Exchange Extras
Exchange Extras has all the posts related to happenings with exchange students!
- Exchange students’ thoughts
- Host family perspectives
Other blog topics include:
- SILVER LININGS. Jill started writing this column daily, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is looking at how life changes under our new rules–and finding at least one thing positive, every day, in the upheaval. It’s been very well received by those who have been following it. As one reader says, “Reading your column of ‘silver linings’ has become one of my ‘silver linings’! Thank you for writing this!”‘
- DAIRY DREAMING. This one covers international ag experiences, dairy worker possible legislation in the USA, visas, things dairy producers might find interesting and dairy experiences.
- EDUCATION MATTERS. This more traditional column looks at family life, with a particular emphasis on how education shapes us all.
- BEAUTY OF THE DAY. Since 2015, Jill has searched for something beautiful every day, and then posted it to social media. (Follow Global Cow on Instagram to see them–or subscribe to receive them daily.)
The Crazy Departures from COVID
Wondering on the (crazy) departures for the fourteen Brattleboro Union High School students from 2019-2020? Check out the blog post! Wondering what happened to each of them, as the world faced an unprecedented international pandemic? Bela, BRAZIL, was only...
Students Available for January Entry!
Did you know the US government hopes to promote global understanding by sponsoring high school students to come into the USA every year? For several decades, young people from specific countries have gotten to know Americans on a personal level, all through the Future...
At the Carwash (Silver Linings 6-6-2020)
We don’t get out much anymore. That was so plainly evident today that it turned out to be both laughable—and my silver lining. I sometimes feel quite badly for Spanish daughter number three. This year has turned out to be very different than the...
The Foreign Exchange Student
Somewhere in the crazy ideas that pop through my head, I thought it would be great fun to take on a new work responsibility... during the spring that my oldest graduated from high school, and my youngest graduated from elementary school. It was because the job itself...
The Arrival of the Exchange Students
We drive the three hours home from dropping off our first born at college for the first time. But we arrive home to a fuller house than we’ve left. For the beginning of the year at least, we’ve agreed to host two academic year exchange students. One is a boy, from...
The Brazilian Weatherman
He is outside in shorts and flip flops, his normal house attire. But he’s added on a scarf and a fleece jacket, even a hat, before he’s charged outside. “Look!” he cries triumphantly. “Look at this! It’s SNOWING!!” His enthusiasm is so complete and his joy so evident...
The Grand Revolving Door
The house has gone from noisy to quiet. Perhaps it’s more correct to say it’s changed from “too noisy” to “too quiet”. The winter break seemed longer this year, but not because of the high school. It was the college freshman who came home on December 18th, and didn’t...
Spanish Viewpoint (Silver Lining 5-25-2020)
We have about one more month with “Spanish daughter #3”. She’s had a year filled with family, friends, school, trips, sports and pets. While the last bit has been admittedly very different than any of us imagined, she has gamely gone along with it...
Washington DC: With Teenagers
The flights were only on sale for two days, and we had to act fast if we wanted to snag them. For only $39 each way, we could fly in and out of Reagan Airport in DC. I called in the two exchange students in my house; were they interested? Definitely. About a month...