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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what's the big deal?

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[quote]“Exchange students teach us to communicate across cultures, a life skill that we all need to navigate today’s increasingly interconnected world,” Gordy said. “Please develop a better policy that enables me to continue interacting with exchange students in my last year of high school, and allows all students across the county to learn and grow from exchange students in the years ahead.”[/quote]

MCPS already has many different cultures in their schools. Why do we need foreign exchange students to teach us to communicate across different cultures?[/quote]i know you jest but when I went to magruder we had exchange students from NZ, Hungary, Germany , etc. the kiwi guy is the only kiwi I’ve ever met[/quote]

DP. At my child's ES there is a kid from Tajikistan, a kid from Ghana, a kid from Kenya, a kid from Bulgaria - and those are just children DC is good friends with! There's an International Night every year at our school. MCPS has many problems, and, in my humble opinion, not having enough exchange students isn't the most pressing of them.

This ain't Ohio, for better or for worse.[/quote]

This. I started keep track a few years ago. In just 6 years at one MCPS middle, I taught students from every continent except Antarctica and over 100 countries. You can also do virtual exchanges over the Internet. A coworker taught seven lessons to a class in India.[/quote]

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