Saturday, October 11, 2014

You Know You're an Exchange Student When..

You know you're an exchange student when..
-You have no idea what the meaning of "homework" is
-You have developed a rare talent enabling you to sleep any time and anywhere
-You have mastered the "smile and nod"
-You use your nationality as an excuse for anything and everything
-You have a secret stash of snacks in your room
-You count waking up in the morning as exercise
-You freak out when you hear your native language
-You spend a ridiculous amount of money on foreign candy
-Your hobbies include Nutella, Nutella, and.... oh yeah, Nutella
-You have pretended to understand your host language, and then said "yes" to a non yes or no question. For example, "What did you do yesterday?" "Yes!"
-You're scared to ask what the food is
-You find yourself avoiding conversations so you don't have to talk
-You never know what's going on
-You spend most of your time on the internet.. Stalking other exchange students
-Your "jam" is a song in your host language that you don't know the meaning of.. but you'll still sing it like you do
-You try to mix languages
-You are the only student who is allowed to sleep in class, because you're foreign so it's okay
-When you get packages from home that contain food, the food is gone within an hour(feel free to send me more goldfish)
-You spend money like it's Monopoly money
-People stare at you all the time, because you're foreign.. and fabulous.. Like Shakira
-You look down upon the 1 week long "exchange students"
-You feel bad about yourself when other exchange students speak the language better than you do
-You haven't spoken with another person from your home country in so long that your own accent is starting to sound weird to you
-You quote movies from your home country all the time but no one gets the quote so they just think you're super weird..
-Your oh so original nickname is your country/state
-You use "I'm not fat, I'm an exchange student" as a legitimate excuse
-You can relate to the song Talk Dirty to Me by Jason Derulo, "Been around the world, don't speak the language"(Except that's the only part of the song because Rotary says No Dating)
-You have given up all hope that someone will pronounce your name correctly

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