Foreign exchange students

Each year, Buckhannon-Upshur High School accepts foreign exchange students from all over the world. This experience allows local students to learn how to accept other people's point of view and helps the foreign students learn about American culture. In the last few years, the school has had students from: Germany, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Russia, Romania, Tajikistan, etc. Alessandra Badecu, among them, said, “My school had information about the exchange, so I looked more into it on Facebook.”

Florian Cramer, from Germany, described how America is very different from his home. “A lot of things, like food, driving, school, the way your teachers teach, etc. It's just a totally different system.”

The foreign exchange program is an excellent opportunity for the students elsewhere and at home, because it enriches culture, fosters friendships otherwise impossible, and grants an inside view into other nations, their people, and their customs.