Some teachers think that international student exchange would be beneficial for all teenage school students. Do you think its advantages will outweigh the disadvantages?

Nowadays, foreign exchanging programmes are hold popularly in many countries

by

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with

famous universities or even secondary and primary schools. Some teachers believe that these activities would bring for teenage school students advantages a great deal. Despite some drawbacks of

this

idea, I think that the benefits are more significant. On the one hand, there are two major disadvantages when teenage students decide to join in international

exchange

projects. In the

first

place, the drawback is

culture

shock. A teenager

go

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goes

to

a

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an

absolute strange place must be unfamiliar with the cultures and beliefs. By the

first

time living there, they will miss understanding and tension when communicate with foreigners. They

can not

can not

cannot

concentrate on their studies.

For instance

, they will not suit each other and make

culture

conflicts in eating, sleeping, listening music habits. The religions are different like

Buddism

a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha

Buddhism

in Asia, Mohammedanism in Africa, Catholicism in Europe, Hinduism in India will become a big obstacle, too. Another disadvantage is that many students are unable to follow international learning programmes, leading to undesirable academic outcomes. Some of my friends,

for example

, have to re-sit the exams or have difficulties catching up with their lectures due to poor language skills.

On the other hand

,

firstly

,

exchange

students

are given

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is given

the opportunity to meet different people from all over the world and learn a range of skills that they might not have a chance to learn if studying in their country.

For instance

, they can develop their social skills by sharing experience with other

exchange

students and get a deeper knowledge into the

culture

by immersing themselves in the local community. Another benefit is that living in a different country helps

exchange

students become more independent.

This

is because without daily support from their parents, these students have to learn to cook, clean, manage their budgets and make their own decisions. All in all,

although

exchange

students might have difficulties in adapting to the new

culture

and following international school curriculums, I believe that the benefits of international

exchange

programmes do outweigh those drawbacks.