I Would Love to Host
By OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86838)
United States
April 8, 2024 6:14am CST
...foreign Exchange Students.
I remember when I was living with my best friend in our twenties in a nice flat in England, we would host foreign exchange students from all over the world.
Not only would it help them out greatly, but it was so much fun and interesting to get to know their culture without going anywhere.
I wish I had the house to do this.
I am partial to helping students of any kind, as in my teen years, I needed a lot of hosting for real.
That is another story for another day.
Have you ever been an exchange student or hosted one?
We hosted students from France, Italy and Germany.
I wish I had the house to do this.
I am partial to helping students of any kind, as in my teen years, I needed a lot of hosting for real.
That is another story for another day.
Have you ever been an exchange student or hosted one?
We hosted students from France, Italy and Germany.16 people like this
16 responses
@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
8 Apr
Lovely Judy and fun too...yes the backpackers..always so interesting.
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@Shivram59 (31935)
• India
8 Apr
@RebeccasFarm I had been to our state capital city.There I had met a couple who had five students from France in their house.The couple told me they had no problem with those students and they were nice guys.
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@Shivram59 (31935)
• India
8 Apr
@RebeccasFarm It's wonderful.When we meet foreigners;we get know a lot about each other's culture.
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@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Apr
Wouldn't that be nice? A person can dream. Folks from other countries would be so interesting.
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@celticeagle (159359)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Apr
@RebeccasFarm ......So they got to experience some different languages then. What an adventure.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
8 Apr
They were..it was fun our boys were toddlers then.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
8 Apr
Oh dear sorry to hear that..I guess sometimes this happens..strangers and all. What happened at all do you know?
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@Ronrybs (17838)
• London, England
10 Apr
@RebeccasFarm I didn't ask, but it must have been something major
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@Hannihar (129516)
• Israel
9 Apr
@RebeccasFarm
I am sorry you are unable to do it now but you have so much to deal with right now that takes your time away from things you would like to do. I was never a foreign exchange student or never hosted one.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
9 Apr
Yes you know I am just talking here Hanni, there is no way for me to lead a normal life anymore, you know what I mean my friend.
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@Beestring (13367)
• Hong Kong
8 Apr
No, I have never been an exchange student, nor hosted one.
It should be a rewarding experience hosting foreign exchange students.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
8 Apr
It is, they were always so interesting and fun.
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! We've never hosted, but I've known many exchange students from school.@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
8 Apr
It was fun for sure..this was when both our kids were toddlers.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
8 Apr
You did Shavvie I seem to recall this about you.and good work.
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@Shavkat (137221)
• Philippines
10 Apr
@RebeccasFarm It is always a never-ending story for me. Thanks.
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@Marilynda1225 (79930)
• United States
8 Apr
I have never hosted an exchange student but my aunt & uncle have many times when their kids were in college and being hosted in another country.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
8 Apr
This is great then your son was able to have a host family Shiva.
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@mildredtabitha (16076)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Apr
That is a very nice thing for you to do. You are kind to have hosted strangers.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
8 Apr
I would still do it now but my place is too small.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
9 Apr
@mildredtabitha How great that would be my friend!
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@arunima25 (85498)
• Bangalore, India
9 Apr
That would be such a nice experience. I once hosted a French girl who came for a exchange program in my daughter's school. We hosted her for two weeks and it was a good experience. Being the same age as my daughters, they became good friends. She was a pleasant and very courteous teenager.
I would host one of our British friend ( he is my father's age) whenever he comes to our city as a guest lecturer to Waldorf festivals and workshops. He has stayed with us on three of his visits.
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
9 Apr
Ian't it wonderful..a great experience thanks Arunima. Good to see you too.
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@grenery8 (2349)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
9 Apr
it is great you could host them;i just hope you didn't have to feed themstudents can be put in dorms too. i know in my dorm i had in 2years one american girl and 2 indian boys. i had to share bathroom with them. since it was women's floor, didn't like having boys there and didn't get it why they were put there
also, bathroom was the mess from their side
students can be put in dorms too. i know in my dorm i had in 2years one american girl and 2 indian boys. i had to share bathroom with them. since it was women's floor, didn't like having boys there and didn't get it why they were put there also, bathroom was the mess from their side1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
9 Apr
Oh now that was inconvenient having boys there too!
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
10 Apr
@grenery8 Yes it would be..it would be courteous.
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@grenery8 (2349)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
10 Apr
@RebeccasFarm it wasn't that messy but since i lived in a dorm all year long, not came there for a vacation or something, it would have been nicer if they shared my and my roommate's burden. bathroom wasn't that big.
bathroom wasn't that big.
@franxav (13605)
• India
8 Apr
We host students in our charitable Children's Home. Recently we hosted a girl in her gap year from Scotland.
