Experience as an Exchange student in the United States
MY EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE IN UNITED STATES
My name is Erum Shah. I am an exchange student from Pakistan for this year .I came here through a scholarship called the Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange Study Progrmae ( KL-YES). This scholarship is sponsored by department of state and is for teenagers between 15 to 17 years in the countries such as middle east and Asia.
Through this scholarship i am being able to live here for one whole year ,attend a high school and live with a loving host family .
It has been almost 5 months since i came here and my experience has been great .I learnt a lot within this period .I have got a loving host family .And experiencing the differences between my country and united states .Though these differences are great and i have learnt so many new things .
I would like to share some differences between my country and here :
First of all in Pakistan i used to live in the northern region which is a land of high mountains and cold weather .But here in Annapolis (USA) its totally different ,there are no high mountains nor that cold but i like it here as well .In my country our national language is Urdu and here it is English quite a big difference.
Lets come to some small differences, in my country the driving seat is on the right side but here it is left side .When i first came here i used to go always to the right sideof the car then i would realize no that is driving seat . :D..My host mom would ask me" Are you gonna drive"? And i am like hahah no sorry .
And in my country all the light switches are being on when you switch down but here its the opposite.
I think the biggest difference is schools here and back in my country .In my country schools system is totally different ,we don't need to change classes for different subjects instead teachers changes the classes .We sit all the day with the same kids in the class and have class intervals of only 40 minutes but here every thing is so opposite .
We have proper school uniforms and i don't it here which is a good thing and i like it .
I think being an exchange student is the most fun and nice experience in the life of a teenager .Being an exchange student one is able to see the similarities and differences between two countries their culture and a lot more .And this is the best year of my life .
This was my first blog ever hope you liked it and i will try to improve it more .
Thanks
My name is Erum Shah. I am an exchange student from Pakistan for this year .I came here through a scholarship called the Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange Study Progrmae ( KL-YES). This scholarship is sponsored by department of state and is for teenagers between 15 to 17 years in the countries such as middle east and Asia.
Through this scholarship i am being able to live here for one whole year ,attend a high school and live with a loving host family .
It has been almost 5 months since i came here and my experience has been great .I learnt a lot within this period .I have got a loving host family .And experiencing the differences between my country and united states .Though these differences are great and i have learnt so many new things .
I would like to share some differences between my country and here :
First of all in Pakistan i used to live in the northern region which is a land of high mountains and cold weather .But here in Annapolis (USA) its totally different ,there are no high mountains nor that cold but i like it here as well .In my country our national language is Urdu and here it is English quite a big difference.
Lets come to some small differences, in my country the driving seat is on the right side but here it is left side .When i first came here i used to go always to the right sideof the car then i would realize no that is driving seat . :D..My host mom would ask me" Are you gonna drive"? And i am like hahah no sorry .
And in my country all the light switches are being on when you switch down but here its the opposite.
I think the biggest difference is schools here and back in my country .In my country schools system is totally different ,we don't need to change classes for different subjects instead teachers changes the classes .We sit all the day with the same kids in the class and have class intervals of only 40 minutes but here every thing is so opposite .
We have proper school uniforms and i don't it here which is a good thing and i like it .
I think being an exchange student is the most fun and nice experience in the life of a teenager .Being an exchange student one is able to see the similarities and differences between two countries their culture and a lot more .And this is the best year of my life .
This was my first blog ever hope you liked it and i will try to improve it more .
Thanks
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