Expectations

Being an exchange student is not what you'd expect it to be, and I guess that's normal in some way. The big question is if the experience is mor or less that what you expected. You have expectations. There is no way to hide the fact. Everyone around you have expectations, different than your own. Your parents and the rest of your family, your friends, your teacers, your hostfamily and everyone else in your life. I, myself, has only been one of these, and I may dare to call myself the main character in this whole setting. I was the student, and to me the experience was more, way more than I ever imagined.


I can not know who is going to be reading my words on this blog, but there is one thing I do know: If you are considering to become an exchange student, the best thing I can tell you is to go for it all the way. As long as you're openminded, the experience can very easily be the best of your life. You don't need to be the most outgoing or selfconfident person in the world to do it, and that is one of the best parts of it. The idea is ment to help young people grow and learn and build up their own self confidence, and it really does work.


During my exchange year I was asked, on several occasions, what I expected before I came to the US. My best answere was that I tried not to have too many expectations, because that way I knew I would not get disappointed. This was true, but I know now that was not all of it. You might try not to have any expectations, but that's impossible to accomplish. The best you can do is t keep your expectations small, and focus on making the most of what you have when you get there. I can tell you one thing, though; It's all worth it! I don't regret my decision with one cell in my body, and I would do it agian in a heartbeat.



I could keep going with this for days, but I'm cutting it short (making it readable). But I might very well (definantly) go back to the subject sometime in the future. If you have any questions, ideas or thoughts about anything, don't hesitate to leave me a comment:)

! Tone