😂😂 BRIAN IS IN THE KITCHEN

How to spark a conversation with any French teenager

1) Approach French teen 2) Smile 3) Ask in English “Where is Brian?” 4) Wait for response.

I feel like this whole exchange year stuff is the handle of the door to the future we want to live. A future full of countries, traveling, memories and meeting new people. Exchange students seem a little different regarding this stuff. Exchange students don’t want to stay in one place. They… we want to see every atom in the whole universe. Just a feeling though.

an exchange student (via just-another-polyglot)

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Being on exchange also means :

Having your personal driver 'cause you can't drive in your host country

Please

Ugh

Stop asking me when I’m leaving Stop asking me if I’ll get credit for school Stop asking me if I’m nervous or excited Stop asking me if I’ll be homesick Stop telling me I’m brave Stop asking where in my host country I’m going… You don’t know of my obscure town Stop telling me things people do in my host country Stop telling me about your trip there that one time Stop assuming I’m not doing any work there Stop assuming I’ll be a tourist Stop asking why I’m doing this Stop assuming I’ll go to an English-speaking school Stop assuming my parents are rich Stop assuming I’m not getting my own paperwork in order Stop asking what will happen when I get back Stop trying to tell me what I should bring, do, or send home Stop assuming my host family are creepy Stop thinking my parents are insane for letting this happen Stop saying you can’t wait to see me at Christmas… I’m not allowed to come back for some sort of holiday? Stop asking if my family will come visit Stop asking if I speak the language

Oh my, it happens to me all the time ! I sometimes even become a little paranoid

I hate when I see someone that resembles someone from back home because it takes a second for me to realize that I’m on the other side of the globe, in a foreign country and they’re probably at home, carrying on with their daily routine.

Do the thing that completely terrifies you

I say as I reach into my host family’s fridge for the first time (via usa-to-germany)

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Dang. My life

just international student things:

teaching each other swear words in your languages

trying to learn the unwritten social rules what do you mean you have to take your shoes off inside

knowing more people from other countries than the country you’re in

“I should come visit you” 

how do people not have [food item] in the supermarket??????

struggling with the international student office 

“lmao why would you come here to study this country sucks” 

getting strangely patriotic even though you weren’t before

but seriously it’s weird I kinda love my own country more now?

having someone come up to you and say “hey I know something in your language!” and it’s a swear word

« Going on exchange is pretty scary.. But know what even scarier? Regret. »

Exchange Student:

Before going: 1 whole year by myself in another country, making a lot of new friends and away of my normal life. Awesome

During the program: what the fuck am I doing here? Who put me in here? I'm insane... Mom??

how to make exchange student cry: 

turn on the national anthem of their home country 

Yup

Going on exchange is actually kind of crazy if you think about it. Like bye mom and dad, I’m gonna go live in a foreign country where I don’t understand anything and live with people I’ve never met. See you in a year.

😂

When you don’t know some words

So true

Shout out to all the bilinguals of the world

Being an exchange student

*on skype*

Me: HI mom !

Mom: Bonjour chérie, ça va ?

Me: Yeah, I mean, oui !

this is the funniest thing I’ve seen today, I can’t breathe

England: Roses are red, violets are blue, I have five fingers and the middle one is for you.

France: Aww, babe.