You Know You're an Exchange Student When...

Exchange students are pretty unique creatures. As exchange students, we did things that no one else would have really done, such as dream in languages that is not our mother tongue, simple because we can. We have experienced odd, awkward, hilarious, tickling moments that are applicable only to an exchange student. How much of an exchange student are you? Scroll down the list to check out!

You know you're an exchange student when....

1. You ask for some type of food/snack/drink to be care packaged to you as your X-mas present.

2. you classify "doing your homework" as translating half of it. And that alone took three hours.

3. you'll read anything in your native language just to have something to read...even packaging labels.

4. you're better than your teacher in your foreign language class.

5. you've ever mispronounced something in your native language (for example, names of products, TV shows, companies) because you know the others will understand it better if you say it with an accent.

6. after you come back everybody tells you that you have a weird accent.

7. your dreams are bilingual.

8. you automatically use words in a foreign language that you cant even translate but they just seem to fit the context.

9. you begin to enjoy foods that you had previously despised at home.

10. it becomes a habit to introduce yourself by saying: "I am from (country) and my name is (name)."

11. you are always counting the time difference between where you are and home.

12. you always forget the time difference when you call a friend or family member back home.....sorry for waking you up at 4 AM mom.

13. you carry a dictionary and a camera in your bag.

14. you do something wrong and people look at you weird, your excuse is "That's how we do it in my country" even if it isn't.

15. You can sing all the Top 20 songs from your exchange year...even a year later....

16. You get letters and emails in a language that no one else can read.

17. You cringe at the mention of 'baggage weight limit'.

18. You go to school only to do nothing

19. You 'talk' to your pets when you phone home.

20. You watch really stupid television shows late at night, and you stay up late to do so, just because they're in English.



To all our beloved returnees young and not so young anymore *ehem*, we hope this fun post made you smile a little brighter today. (: