going to attend for the year.

There are usually some obligated classes to take if you want to graduate. In USA it is English, American History and American Government. Except the obligated classes you can chose whatever you want to. This is really the perfect time to choose classes you don’t have in your country. Exchangestudentworld.com recommends people to take “speech” if you come to USA. It is a great class where you learn how to talk in front of people without being scared.

The schools in many countries have a great school-culture. There people are usually very proud of their school and it is very important to cheer for their school teams in sports.

Rik Baetings Wamego, KS - USA (2003 -04)
My first day of school was exactly as I wanted it to be. I got up early in the morning just because I was so excited about what was going to happen that very same day. And to be honest I am not very fond of school at all! So it was very strange for me to be excited about going to school. And there I was, in the middle of 500+ other students.
And every where I looked I could only think of one thing ‘Just like the movies’. I had my own locker in the middle of an crowded hallway. Every where I looked it was like looking at a tv. You could see the clicks of the Jocks, the preps, the cheerleader, the misfits and the popular kids.

All the classrooms looked the same with the weird shaped seat/table things and there was a cafeteria where everybody was getting lunch at noon. It was just like the movies!