Student Exchange

[tarklovishki]

Over Facebook, my friend was telling everyone about this exchange thing she's doing by going over to Austria for a few months. She said you don't have to be a student to do it, and this got me thinking about doing it for about five or six months, just for a change of scenery to learn new things. Except the most logical one to take would mean I'm overseas for my eighteenth birthday.

This would also be a good excuse to get into some part-time jobs to save up for it, because fuck it's over a thousand dollars. I just really want to get outside Australia for a few months, except I don't know how to ask my Nan if I can go. It scares the crap out of me to leave because I do have a mild case of separation anxiety.

What do you think? Should I do it?

Comments

[floradelaney.livejournal.com]

You should definitely try it. I went on such exchange during my third year of Uni and I loved it. It gives you entirely new perspective on things. I was scared shittless (that I'll miss my family, my friends, noone would like me, would have problems with a foreign language etc.) but I survived it and ended up with broader horizonts, few new possibilities for the future and lots of new friends all over the world. It also served as quite a good lesson for me and my mom, proving that I can make it on my own after all. :)