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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"So you've said...repeatedly.  Would you like to make arrangements to end your time here early?  If you feel you aren't getting any benefits by being here I'm sure it can be arranged."[/quote]

I think before saying that to the student, OP should have a conversation with the program that arranges the exchanges.  Snotty snarky exchange students is nothing new, and I think it's always better to check in with those managing the program (who are familiar with what the students were told in the way of expectations, and also usually know how other families have handled commonly occurring problems).  Just check in, hear what they recommend, and then decide what works for you.

There is a way of making the "Would you like to make arrangements to end your time here early?" that could totally backfire on you as a host family, depending on how the student hears that and what he does with it.  Just check out how other families handle such a bad attitude, I'm sure there are better ways to handle this that are also EFFECTIVE in giving the student the best chance of actually learning valuable lessons, vs learning nothing and just heading home early or staying the whole time but not learning how flawed his assessment is as applied all the way across the US.[/quote]

I think this is a massive overreaction. OP hasn't even really tried to curb this behavior, running to the program and threatening the kid with going home because he hurt your feelings is way OTT. It will also completely sour the relationship and the rest of the exchange because you went nuclear and involved the program, which is what you would expect a host family to do if you had a kid like, shooting fentanyl, not commenting that history classes are easy.[/quote]

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