Some teachers think international student exchange would be beneficial for all teenage school students. Do you think its advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
International student exchange program is a practice that is adopted by some educational institutions in which the learner are sent to overseas colleges and universities for a short period of time. There is a group of educators who firmly hold an opinion that if such programs are organizes it will be highly beneficial for the learners. This trend has both merits and demerits which I am going to elaborate in ensuing paragraphs.
To begin with the potential merit, when students join such a program, they feel extremely excited that they are getting a great opportunity of learning in an international program. The enthusiasm exhibits their interest in learning new things. They get ready to visit international university in order to accumulate knowledge.
In addition, studying in an international institute give them exposure of the culture of the country they are in. They come out of their books and see what is happening in world. They get to know the new method adopted by overseas institutions for their curriculum.
For example, international programs make them learn practical skills where as in their home countries they depend on simple bookish knowledge.
Alternatively, there are some demerits of these programs too. Firstly going abroad is not an easily affordable affair. There are many under privileged people in the society who can not afford the expenditure. The student who miss these opportunity feel disappointed and some time go in depression.
Last not least, distraction from studies is another serious issue related with these programs. School students are not mature enough to understand the objective of these events. Joining such programs is only a picnic trip for them and it distracts them from their studies resulting in poor academic performance.
To sum up, undoubtedly there is a great demand of international student exchange program. I personally believe that its advantages outweigh the disadvantages because student gets opportunity to visit international society and get exposure to new methods and techniques of learning which eventually widens their horizon of knowledge.
By : ADMIN EASYBREEZYENGLISH4U / AMUSE CONSULTANTS