Ever planned to study abroad? Thinking it as an alternative way to get into universities? Nowadays, more and more secondary school students had made this decision, and here I am going to tell you what it is like to take exchanges abroad.
Last summer, I went to the United Kingdom to participate a language exchange course. I went to XX School, which the locals say was highly-rated so I stayed there for two months. However, what the majority thinks about studying abroad was different from reality.
What amazes me when I reached the campus was its astonishingly large area. We had to travel by car to get to different spots. What also delights me were the facilities located. Unlike our school, here you could find gyms, courts and indoor swimming pools which helped students to enrich their talents.
What seemed to be a good start turned into an awful way, as I got bullied once I knew my classmates. They jeered and mocked me because of our cultural differences, giving me an unpleasant feeling during my time there.
Somehow, I was able to put aside this issue and focus on the lessons I took. But unfortunately the majority of the class were not paying attention. They were fooling around, minding their own business, not to mention smoking and saying foul language albeit it was once in a blue moon.
At last, I managed to struggle through the two month course. I believe that it may be the false advertising that encourages students studying abroad, or maybe just the courses or particular schools where the students were behaving that way. Here, I would advise you not to take any of them in the future.
Simon Griffin
Grade 11 student
6/8 marks
