Student exchange programs are for the adventurer of life, thosewho love to try new things and people who love exploration. Thereis no better way to learn a different culture than by experiencingthat culture. Learning outside the classroom, living in acompletely different culture and immersing oneself in that culture;what could be more exhilarating?Leaving the comfort of one’s home, flying halfway around theworld and living with strangers can be frightening. Yet, thousandsof students do so every year. There are benefits for the studentand the host family. One of the greatest benefits is that bothsides are exposed to a different culture and language. Not only theforeign student learns in an exchange program; the family can learnjust as much. The two can teach each other a new language, bothl