Leavenworth is a great community and a great place for foreign exchange students to visit. I had never thought of hosting an exchange student because I just didn’t know how to go about it. Then I found that there are programs that make hosting an exchange student very easy and pleasurable. There are just a ...
Studying abroad in Japan is an exciting and sometimes frightening experience. Exciting, because you are traveling into the unknown, half a world away, where you will learn new customs and a new way of life. Frightening, for those exact same reasons. Many people opt for a homestay with a Japanese family while abroad. This can ...
My tiny school in rural southern Illinois saw quite a few foreign exchange students as I was growing up. I remember students from England, Ecuador, New Zealand, Japan, Yugoslavia, Germany, and Italy. When I was in ninth grade, a close friend went to New Zealand as an exchange student and I was intrigued. I wasn’t ...
My children are far from perfect. But one of their behavioral strengths is that when we leave the playground, my children do not whine incessantly, refuse to leave, or run and hide. When we leave a play date, my children similarly cooperate and come home when I tell them it’s time. Many parents have asked ...
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