Recipe for an Exchange Student

So I know it has been forever since I have posted anything on here and it's not extremely relevant to my life anymore. Anyway though, I was cleaning out my computer and found something I had written for a class describing some of the feelings of an exchange student. So voilà, here it is.

Recipe for an Exchange Student

American Student:

Across the world, extremely far we did travel

Argentine Student:

Learning, discovering, and questioning it all

French Student:

Near and far, they accept stereotypes

American Student:

Tasting new foods:

Deciding whether or not to get tattooed.

Let’s step outside of the box

And try to understand these weird looking clocks.

Yearning for your own bed,

But not wanting to leave the amazing bread.

All:

Everyday filled with ups and downs

As the foreign kid, you’re always the talk of the town

Argentine Student:

Learning to speak in another tongue,

And other things we can only do while we are young.

Always writing a new word,

Sometimes all we want is to just be heard.

Too much time, but somehow not enough,

I’m beginning to think I’m losing all my stuff.

Everyday I am continuously awed

But that is what it’s like to study abroad.

All:

Everyday is filled with ups and downs

As the foreign kid, you’re always the talk of the town

French Student:

We can fall asleep in class,

Because we are getting a pass.

The questions never seem to stop,

Lots of time spent in the coffee shop.

There is too much host family drama,

I really wish I could just be with my mamma.

Life at home gets further away,

It’s important to realize that you just can’t stay.

Are you ready to go?

Well pack up your suitcase

And with your new friends, embrace.

The plane won’t wait

So hurry, don’t be late

All:

Everyday is filled with ups and downs

As the foreign kid, you’re always the talk of the town

Argentine Student:

We’ll talk often and meet again,

Hopefully soon, but none of us know when.