What International Exchange Students Say They Have Learned From Their Host Family

• "The way of life in America" – Sarah
• "I learned to share and to live in a way I never did before" – Laura
• "I learned to love another family and to have the support of another person" – Clara
• "A different family structure then my own" – Coco
• "I learned how to be a sister and how to compromise" – Benedkte
• "Going to church isn't bad. I liked going" – Simon
• "Another day of thinking" – Victor
• "They have a good relationship" – Juan
• "Patience and Strength" – Juan
• "How to accept a different culture and how it is to have a sister" – Karin
• "Their different point of view and how things happen in real life, everything is different, even eating" – Khoa
• "Even though they have a family that they focus on, preparing their children for the next step in their lives" – Susi
• "I can do things, I had never done before" – Joev
• "How to share a room and clean it."
• "My host dad taught me many things, he is very knowledgeable" – Dorothy
• "The way of even shopping and cooking are different". – Sabrina
• "I recognized that every family is different and how they get along" – Sabrina
• "All the little things you learn through experience" – Sami
• "Language & fast food!" – Sofia