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The honeymoon is over when homesickness hits. Your high school exchange student was so excited to get on that plane and fly into...


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Tags: Culture Shock, Homesickness

Students from Hong Kong have a unique eastern-western point of view. So, what happens when they come to the USA? How do they see...


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Tags: Culture Shock, Host an exchange student, Student Experience,

Exchange students bring magic glasses with them to the USA. Let’s look through their lenses for fresh perspectives on ordinary...


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Around the world gift-giving traditions vary on special occasions of all kinds. Who gives gifts to whom? When? How should a gift...


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Tags: Cultural Exchange, Culture Shock, gift-giving europe

As host parents we have a lot of explaining to do - the fun (even funny) kind of explaining. For example:


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I gathered my purse, snacks, jackets, and lap blankets and headed out the door to enjoy a soccer game with the kids: my three...


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In the 1960’s psychologists “discovered” culture shock. They were surprised that new immigrants needed so much medical care. A...


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Your exchange student is living thousands of miles from home for an extended period of time. Virtually everything is different...


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Tags: Student Support, Exchange Student, Culture Shock

Each fall, I welcome a new group of exchange students to the Oregon coast and watch them begin the process of adapting to their...


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Tags: Cultural Exchange, Culture Shock, Youth Exchange

For most exchange students, October and November are the most difficult months of the exchange. Cultural differences that were...


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Tags: Host Families, Cultural Exchange, Student Support,

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