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[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]

The students from different cultures who are already in our schools usually tend to congregate with people of their own cultures. This is their comfort level.  Many of them were forced to come here because of terrible issues in their home countries.

Exchange students who come here are coming to expand their horizons and expect to be outside their comfort zones. They will be going back to their home countries as ambassadors of US culture and education systems.  They are also high achieving and usually do not fall within ESOL, FARMS or Special Ed categories.  They do not congregate with people just like them.

There is big difference between these two kinds of students. [/quote]this post will be deleted[/quote]

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