The love I'm getting from people on the comment section is unbelievable. Thank you so much for everyone sharing their thoughts and experiences. I've been gone for UA-cam for a long time because my life has just been super hectic. I'm beyond inspired from everyone's comments here. I want to come back but I want to ask you guys if there is anything specific you'd like me to film. I have so much free time during this whole pandemic so please drop comments down below what you'd like to see. Stay safe, we will get through this together.
I loved this video. I have been thinking going exhance. I would love to see a video where you talk more about things that people don't usually tell you. And also the hard things you face during you exchace year and how you faced them. Possibilities that you could get in America if you move back or something😃
hey im french and would be soooo interested in exchange year but idk how it works to plan this, how much does it cost, and stuff like that so i would be more than super happy if you do a video talking abt ox you planned your exchange year
I can 100% relate to you, I was in Paris studying and I would always finish my week on Wednesday and I never thought that this Wednesday was gonna be the last one in class with all my exchange friends...hurts like a B*tch
“And when you come home everything seems like you never left except everything is different, your friends just aren’t the same anymore. you are not the same anymore” SOMEBODY FINALLY SAID IT thank you
@Lola Hermes Don't get me wrong- I love Manchester and the experience so far. But whether universities care about students I feel like that's a different matter. I believe most students feel this way across the country. Like unis only care about money, etc. It's not just Manchester. It's all universities. Especially with the pandemic there has been a lot of disputes between students and universities, which led to this notion that unis don't care about students
My family has been hosting exchange students for about 9 years (I’m 16 now) and we have had 16 exchange students. I’ve basically grown up with having a new person in the house every year and it really is an awesome experience. I honestly highly recommend hosting to anyone considering. The relationships I’ve had with each and every one have helped me to grow as a person and learn so much. I’ve gone from being a 7 year old little sister to being an older sister. We have had hard times with the students for various reasons, but we always manage to solve the problem and learn from it. I don’t even know who or where I would be today without all of my siblings around the world and I love them all so much and can’t wait to continue hosting. Leaving is always the hardest part and I cry every time because of the relationship I’ve created. It’s like having a sibling, but also a friend living with you at all times. I wouldn’t change anything for the world.
I have been in 4 great hostfamilys over the years. Now as i stop traveling to do uni & to raise my son i want to host ppl too and create an international home ❤️
I wish I had this experience. We’ve hosted twice, the first year was great. A lot of rough patches but she’s forever my sister. Second year was a disaster and completely turned us off to hosting
My exchange ended a month ago and i can't stop being sad... That video made me cry so much... You put everything I'm feeling into simple words. It was the worst feeling I had to have to leave and think that I don't even know if I'm gonna see them again... And , even if I see them again, it will never be the same, it will never be the same life, "daily" life that I had. And also, that's true, when you're back, nobody cares about what you lived but that's the moment you need the most to talk and there is no one to talk with about it. Because no one around you know what it is to litterally have to leave a life behind you.
I've never been on an exchange year but I've moved I think 9 times in my life (I'm 14) and lived in 3 different countries...I really want to go on an exchange year though, can you tell me how it was please...?
I really feel you.. it has been 9 months I’m back home and it still doesn’t feel right.. I’m still very sad ab it. Just thinking ab it hurts me so much. I wish I could go back to my exchange when I was really happy. If you need to speak you can dm me on my IG @31zoe00
I went on exchange to Italy about five years ago. Just want to pop in and say how truly sorry I am for those exchange students who had to come home due to the Coronavirus. I’ve been thinking of y’all lately. 😔
Everyone's crying 4 their exchange year and I'm crying bc I missed my one chance of having one and now I'm too old and I know I'll never know what it feels to have it
Klárka Pohanková seventeen??? You think that’s old? You still got time trust me, I’m turning 22 in august and I was gonna go this year but corona ruined plans for a lot of people.
I’m a semifinalist of FLEX (it’s an exchange program, but it’s a scholarship so they basically pay for everything if you get in) and I’m waiting for the results. I have applied for the program this year but I had been waiting to do so for 3-4 years and I was so excited that there even is a possibility of me going on an exchange year to the US. But now nothing is for sure, they haven’t cancelled the program yet and I’m hoping they won’t do so because I’ve been waiting for so long😓
the part about coming back and everything’s the same but it’s also not hurt me so much when i came back from my exchange, before i left i had the most amazing relationship with my best friend, we’d spend every day together, no secrets, endless support. and now, we’re kind of distanced and it hurts so freaking much but at the same time i just shove it down and tell myself that that’s just how it is even though i am deeply sad. i’ve never talked about this to anyone and i just realised it actually feels good to let it out, even if it’s just in a comment on youtube...
Hey. I’ve experienced more or less the same thing. My former best friend is not my best friend anymore. But I’ve changed in a may that I don’t want to be the person that I used to be with her. I want her to see me as the new person I’ve developed into over the past two years but it just doesn’t work. I guess we’re both stuck?
dbhdis i yes!!!! it definitely is worth it! i met sooo many nice people that i’m still in touch with and it’s an amazing experience! (i’ve grown closer with my best friend again btw :) )
I so wish I had an amazing year like most of y’all apparently had. I lived with two 70 year olds without any kids, after one month I figured out why they seemed to be forgetting things I was telling them in the evening. They were addicted to drinking. My host dad was serving in the Vietnam war and was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. When I told my organisation they were like : well it’s normal in Louisiana people drink and party a lot. But it was not just drinking, it was alcoholism and for me it was scary. For me it was not the best year of my life, it was one of the hardest. The day I got to go back home was the best day of my life seriously. This year was actually so hard on my psyche that I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital three months after returning to Germany. I am very happy for everyone who had a great year ! It is just not like that for everyone.
Nic Ole I am so sorry ! But I am glad that you finally got the right diagnosis. I heard that autism often gets diagnosed wrong and is discovered far too late. I so can relate with what you said that everyone thought you would return as the confident young woman. Same here. But I am glad that you still get to keep some good memories. 😇
yes its 100% true:, but at least you didn’t get send back home because of coronavirus edit: omg thank you for the likes (I feel sorry for every exchange student, bad things happen and this sucks. I hope everyone stay strong and stay healthy. Maybe you can spend more time with your host family if you’re still at your host country but if you get sent home I felt so sorry for you, I also get sent back home bcz of this. Guys corona issa bitch 😬 but yeah always keep yourself positive (virtual hug) 💕 💫) sorry for my grammar Im suck at it
I'm not even an exchange student and this made me cry!! I've spent weeks convincing my mom to let us host someone forever, and she is saying for a semester. It's my last year being in high school and I really want to make a new friendship. Our only problem was that she didn't think we'd have enough money for someone else in the family, especially around Christmas. But I am really hoping she'll let us for the 2020-2021 school year, so I can make friends with her as my last year. But of course I am still scared because I don't know if she will like anything we provide her or not.
We hosted two times already and even if it was only for a short period of time and not a whole year it was the best. Also my parents got a certain amount of money for each day we were hosting to provide enough food and shelter. I guess most organizations do it like that. Our exchange partners even got pocket money from the organization!
Try to seek out for a rotary club. A lot of them do exchanges and depending on the country they will be happy to have a host family. Usually you have to provide for the student but some clubs help out financially for the hosting family.
The blessing and the curse of living a year as a exchange student. The "new normal" is hard to shake off......it takes awhile not to feel like a visitor in your own home, more or less your home country. A woman of two countries...now...the world is not enough.....your Finland reality is normal...and that is the problem. The slump after a exchange can last a year after.....some put on a brave face and move forward with school or work...and some go back to school or work and think, how did I live like this before????
This made me tear up. I've been in America last school year and I miss the people and the life so much. I am planning on visiting them in June but because of the Coronavirus the flight might get canceled and it breaks my heart. It was what kept me going this whole year.
Anna Oh my goodness, I’m considering being an exchange student for the first time tonight and hearing this just breaks my heart for you 😭 it’ll be in my prayers that that flight goes through and you can see your loved ones
Sooo sad :( I should be leaving to spend my exchange in Costa Rica in July buuuut Corona comes and fucks everything up. Ever since I got the e-mail from the organisation that I am going to go on exchange in Costa Rica I’ve been happier than I’ve been in my whole life but then Corona came along... good news is that I could delay it so I would be able to go one year later but it still sucks.
I just came back from my exchange year in America last Friday and I really hate being back in Germany. it doesn't feel like my home anymore especially cause I was so so much happier in America than I ever been here. I'm planning on going to college there in August and never moving back here but now everything's uncertain. I need scholarships from my college and I still haven't gotten a notification from them saying if I got them or not. I'm trying to stay positive, so should you, because hopefully this whole Corona situation will be over soon. it probably will take a while (especially in America) but we should try to stay positive ❤ p.s: I'm not sure what I'll do if college doesnt work in August because I really hate it here (because of my family..). right now that's the only thing that keeps me going too
this made me cry. i had to return back home from ireland five days ago because of the coronavirus. i felt bad for not wanting to come home because i love my family and friends here but i just didn't want to leave my life behind in ireland. especially without saying goodbye to most of my friends i met there. i can relate to this video in so many ways. xx
I am from Denmark, and at the moment, I am making an exchange year in Chile.... Everything is so different, but at the same time, it is the same. You create a new life. You have two worlds. You are trying to combine the two worlds and trying to find a balance between those two lives. Sometimes you feel like you are loosing home, and that you have forgotten your life in your home country. You feel bad about it and are scared of losing the people at home if you do not have contact with the people at home regularly. You put much pressure on you - to “be there” in the moment and at the same time give the attention to your home country, On the other hand, you know that you only have a year here and want to live out every moment that you have. But that is hard. Fucking hard, actually. You are desperate to obtain all the things you see with your eyes. Sitting in the bus or the car, looking out the window and thinking about that in some time; this experience, this life, and this normality will never be the same. You are desperately trying to remember all the things you see because you know that it will never be the same afterward - even though if you return to the place/country someday. But still, you will never regret having done this experience. Never. That one year will make you a different person, yes, but that is not something that should mean something terrible. Everyone changes over time. We just do not realize it, because it usually takes a lot of time to change, but we are changing drastically in only one year. And when you have not seen people in real life for one year, they will, even more, notice your change. But again, it does not mean something terrible that you change. It may seem difficult in the beginning when you return, and kind of feel that you do not “fit in” that well anymore. But life goes on, and even though everyone may not be there for you as you hoped it, some people will still have your back, and they are genuinely your time worth to spend on afterward. Remember that....
I'm going on an exchange year this fall to Spain, another Spanish speaking country. And since I'm Swedish, I'm wondering how difficult the language transition was from Danish to Spanish. Are you fluent? How long did it take? I imagine we have about the same starting point considering the similarity of our languages. Kärlek från Sverige!
@@antonwallin7122 i recommend you to start studing the language right now, also try to learn Spain slangs, every hispanic country has different slangs and accent, even I (i speak spanish since birth lol) get confused when i hear someone of a different country speak spanish because of their accents and slang.
When I finished my one year abroad, I was done with it, I was just so hommesick, I could not wait to get home, but since then, I miss it, now it hasn't been one week where I don't think about, I miss the small things, but I miss most how I felt there, free. It's five years already, so much happened, but still, I wish someone could take me back
I’m crying because I recognise this feeling, it’s a different situation though. I stayed three weeks in UK and went to an English school. I mean a school just to learn English. I visited tonnes of famous places and met new people, people who I might not gonna see the rest of my life. So, what I take positive from that experience, is that from each of them I learn something that is gonna be part of me forever. Yeah, I changed after that, but to become a better version of myself.
As a diplomat kid this is way too true. As soon as you feel attached to where you live you have to move yet again. Moving every time breaks me. It’s a slow pain. A dull pain. Until it all hits you.
People will change no matter what. I moved to the USA and when I went back to my birth country (Brazil) everything and everyone was different. My best friend of 10+ years had new best friends and that hurt me so bad bc even tho I was away from her I didn't make a connection with someone like she did when I wasn't around. My family completely changed, my cousins were different people, more mature, my house and the streets were different. Another year went by and when I got to visit my country again and my friends were separated, different schools, new friends, they became strangers and I was just there in the middle of what we used to be and what we are now, and it was so sad to see it and not being able to do anything about it. People will change and there's nothing we can do about it.
Girl you were able to describe incredibly a whole year in just 4 minutes! I love and I identify with every single word you said. I’ve been an exchange student three years ago but the emotions I still feel are the exact same you’ve described. Thanks for reminding me through this video how lucky but also strong I’ve been.
RichleicaMP honestly that’s not always the case. I went to Argentina in August and it was supposed to be the best time of my life. They said exchange students learn the language quickly and everyone has so much fun. But to me it was horrible. My host family was never there, they didn’t talk to me, so my Spanish didn’t get better. At school, even though everyone was nice, nobody spoke any English so I couldn’t talk to them. When I told the organization all about the situation with my family (not only were they never there and didn’t really care, my bed was broken so I had to sleep on a mattress on the floor, there were times when we didn’t have food in the house and one time when I was really sick, they were just gone the whole weekend without telling me when they would be back) the woman from the organization told me it was all my fault and they wouldn’t find a new family for me. They said my timing was bad and I should just try staying with my family. When I said I couldn’t do that, the organization said that I would have to stay there a few more weeks and if after that I still wanted a new family they would look for one - which would once again take a few weeks. At this point I was so lonely and depressed that there was no way I could stay in that family for over a month! I didn’t expect the organization to get me out of there the next day but I told them how bad it was. And they didn’t really care. Not only did they not care, they were actually pretty mean to me, saying I was a bad exchange student, it was all my fault. I flew back a few days later and have been home for a few months now. The 4 months I spent there were the worst months in my life. Going there was the worst decision of my life and I hate myself for doing it. I still get sad thinking about how lonely and sad I felt. So, yes, the exchange student has to try and make it their year, it won’t just happen. But there are times when it just doesn’t work.
Marla Ott I’m so sorry that you had to get through that horrible experience. For being an Argentinian I really apologise for the family giving you that image of us. We are not all like that, kind of we are quiet the opposite. Obviously there is always people that is mean, but isn’t the majority.
RichleicaMP well yes it’s mostly on the students but the organizations can be a real bitch and the host family’s/councelers can really suck and make it super difficult
To everyone thinking they're too old bc they didn't go in high school: No, you're not. There are still people hosting "older" forgeiners and if you're adult, you even might be allowed to do more (like drinking if you're over the legal age in the country or going on longer trips with friends) or if you're in college you can spend a semester abroad. Of course you can't go to prom or something similar but I believe everything has their own advantages. Let's just hope everyone stays safe during corona🙏
Do you have any idea how? I'm going to be a 3rd year college student this coming school year and my school don't seem to be active in exchange programs... I was just wondering if there are any chances for me to at least be an exchange student to another country or maybe gain a scholarship to study abroad
@@justthat5026 maybe ask someone but regarding the ongoing pandemic I think it might be difficult to travel for a while, especially New York and Italy should not be visited
@Sarah U how does exchanging student works? I'm from the Philippines and once a departmental scholar and now I'm just a Dean's lister... so that kinda means that my grades are bad but I'm not really that confident
Monarch You’ll have so much fun! It’s absolutely amazing here. I’m not fluent in Korean, I’m a beginner but since being here and learning at the school i’m at ive improved so much! getting around is super easy and it’s quite cheap- if you have any questions let me know!
Chelsea Gordon girll I have many questions but I was wondering about one thing. Ik schools in Korea are taken very seriously so do ur school friends actually have to time hang out (outside skl) and show you around and is there anything that limits ur experience there (curfews,long skl hours etc) . Sorry if this is long but I wna make the right choice! >_
Chelsea things are strange and kinda different at the moment with the whole corona situation, i’m in an independent language program, not an actual korean school itself. i’d imagine even so there would be a fair amount of free time. i know with the one i’m doing i have a lot of free time- the only limit i’ve really got right now is corona as i’ve said, but apart from that there’s a lot of freedom to explore. my school hours are only late two days of the week. main thing for travel that could cause some issues is rush hour- have you got instagram?
That was such a good video! Right now I’m in the middle of my exchange and it is true that I appreciate much more all things of my country; let’s see If don’t want to come back when it’s time to return.
please don’t be. you are going to grow so much out of all of this and it will be the year of your life that you’ll never forget. only if you’re open minded and optimistic, it could become the best year you’ll ever have
hahaha honestly this was the only reason why I wasn't sure if to apply as well, because I have experienced this once before, and I was so scared because it hurts so so much... it took me months to get out of it. But!!! No way I would leave such chance just because of the end, I would regret my whole life and it would ve worst. Even though... corona destroyed it in its very beggining anyway...
I came home in January after spending a year in Germany. Everything felt so unreal the day i reached home, as if i just woke up from a really really long dream . Your video reminds me so much from my exchange and i still miss everything in Germany. :(
@@lu-hl9nd yes i definitely spend a really great year here in germany ! I wish you all the best in your exchange year in the states !! Feel free to drop me an email if you wish ! :)
I was on an exchange in France from the start of February and was supposed to return home to Canada at the end of April. Ended up coming home March 21st because of Coronavirus. However it was a truly memorable experience and I am grateful for the opportunity of a life time
Hanna Kennedy Im a seveth grader and i really want to an exchange student in england because i want to go to cambrige uni how to i become an exchange student
Tori Balodimas try this link. It’s to a summer opportunity at Cambridge Uni. www.goabroad.com/providers/reach-cambridge/programs/reach-cambridge-international-summer-school-116239
When you started talking about leaving I burst into tears because it reminded me that my best friends are exchange students and will have to go back to Japan in 223 days. It hasn't been long since we met but we are already so close and I love them so much. Nanami ななみ and Moe もえ, I love you so much and I will try my hardest to come visit you in Japan.
the end part was extremely accurate. also, when i said goodbye my parents told me that i might return again, and my friends had so much faith in that, that our goodbye was half hearted...but, i never went back. and those people were the first real friends i had that shaped who i am today. it's been a year.
Currently in tears. This is so accurate, it hurts? I’ve dreamt of visiting my host city again, but will that place ever be the same? Am I missing the grocery store, or the memories I’ve made with my friends there? Am I missing my high school hallways, or the memories I’ve made with my teachers? Am I missing my neighborhood, or all the days I’d come racing home worried that I had missed my curfew... it’s all memories now, and we’re stuck in the past...
this hit me hard...I’m from the USA and I lived in New Zealand for just two months but this video describes EXACTLY how I feel. The pain of coming home and wondering when/if you can go back. And then back home everything does feel the same except for the little random things like what you missed out on and people getting tired of me mentioning NZ :(
I‘m crying. I’m currently in Finland for a year and this is exactly how I feel. I started to live this life as my normal life. I met amazing people and my heart is just breaking if I think about going back home in 5 months. I don’t know how to leave. I can’t say goodbye. This video is just what I try to put into words all the time but I never can. Thank you for that
At least you had the opportunity to experience the whole exchange year... I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to my friends because lockdown rules. I would have given everything to have had the opportunity you did even ask for
That part about things having stayed the same at home is so true! I got back and it was weird, because same people at work, same people at the grocery stores and at church and school and literally nothing had changed when it felt like every thing should have been different.
Swiss to Japan in 13/14. Going back home was the most difficult thing I did until this day. There is not one day since then that I don't think back to those times and having a thought about what my host family might be doing. Exchange is an extremely precious time in your life, no matter to which county you went.
My heart goes out to all the exchange students who had to leave early because of the corona virus. I was a exchange students in the USA in 2017/2018 and I can't believe that I've been back home for almost 2 years now. It was the best year of my life and I miss it every day. I was hurting for a long time when I came back home. Cannot imagine what you have to go through. Just know you're not alone. Even though your year ended a bit earlier than it was supposed to, keep in mind that no one can take away the experiences you gained ans the people you met. It will get better❤
omg so true! went on an exchange and at fisrt I didn't want to leave home at all, but when my parents told me I have to come back home because of corona, I was just crying for a really long time and the worst was saying goodbye to my new friends. the worst is nobody at home is actually caring about your experience because of corona and online school
As they say, it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved. You could stay home, like most people, but then you'd never know what you were missing. Even negative experiences are generally positive - we grow from them.
I would love to go on an exchange year to the USA, but it is too expensive for a pupil like me and a little too late because you can‘t book for next year anymore and after that I fear I can‘t catch up and have to do the school year again.😞(Sorry for mistakes I‘m from Germany and not the best in English)
i've been planning since the beginning of my first year to go on exchange this upcoming september, selected courses strategically for the past 2 years so that i could go on exchange for a year, come back and still graduate on time! wasn't planning on returning for the upcoming academic year, so didn't make arrangements for living on campus. won't be going in september anymore and it's likely that i won't be going second semester either. i'll be doing a thesis in my fourth year, so most likely won't get to do exchange during my undergrad which kind of sucks! but thankful for my health, happiness and loved ones during times like these and i'm sure i'll get the opportunity to travel again in the future.
This made me cry, I didn't get sent home yet but all of my friends left and now I'm just waiting for the horrible email to be sent 💔 this is truly sad and frustrating):
i’m french and i was supposed to leave for my 3 months exchange in australia in a week but it got cancelled because of corona... i’m literally so sad i can’t stop crying :(
Im an exchange student from south africa in Germany right now. Decided to stick around and ride out the Corona situation. And so far it's been wonderful. Making the best out of it. And now i can't even imagine going back home now. And this video nailed a lot of the feelings and emotions i experienced.
Even though I’m not an exchange student, I can agree on this. The times, the most of us are experiencing right now may have similar effects on us. In our everyday life’s, we start to appreciate the little and beautiful aspects of life less and less often. We usually take the most daily encounters, we experience as granted and normal. In times, where the most of us are isolating themselves due to the Coronavirus. I, for myself had and have made similar experiences. Talking with your friends online and not talking to them in person is a big difference. We are all somehow moody and don’t know how to spend our time, but yet we have probably the most time we could use to do the most things we wanted to finish. When we miss something, it often subconsciously shows how much we appreciated something at the same time. That’s the sad beauty of life, wanting to go to school to regret it after two weeks again. And over here, not everyone makes use of online classes. We just get our tasks and solve them. And yet I’m so bored, so sad, but at the same time somehow happy. This may not be comparable, since I didn’t made the same experiences, but on the other hand, I honestly have nothing better to do right now. I just don’t know where to start.
Omg this one hit me so hard bc it's soo true! I felt exactly like you and I had to cry whenever you were talking about leaving. I went through the exact same emotions and even now 3 years after my exchange I still think about all these memories and get so emotional about missing everything!
I've been watching your videos for hours and i cant stop, i love your charisma, your stories and the way you express yourself in every video. Keep up the amazing work, you are gonna be big.❤
It’s almost 3 years since I came back from my exchange year. Still feel like it was yesterday. Still hurt. I can almost feel the tears in my face from the day I left, and the day after, and after...
You have me sobbing right now. This captured it all and I really haven't been able to express it. Thank you so much for making this video. So so much. It hurts like hell to miss it all and not be able to talk about it. A quote one of my teachers said the night we returned home: "You will never completely be at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place." -Miriam Adeney Again, thank you so much for voicing this and sharing these thoughts
I could never relate to this video as I am not an exchange student but this really caught me in my feelings. Very well done, and an amazing reflection 👍🏼
I'm not an exchange student but I definitely understand the change of scenery and leaving everything behind because I had to move from my country half way across the world and sometimes I miss where I came from and sometimes I don't..
I spent a year in mozambique as a volunteer and the first six months after i returned were so hard. This video really expresses what we all, volunteers, exchange students, etc. feel. I will never feel like home anywhere because there will always be a place I miss and sometimes it still breaks my heart
I felt the same way when I moved back home after being in the US for 5 years. I practically grew up there. I miss it soooo sooo much but I also love it where I am too. Somethings are just like that and I want to go back and visit but I know I will just end up missing here as well :/
this is so true.. it hits really close to home. i came back from ireland 4 years ago and everything was still the same at home but also not at all? i remembered where everything was in the house of course but it still didn't feel real. like a dream you had.
I have been on a one week exchange in Finladn and Spain and i honestly can't imagine how hard it is to say good bye to people you spent a whole year with i couldn't stop crying after just a week.
I've been an exchange student in Japan for 2 weeks and that experience is one of a kind I meet a lot of friends from different countries even tho we are back in our countries we still communicate each other.
That was such a good video! Right now I’m in the middle of my exchange and it is true that I appreciate much more all the things in my country; let’s see If don’t want to come back when it’s time to go back
I rly want to be an exchange student in America, cause I'm sad that I wasn't bored therey because their school program and all school activities, and prom, and boys there are si different, so better, they're all hanging out together. Like I waa crying cause I want that so bad and I'll need to fight fir this and work hard so I can live in the America in the future and go to their school
I know it might be your dream and everything, but America isn't as great as it sounds. I'm not saying not to do it, but don't just think that everything is miraculously better here, because it really isn't. It would probably be fun to exchange here, as long as it's a good school and area.
It's definitely a little scary leaving but it's even scary going back home. But it's so great! And everyone who can should really be am exchange student!
i just came back from an exchange program from Brazil to London. The real thing that people don't get is that when your there you've build a new life, a new taste, new routine. You don't just discover the world, but you discover yourself. Each day looks like a week, so you live way more stuff than normal. It's impossible to translate your experience fully for someone else
Last year I did an exchange for six weeks (that’s not a lot but still is a long time when you’re far from home!) in Sydney and that was one of the happiest time of my life. Everything was so different from France, people were so nice. I was sad to leave but happy to come back home. It’s when you’re at your worse that you start thinking about this time of your life, and you become nostalgic and hope you’ll come back soon. But I’m happy I get the chance to do this in my life, a lot of people don’t. We should keep that in mind 🌞 Thanks for this video. It is beautifully made!!
Next year I’m probably going to America for 10 months and I’m really excited. This video made me feel as if I had already been in that situation and I’m literally crying thinking about how it is going to end and how that feeling of being in a new place won’t last forever.
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The love I'm getting from people on the comment section is unbelievable. Thank you so much for everyone sharing their thoughts and experiences. I've been gone for UA-cam for a long time because my life has just been super hectic. I'm beyond inspired from everyone's comments here. I want to come back but I want to ask you guys if there is anything specific you'd like me to film. I have so much free time during this whole pandemic so please drop comments down below what you'd like to see. Stay safe, we will get through this together.
letsgojules I love this song so much...Roslyn
I loved this video. I have been thinking going exhance. I would love to see a video where you talk more about things that people don't usually tell you. And also the hard things you face during you exchace year and how you faced them.
Possibilities that you could get in America if you move back or something😃
What school did u go and what program did u do?
Sumiha I went to the States through Rotary
hey im french and would be soooo interested in exchange year but idk how it works to plan this, how much does it cost, and stuff like that so i would be more than super happy if you do a video talking abt ox you planned your exchange year
i got sent home early bc of coronavirus and never got to say goodbye to my friends, havent stopped crying
So sorry for that 😪
Girl I feel you so much :(
I can 100% relate to you, I was in Paris studying and I would always finish my week on Wednesday and I never thought that this Wednesday was gonna be the last one in class with all my exchange friends...hurts like a B*tch
Same
omg i feel you, i'm so sorry
“And when you come home everything seems like you never left except everything is different, your friends just aren’t the same anymore. you are not the same anymore” SOMEBODY FINALLY SAID IT thank you
Celina Sousa Coming home and adjusting to that was WAY harder than even leaving or going on exchange
facts
Becca_ze exactly!!
I was lowkey lost and depressive for a while after I got home
@Lola Hermes Don't get me wrong- I love Manchester and the experience so far. But whether universities care about students I feel like that's a different matter. I believe most students feel this way across the country. Like unis only care about money, etc. It's not just Manchester. It's all universities. Especially with the pandemic there has been a lot of disputes between students and universities, which led to this notion that unis don't care about students
And now I'm super scared and I'm going to Finland for an year (as an exchange student) in 9 days AAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Maximcat 9 lucky😍
How has it been? I really want to go to Finland for a year
Abigail Foote omg i’m from Finland! Why would you want to come here😂😂
Really? I'm from Finland and I'm going to USA for a year.
Sofia Snellman mihin päin oot menossa siellä?
My family has been hosting exchange students for about 9 years (I’m 16 now) and we have had 16 exchange students. I’ve basically grown up with having a new person in the house every year and it really is an awesome experience. I honestly highly recommend hosting to anyone considering. The relationships I’ve had with each and every one have helped me to grow as a person and learn so much. I’ve gone from being a 7 year old little sister to being an older sister. We have had hard times with the students for various reasons, but we always manage to solve the problem and learn from it. I don’t even know who or where I would be today without all of my siblings around the world and I love them all so much and can’t wait to continue hosting. Leaving is always the hardest part and I cry every time because of the relationship I’ve created. It’s like having a sibling, but also a friend living with you at all times. I wouldn’t change anything for the world.
That's so cool TT the thing is our apartment isn't that big and I don't want anyone feeling like they don't have their own space :(
I have been in 4 great hostfamilys over the years. Now as i stop traveling to do uni & to raise my son i want to host ppl too and create an international home ❤️
I wish I had this experience. We’ve hosted twice, the first year was great. A lot of rough patches but she’s forever my sister. Second year was a disaster and completely turned us off to hosting
I want to do it so much but I live in a small apartment :(
We hosted a exchange student from Sweden and was one of the best years of my life! She is my sole sister :)
My exchange ended a month ago and i can't stop being sad... That video made me cry so much... You put everything I'm feeling into simple words. It was the worst feeling I had to have to leave and think that I don't even know if I'm gonna see them again... And , even if I see them again, it will never be the same, it will never be the same life, "daily" life that I had. And also, that's true, when you're back, nobody cares about what you lived but that's the moment you need the most to talk and there is no one to talk with about it. Because no one around you know what it is to litterally have to leave a life behind you.
ughh I know how you feel..
I feel that so hard
I've never been on an exchange year but I've moved I think 9 times in my life (I'm 14) and lived in 3 different countries...I really want to go on an exchange year though, can you tell me how it was please...?
I really feel you.. it has been 9 months I’m back home and it still doesn’t feel right.. I’m still very sad ab it. Just thinking ab it hurts me so much. I wish I could go back to my exchange when I was really happy. If you need to speak you can dm me on my IG @31zoe00
feeling all this, exchange students unite🥺🥰
I’m crying even if I’ve never experienced it :(
Cutkosky Italy same
Same
me too :( this year supposed to be my exchange year, I'm crying because I hope I can experience amazing things like what she had experienced.
SAME
Vivin Ria Cahyani i’m so sorry to hear that🥺 hope u’ll get to experience it very soon🥰
I went on exchange to Italy about five years ago. Just want to pop in and say how truly sorry I am for those exchange students who had to come home due to the Coronavirus. I’ve been thinking of y’all lately. 😔
That's really sweet, thank you ❤
Everyone's crying 4 their exchange year and I'm crying bc I missed my one chance of having one and now I'm too old and I know I'll never know what it feels to have it
Maybe you could try WWOOF after the pandemic!
Same. It was my dream since I was 13. But it those exchanges are so expensive. Now Im 17 so Im too old
Never to old to do what you love
Klárka Pohanková seventeen??? You think that’s old? You still got time trust me, I’m turning 22 in august and I was gonna go this year but corona ruined plans for a lot of people.
You can always go to exchanges that are not related to high school or college, there is language learning ones and etc
I'm currently in Finland as an exchange student, I don't wanna return home ever
Ignacio Roure awhhh, that sounds so fun, I wish my exchange wasn’t cancelled
Going to Finland for an exchange next year as well :))
This is lovely to hear as a finnish person
Saaaaaaame but I went to Spain and came back
Then don't, ask your dad to pay.
Her: you are going on an exchange this year.
Me: was, I was going
Bloom 120 same man :/ got senr home 2 months in
Emily Rose dang, was it supposed to be a year?
I’m a semifinalist of FLEX (it’s an exchange program, but it’s a scholarship so they basically pay for everything if you get in) and I’m waiting for the results. I have applied for the program this year but I had been waiting to do so for 3-4 years and I was so excited that there even is a possibility of me going on an exchange year to the US. But now nothing is for sure, they haven’t cancelled the program yet and I’m hoping they won’t do so because I’ve been waiting for so long😓
Julia shit let’s just hope that everyone gets to go when the virus is over. Or that the virus will end soon. For my case before August.
I feel u
"And everyone gets so tired of listening to you talking about your year". Man, I really felt that
the part about coming back and everything’s the same but it’s also not hurt me so much when i came back from my exchange, before i left i had the most amazing relationship with my best friend, we’d spend every day together, no secrets, endless support. and now, we’re kind of distanced and it hurts so freaking much but at the same time i just shove it down and tell myself that that’s just how it is even though i am deeply sad. i’ve never talked about this to anyone and i just realised it actually feels good to let it out, even if it’s just in a comment on youtube...
Hey.
I’ve experienced more or less the same thing. My former best friend is not my best friend anymore. But I’ve changed in a may that I don’t want to be the person that I used to be with her. I want her to see me as the new person I’ve developed into over the past two years but it just doesn’t work.
I guess we’re both stuck?
Antonia I’m so sorry for you😖 just one question, do you think it’s worth it? I’m still deciding if i want to do an exchange year or not😬
dbhdis i yes!!!! it definitely is worth it! i met sooo many nice people that i’m still in touch with and it’s an amazing experience! (i’ve grown closer with my best friend again btw :) )
I so wish I had an amazing year like most of y’all apparently had. I lived with two 70 year olds without any kids, after one month I figured out why they seemed to be forgetting things I was telling them in the evening. They were addicted to drinking. My host dad was serving in the Vietnam war and was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. When I told my organisation they were like : well it’s normal in Louisiana people drink and party a lot. But it was not just drinking, it was alcoholism and for me it was scary. For me it was not the best year of my life, it was one of the hardest. The day I got to go back home was the best day of my life seriously. This year was actually so hard on my psyche that I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital three months after returning to Germany. I am very happy for everyone who had a great year ! It is just not like that for everyone.
Livi im so sorry that it turned out that way❤️
Horse Editss thank you for your kind words ♥️
Tut mir echt leid für dich...Geht es dir jetzt wieder besser? :(
Nic Ole I am so sorry ! But I am glad that you finally got the right diagnosis. I heard that autism often gets diagnosed wrong and is discovered far too late. I so can relate with what you said that everyone thought you would return as the confident young woman. Same here. But I am glad that you still get to keep some good memories. 😇
Sanja La Lasagna danke dir 😊 Ja schon im großen und ganzen.
yes its 100% true:, but at least you didn’t get send back home because of coronavirus
edit: omg thank you for the likes
(I feel sorry for every exchange student, bad things happen and this sucks. I hope everyone stay strong and stay healthy. Maybe you can spend more time with your host family if you’re still at your host country but if you get sent home I felt so sorry for you, I also get sent back home bcz of this. Guys corona issa bitch 😬 but yeah always keep yourself positive (virtual hug) 💕 💫) sorry for my grammar Im suck at it
ellis seo me😭😭😭😭💔💔💔
That happened to me too:(
Anna Gabriella Menini well at least you had about 8 months; my exchange year 2020-2021 is probably not even gonna start
Yeah the same thing happened to me - I had the perfect life in the UK and suddenly I’m back in my mundane boring life
Same.. I left Sweden and it broke my heart
I'm not even an exchange student and this made me cry!! I've spent weeks convincing my mom to let us host someone forever, and she is saying for a semester. It's my last year being in high school and I really want to make a new friendship. Our only problem was that she didn't think we'd have enough money for someone else in the family, especially around Christmas. But I am really hoping she'll let us for the 2020-2021 school year, so I can make friends with her as my last year. But of course I am still scared because I don't know if she will like anything we provide her or not.
Sisi Knight hosting someone is the best feeling ever! Don’t be scared
We hosted two times already and even if it was only for a short period of time and not a whole year it was the best. Also my parents got a certain amount of money for each day we were hosting to provide enough food and shelter. I guess most organizations do it like that. Our exchange partners even got pocket money from the organization!
Try to seek out for a rotary club. A lot of them do exchanges and depending on the country they will be happy to have a host family. Usually you have to provide for the student but some clubs help out financially for the hosting family.
@@leonore7719 Oh really? Ours doesn't pay us but the only financial burden is feeding an extra mouth :)
@@xeniahaberditz5472 Thank you!!!
The blessing and the curse of living a year as a exchange student. The "new normal" is hard to shake off......it takes awhile not to feel like a visitor in your own home, more or less your home country. A woman of two countries...now...the world is not enough.....your Finland reality is normal...and that is the problem. The slump after a exchange can last a year after.....some put on a brave face and move forward with school or work...and some go back to school or work and think, how did I live like this before????
This made me tear up. I've been in America last school year and I miss the people and the life so much. I am planning on visiting them in June but because of the Coronavirus the flight might get canceled and it breaks my heart. It was what kept me going this whole year.
Anna Oh my goodness, I’m considering being an exchange student for the first time tonight and hearing this just breaks my heart for you 😭 it’ll be in my prayers that that flight goes through and you can see your loved ones
Sooo sad :( I should be leaving to spend my exchange in Costa Rica in July buuuut Corona comes and fucks everything up. Ever since I got the e-mail from the organisation that I am going to go on exchange in Costa Rica I’ve been happier than I’ve been in my whole life but then Corona came along... good news is that I could delay it so I would be able to go one year later but it still sucks.
I just came back from my exchange year in America last Friday and I really hate being back in Germany. it doesn't feel like my home anymore especially cause I was so so much happier in America than I ever been here. I'm planning on going to college there in August and never moving back here but now everything's uncertain. I need scholarships from my college and I still haven't gotten a notification from them saying if I got them or not.
I'm trying to stay positive, so should you, because hopefully this whole Corona situation will be over soon. it probably will take a while (especially in America) but we should try to stay positive ❤
p.s: I'm not sure what I'll do if college doesnt work in August because I really hate it here (because of my family..). right now that's the only thing that keeps me going too
Lisa M what program did you use?
I was supposed to go on an exchange to France (I would have been there right now) but it was canceled because of the Coronavirus
this made me cry. i had to return back home from ireland five days ago because of the coronavirus. i felt bad for not wanting to come home because i love my family and friends here but i just didn't want to leave my life behind in ireland. especially without saying goodbye to most of my friends i met there. i can relate to this video in so many ways. xx
Got me crying in the club right now
I am from Denmark, and at the moment, I am making an exchange year in Chile....
Everything is so different, but at the same time, it is the same. You create a new life. You have two worlds. You are trying to combine the two worlds and trying to find a balance between those two lives. Sometimes you feel like you are loosing home, and that you have forgotten your life in your home country. You feel bad about it and are scared of losing the people at home if you do not have contact with the people at home regularly. You put much pressure on you - to “be there” in the moment and at the same time give the attention to your home country, On the other hand, you know that you only have a year here and want to live out every moment that you have. But that is hard. Fucking hard, actually. You are desperate to obtain all the things you see with your eyes. Sitting in the bus or the car, looking out the window and thinking about that in some time; this experience, this life, and this normality will never be the same. You are desperately trying to remember all the things you see because you know that it will never be the same afterward - even though if you return to the place/country someday.
But still, you will never regret having done this experience. Never. That one year will make you a different person, yes, but that is not something that should mean something terrible. Everyone changes over time. We just do not realize it, because it usually takes a lot of time to change, but we are changing drastically in only one year. And when you have not seen people in real life for one year, they will, even more, notice your change. But again, it does not mean something terrible that you change. It may seem difficult in the beginning when you return, and kind of feel that you do not “fit in” that well anymore. But life goes on, and even though everyone may not be there for you as you hoped it, some people will still have your back, and they are genuinely your time worth to spend on afterward. Remember that....
hope you’re having a great time here
I just feel exactly the same about the "two worlds", the 2 different parts of you that nobody can truly understand
I'm going on an exchange year this fall to Spain, another Spanish speaking country. And since I'm Swedish, I'm wondering how difficult the language transition was from Danish to Spanish. Are you fluent? How long did it take? I imagine we have about the same starting point considering the similarity of our languages. Kärlek från Sverige!
Despite corona, that is all l am feeling right now🙄. Thank you so much for expressions 🙏💕
@@antonwallin7122 i recommend you to start studing the language right now, also try to learn Spain slangs, every hispanic country has different slangs and accent, even I (i speak spanish since birth lol) get confused when i hear someone of a different country speak spanish because of their accents and slang.
When I finished my one year abroad, I was done with it, I was just so hommesick, I could not wait to get home, but since then, I miss it, now it hasn't been one week where I don't think about, I miss the small things, but I miss most how I felt there, free. It's five years already, so much happened, but still, I wish someone could take me back
damn....
I’m crying because I recognise this feeling, it’s a different situation though. I stayed three weeks in UK and went to an English school. I mean a school just to learn English. I visited tonnes of famous places and met new people, people who I might not gonna see the rest of my life. So, what I take positive from that experience, is that from each of them I learn something that is gonna be part of me forever. Yeah, I changed after that, but to become a better version of myself.
As a diplomat kid this is way too true. As soon as you feel attached to where you live you have to move yet again. Moving every time breaks me. It’s a slow pain. A dull pain. Until it all hits you.
People will change no matter what. I moved to the USA and when I went back to my birth country (Brazil) everything and everyone was different. My best friend of 10+ years had new best friends and that hurt me so bad bc even tho I was away from her I didn't make a connection with someone like she did when I wasn't around. My family completely changed, my cousins were different people, more mature, my house and the streets were different. Another year went by and when I got to visit my country again and my friends were separated, different schools, new friends, they became strangers and I was just there in the middle of what we used to be and what we are now, and it was so sad to see it and not being able to do anything about it. People will change and there's nothing we can do about it.
Girl you were able to describe incredibly a whole year in just 4 minutes! I love and I identify with every single word you said. I’ve been an exchange student three years ago but the emotions I still feel are the exact same you’ve described. Thanks for reminding me through this video how lucky but also strong I’ve been.
I just wanted to say not everyone is having a good exchange year and companies always put the best exchange years as as example and trick people
RichleicaMP honestly that’s not always the case.
I went to Argentina in August and it was supposed to be the best time of my life. They said exchange students learn the language quickly and everyone has so much fun.
But to me it was horrible.
My host family was never there, they didn’t talk to me, so my Spanish didn’t get better.
At school, even though everyone was nice, nobody spoke any English so I couldn’t talk to them.
When I told the organization all about the situation with my family (not only were they never there and didn’t really care, my bed was broken so I had to sleep on a mattress on the floor, there were times when we didn’t have food in the house and one time when I was really sick, they were just gone the whole weekend without telling me when they would be back) the woman from the organization told me it was all my fault and they wouldn’t find a new family for me. They said my timing was bad and I should just try staying with my family. When I said I couldn’t do that, the organization said that I would have to stay there a few more weeks and if after that I still wanted a new family they would look for one - which would once again take a few weeks.
At this point I was so lonely and depressed that there was no way I could stay in that family for over a month! I didn’t expect the organization to get me out of there the next day but I told them how bad it was. And they didn’t really care. Not only did they not care, they were actually pretty mean to me, saying I was a bad exchange student, it was all my fault. I flew back a few days later and have been home for a few months now.
The 4 months I spent there were the worst months in my life. Going there was the worst decision of my life and I hate myself for doing it. I still get sad thinking about how lonely and sad I felt.
So, yes, the exchange student has to try and make it their year, it won’t just happen. But there are times when it just doesn’t work.
Marla Ott we are saying the same thing
Marla Ott I’m so sorry that you had to get through that horrible experience. For being an Argentinian I really apologise for the family giving you that image of us. We are not all like that, kind of we are quiet the opposite. Obviously there is always people that is mean, but isn’t the majority.
Marla Ott So sorry to hear that. What organization did that?
RichleicaMP well yes it’s mostly on the students but the organizations can be a real bitch and the host family’s/councelers can really suck and make it super difficult
To everyone thinking they're too old bc they didn't go in high school: No, you're not. There are still people hosting "older" forgeiners and if you're adult, you even might be allowed to do more (like drinking if you're over the legal age in the country or going on longer trips with friends) or if you're in college you can spend a semester abroad. Of course you can't go to prom or something similar but I believe everything has their own advantages. Let's just hope everyone stays safe during corona🙏
Do you have any idea how? I'm going to be a 3rd year college student this coming school year and my school don't seem to be active in exchange programs...
I was just wondering if there are any chances for me to at least be an exchange student to another country or maybe gain a scholarship to study abroad
@@justthat5026 maybe ask someone but regarding the ongoing pandemic I think it might be difficult to travel for a while, especially New York and Italy should not be visited
@Sarah U how does exchanging student works? I'm from the Philippines and once a departmental scholar and now I'm just a Dean's lister... so that kinda means that my grades are bad but I'm not really that confident
i’m currently in Korea on exchange and there’s nowhere else i’d rather be. the day i leave is getting so close and it’s terrifying
Chelsea Gordon Hey! Please tell me more, I’m going to Korea next year for my exchange, is it good? are you fluent in Korean
Monarch You’ll have so much fun! It’s absolutely amazing here. I’m not fluent in Korean, I’m a beginner but since being here and learning at the school i’m at ive improved so much! getting around is super easy and it’s quite cheap- if you have any questions let me know!
Chelsea Gordon girll I have many questions but I was wondering about one thing. Ik schools in Korea are taken very seriously so do ur school friends actually have to time hang out (outside skl) and show you around and is there anything that limits ur experience there (curfews,long skl hours etc) . Sorry if this is long but I wna make the right choice! >_
Chelsea things are strange and kinda different at the moment with the whole corona situation, i’m in an independent language program, not an actual korean school itself. i’d imagine even so there would be a fair amount of free time. i know with the one i’m doing i have a lot of free time- the only limit i’ve really got right now is corona as i’ve said, but apart from that there’s a lot of freedom to explore. my school hours are only late two days of the week. main thing for travel that could cause some issues is rush hour- have you got instagram?
@@chelseag6134 I'm going to be studying politics in Busan for a year, and I'm still rather nervous about it all, is it easy to make friends?
That was such a good video! Right now I’m in the middle of my exchange and it is true that I appreciate much more all things of my country; let’s see If don’t want to come back when it’s time to return.
Fabrizio Batiste Enjoy it while you can ❤️
This didnt help this made me scared of going on an exchange :((
Moe 123 I feel you. I‘m going to the USA in 1 and a half year and i‘m very scared but also excited and happy to do that.
@@charliefbd6926 same with me!
please don’t be. you are going to grow so much out of all of this and it will be the year of your life that you’ll never forget. only if you’re open minded and optimistic, it could become the best year you’ll ever have
Don't be ! It is really a wonderful life experience ! If you can do it, absolutely do !!!
hahaha honestly this was the only reason why I wasn't sure if to apply as well, because I have experienced this once before, and I was so scared because it hurts so so much... it took me months to get out of it. But!!! No way I would leave such chance just because of the end, I would regret my whole life and it would ve worst.
Even though... corona destroyed it in its very beggining anyway...
I came home in January after spending a year in Germany. Everything felt so unreal the day i reached home, as if i just woke up from a really really long dream . Your video reminds me so much from my exchange and i still miss everything in Germany. :(
It's so nice to hear that you enjoyed your exchange year in Germany😍 in what city did you live ? I'm from Cologne 😊
@@artbymerle in a small small village about an hour away of train ride to köln too !!!
oh really? I live in Germany and plan on going onto an exchange year to the US in 2022. So cool to hear that you spent a nice time here :)
@@lu-hl9nd yes i definitely spend a really great year here in germany ! I wish you all the best in your exchange year in the states !! Feel free to drop me an email if you wish ! :)
@Jane D. yesss i will !! i really want to go back so badly:(
Man I’m an exchange student right now and I was boutta sleep when the realisation hit me that I’m gonna go back, and I can’t stay forever.
I was on an exchange in France from the start of February and was supposed to return home to Canada at the end of April. Ended up coming home March 21st because of Coronavirus. However it was a truly memorable experience and I am grateful for the opportunity of a life time
Hanna Kennedy Im a seveth grader and i really want to an exchange student in england because i want to go to cambrige uni how to i become an exchange student
Tori Balodimas it depends on where your from. What country?
Tori Balodimas try this link. It’s to a summer opportunity at Cambridge Uni. www.goabroad.com/providers/reach-cambridge/programs/reach-cambridge-international-summer-school-116239
When you started talking about leaving I burst into tears because it reminded me that my best friends are exchange students and will have to go back to Japan in 223 days. It hasn't been long since we met but we are already so close and I love them so much. Nanami ななみ and Moe もえ, I love you so much and I will try my hardest to come visit you in Japan.
How was Your exchange? I planning to go to an exchange next year hopefully
the end part was extremely accurate. also, when i said goodbye my parents told me that i might return again, and my friends had so much faith in that, that our goodbye was half hearted...but, i never went back. and those people were the first real friends i had that shaped who i am today. it's been a year.
It's been a year girl!! you still have time to go back. Sending all the love your way!
@@letsgojules7187 thank you
I reaaaaaalllyy want to live a year in America. But I’m afraid that the people won’t like me, that I’m too shy to talk to them🥺🥺
America is a good place. They are good people. Just go for it! :)
Hey I live in America and I believe you'll do fine here. The people here have open arms for new people. Don't be shy
Also American and people always love talking to foreign people. Don’t worry and do it
Currently in tears. This is so accurate, it hurts? I’ve dreamt of visiting my host city again, but will that place ever be the same? Am I missing the grocery store, or the memories I’ve made with my friends there? Am I missing my high school hallways, or the memories I’ve made with my teachers? Am I missing my neighborhood, or all the days I’d come racing home worried that I had missed my curfew... it’s all memories now, and we’re stuck in the past...
this hit me hard...I’m from the USA and I lived in New Zealand for just two months but this video describes EXACTLY how I feel. The pain of coming home and wondering when/if you can go back. And then back home everything does feel the same except for the little random things like what you missed out on and people getting tired of me mentioning NZ :(
I‘m crying. I’m currently in Finland for a year and this is exactly how I feel. I started to live this life as my normal life. I met amazing people and my heart is just breaking if I think about going back home in 5 months. I don’t know how to leave. I can’t say goodbye. This video is just what I try to put into words all the time but I never can. Thank you for that
Omg I'm so sorry corona probably cut your year short.
Did you have to go home early? Or are you staying in Finland?
I hope you're okay!
Feeling this 100% so accurate... still makes me emotional 4 years after my exchange
i got the opportunity to go on "exchange" for 3 weeks i wish i took it
my exchange was over a year ago now but this still got me in my feelings. best time of my life and i miss it so much
Where in norway did u go?💖🥰
Flower mist I went to Drammen so I was just a bit outside of Oslo.
One of the best quality videos I’ve seen on UA-cam. Pretty much tops some of those emotional videos with hundred thousand dollar budgets
Made me cry. Thank you. -Exchange student 2017-18
At least you had the opportunity to experience the whole exchange year... I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to my friends because lockdown rules. I would have given everything to have had the opportunity you did even ask for
Ok this video is just the most amazing I’ve ever seen, I love the way you talked about it and I can’t wait to experience all of that, thank you!
this is the best video about being an exchange student i've ever seen. i'm crying a lot!
Falling in love during my exchange rlly fcked me up tbh.
same
Now I want to cry for an experience I never had
I only went on a language trip for 3 weeks and made so many good friends I can only imagine how hard leaving would be after a year!!
I really feel bad for those who sent home earlier because of a damn virus... I hope they could go back one day. This must be the worst feeling ever...
This was the best video. The ending is so heartfelt
Now I’m very thankful that I got to go to Minnesota for my one-year exchange three years ago! I will always remember every moments there❤️
kind of sad now because my parents don’t allow me to do an exchange year
LKSX same
vitiated glad to know I’m not the only one :)
That part about things having stayed the same at home is so true! I got back and it was weird, because same people at work, same people at the grocery stores and at church and school and literally nothing had changed when it felt like every thing should have been different.
Swiss to Japan in 13/14. Going back home was the most difficult thing I did until this day. There is not one day since then that I don't think back to those times and having a thought about what my host family might be doing.
Exchange is an extremely precious time in your life, no matter to which county you went.
My heart goes out to all the exchange students who had to leave early because of the corona virus. I was a exchange students in the USA in 2017/2018 and I can't believe that I've been back home for almost 2 years now. It was the best year of my life and I miss it every day. I was hurting for a long time when I came back home. Cannot imagine what you have to go through. Just know you're not alone. Even though your year ended a bit earlier than it was supposed to, keep in mind that no one can take away the experiences you gained ans the people you met.
It will get better❤
omg so true! went on an exchange and at fisrt I didn't want to leave home at all, but when my parents told me I have to come back home because of corona, I was just crying for a really long time and the worst was saying goodbye to my new friends. the worst is nobody at home is actually caring about your experience because of corona and online school
Captured and told so well! This is so true and only those of us who have been on exchange/ studied abroad can truely resonate with this!!
As they say, it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved. You could stay home, like most people, but then you'd never know what you were missing. Even negative experiences are generally positive - we grow from them.
It's been a year now since i came back, but still can't get over it...
Dang, you deserve more subscribers. Keep up the good work. 👍😀
I was an exchange student the last year and i felt this sister...
I was crying at that intro those twilight songs be hitting hard for me 🦗🦟😻
I would love to go on an exchange year to the USA, but it is too expensive for a pupil like me and a little too late because you can‘t book for next year anymore and after that I fear I can‘t catch up and have to do the school year again.😞(Sorry for mistakes I‘m from Germany and not the best in English)
You should consider Canada ;)
This video puts feelings I've never been able to express into words in such a powerful way. It's so happy and so sad, I love it, thank you so much!
it's SOOOO COOl, I cried a lot
I’m going on exchange to Spain later this year for the next school year
i've been planning since the beginning of my first year to go on exchange this upcoming september, selected courses strategically for the past 2 years so that i could go on exchange for a year, come back and still graduate on time! wasn't planning on returning for the upcoming academic year, so didn't make arrangements for living on campus. won't be going in september anymore and it's likely that i won't be going second semester either. i'll be doing a thesis in my fourth year, so most likely won't get to do exchange during my undergrad which kind of sucks! but thankful for my health, happiness and loved ones during times like these and i'm sure i'll get the opportunity to travel again in the future.
Going to the USA this summer.Can't wait.
me too! omg im a klyes exchange student
Ayyy! Student in U.S. here who’s considering studying abroad, welcome to my country whenever you come 😊
Omg I'm so sorry, due to corona you probably won't be able too.
This made me cry, I didn't get sent home yet but all of my friends left and now I'm just waiting for the horrible email to be sent 💔 this is truly sad and frustrating):
i’m french and i was supposed to leave for my 3 months exchange in australia in a week but it got cancelled because of corona... i’m literally so sad i can’t stop crying :(
I would've gone on exchange this summer if it weren't for fucking corona
Im an exchange student from south africa in Germany right now. Decided to stick around and ride out the Corona situation. And so far it's been wonderful. Making the best out of it. And now i can't even imagine going back home now. And this video nailed a lot of the feelings and emotions i experienced.
Even though I’m not an exchange student, I can agree on this. The times, the most of us are experiencing right now may have similar effects on us. In our everyday life’s, we start to appreciate the little and beautiful aspects of life less and less often. We usually take the most daily encounters, we experience as granted and normal. In times, where the most of us are isolating themselves due to the Coronavirus. I, for myself had and have made similar experiences. Talking with your friends online and not talking to them in person is a big difference. We are all somehow moody and don’t know how to spend our time, but yet we have probably the most time we could use to do the most things we wanted to finish. When we miss something, it often subconsciously shows how much we appreciated something at the same time. That’s the sad beauty of life, wanting to go to school to regret it after two weeks again. And over here, not everyone makes use of online classes. We just get our tasks and solve them. And yet I’m so bored, so sad, but at the same time somehow happy. This may not be comparable, since I didn’t made the same experiences, but on the other hand, I honestly have nothing better to do right now. I just don’t know where to start.
Omg this one hit me so hard bc it's soo true! I felt exactly like you and I had to cry whenever you were talking about leaving. I went through the exact same emotions and even now 3 years after my exchange I still think about all these memories and get so emotional about missing everything!
I've been watching your videos for hours and i cant stop, i love your charisma, your stories and the way you express yourself in every video. Keep up the amazing work, you are gonna be big.❤
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
It’s almost 3 years since I came back from my exchange year. Still feel like it was yesterday. Still hurt. I can almost feel the tears in my face from the day I left, and the day after, and after...
You have me sobbing right now. This captured it all and I really haven't been able to express it. Thank you so much for making this video. So so much. It hurts like hell to miss it all and not be able to talk about it. A quote one of my teachers said the night we returned home: "You will never completely be at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place." -Miriam Adeney
Again, thank you so much for voicing this and sharing these thoughts
This was a geat Vid Jewls! you really touched on the emotions involved. good job!
I could never relate to this video as I am not an exchange student but this really caught me in my feelings. Very well done, and an amazing reflection 👍🏼
I'm not an exchange student but I definitely understand the change of scenery and leaving everything behind because I had to move from my country half way across the world and sometimes I miss where I came from and sometimes I don't..
I spent a year in mozambique as a volunteer and the first six months after i returned were so hard. This video really expresses what we all, volunteers, exchange students, etc. feel. I will never feel like home anywhere because there will always be a place I miss and sometimes it still breaks my heart
I felt the same way when I moved back home after being in the US for 5 years. I practically grew up there. I miss it soooo sooo much but I also love it where I am too. Somethings are just like that and I want to go back and visit but I know I will just end up missing here as well :/
ik im late( Like a YEAR late lol) but if ur still there may i ask u sth...
is English ur first language?
That was so emotional
this made me cry
this is so true.. it hits really close to home. i came back from ireland 4 years ago and everything was still the same at home but also not at all? i remembered where everything was in the house of course but it still didn't feel real. like a dream you had.
I have been on a one week exchange in Finladn and Spain and i honestly can't imagine how hard it is to say good bye to people you spent a whole year with i couldn't stop crying after just a week.
I've been an exchange student in Japan for 2 weeks and that experience is one of a kind I meet a lot of friends from different countries even tho we are back in our countries we still communicate each other.
That was such a good video! Right now I’m in the middle of my exchange and it is true that I appreciate much more all the things in my country; let’s see If don’t want to come back when it’s time to go back
I rly want to be an exchange student in America, cause I'm sad that I wasn't bored therey because their school program and all school activities, and prom, and boys there are si different, so better, they're all hanging out together. Like I waa crying cause I want that so bad and I'll need to fight fir this and work hard so I can live in the America in the future and go to their school
I know it might be your dream and everything, but America isn't as great as it sounds. I'm not saying not to do it, but don't just think that everything is miraculously better here, because it really isn't. It would probably be fun to exchange here, as long as it's a good school and area.
this made me cry, i’ve never even went to an exchange, and probably never even will. amazing video ✨💕
It's definitely a little scary leaving but it's even scary going back home. But it's so great! And everyone who can should really be am exchange student!
This made my whole heart hurt 😭
I went to Argentina for a short term June and July of 2023. I can 100% totally agree.
i just came back from an exchange program from Brazil to London. The real thing that people don't get is that when your there you've build a new life, a new taste, new routine. You don't just discover the world, but you discover yourself. Each day looks like a week, so you live way more stuff than normal. It's impossible to translate your experience fully for someone else
Last year I did an exchange for six weeks (that’s not a lot but still is a long time when you’re far from home!) in Sydney and that was one of the happiest time of my life. Everything was so different from France, people were so nice. I was sad to leave but happy to come back home. It’s when you’re at your worse that you start thinking about this time of your life, and you become nostalgic and hope you’ll come back soon.
But I’m happy I get the chance to do this in my life, a lot of people don’t. We should keep that in mind 🌞
Thanks for this video. It is beautifully made!!
Literally, you made me cry... thanks:) it's so great
Next year I’m probably going to America for 10 months and I’m really excited. This video made me feel as if I had already been in that situation and I’m literally crying thinking about how it is going to end and how that feeling of being in a new place won’t last forever.