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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- In 2018-19, I had the most crazy experience of my life! I crossed the ocean and experienced life as a Belgian exchange student in the United States. Living in a totally new environment and family was definitely a big adjustment! I joined marching band, ate a LOT OF fastfood and last but not least… I WAS A CHEERLEADER!
Peeps, go on an exchange if you can, you won't regret it!
Make sure to subscribe on my channel for more coming videos yayy. Go check it out :)))
If you want to see more pictures and videos, you can check out my Instagram :)
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Some tags:
exchange student, american dream, virginia, life experience, leaving home, missing family, best friends
I've watched many exchange student videos (having been one myself) and this is the best edited, most cheerful, diverse, and happy one ever! Very solid work.
That means the world to me! aww! Thank you so much for telling me that and watching the video of course! I put so much work into the editing, you can't even imagine hahah. So it's soo lovely to read nice comments like this :) Thank you again and feel free to follow the rest of my journey
Tear-jerking all the way to the end! I only wish young Americans love and appreciate our country as much as you do. Thank you for this beautiful remembrance of who we are. May you always cherish in your heart.
awww
America says...THANK YOU! Living the life of a American teenager....you proved you can "Live" a dream!
A video of your thoughts and insights after your exchange, would be interesting.......was it a "blessing and a curse"?...did it change you?...or did it change your family and friends around you?....going back to school in Belgium must of felt weird, at first?
@@danaasher2591 that's a great idea! i would love to talk about that
looking forward to your video. The "virus" has changed alot in America. The high school life you lived...would be hard to find today. Your "new normal" you lived in the States.....hard to find...but..its like that world wide, now...
@@danaasher2591 yeah, hopefully things will become normal again soon! then i can also visit :)) i'm also posting a new video on my channel soon which i'm excited about ::))
It's so rare seeing people actually having nice things to say about the U.S.! Thank you, glad you had a great time here!
Thank you so much for watching! I really did have an amazing time :)
Fantastic video and great opportunity with best family and friends you will never forgot. Love you ❤️
You became one of us! You are always welcome to come back when you can. What a great video.
That is so sweet! That means a lot :) I really felt very welcome over there and miss everybody so much. I hope I can finally visit again after Covid. Thank you so much for your time and feel free to follow the rest of my journey
So glad you had such a positive experience. Your outgoing personality shines through your video, and your willingness and energy to participate in a number of extra-curricular activities certainly enhanced your stay with many friends who appear to have appreciated your visit as much as you did. There is no question whether your future will be bright: you'll be the one bringing the light.
That is so sweet of you to say aww thank you
im actually moving there next week and this video made me xtra excited!! thank you for sharing, glad you had a great time
ahh that's so exciting!! thanks for watching 😊
you're a normal person that got to experience something unique....hope you had a great time! looks like a beautiful time in life
it was amazing 🥺😊 thank you so much for watching
Super experience Lise, and couldn't you bring one of those handsome nice american boys to Belgium😍, you will never forget all those pleasant situations!
THIS IS AMAZING EDITING!!!!👏🏻💯
thanks! I appreciate that
You were at a small town. I hope that really worked out for you. Some "big city" kids move into small towns in the USA and they really hate it, because it doesn't match up to their dream of America. But it seems like you jumped in with both feet, which is the right thing to do, because in the small town the people make all their own fun and much more than the big city, they will care.
Thank you for show casing us as we want to be seen. I hope you had a good time. God Bless.
Richmond isn't a small town, it's a decently sized city.
@@TKDragon75 Really? Richmond? This doesn't look like a high school somewhere in a city of 240,000 people. There aren't enough students, etc. My high school in a city of 24,000 people was bigger.
Hi Matthew & The Real TK-Dragon! Thanks for your comments. I was in a very small town 45 minutes away from Richmond. I arrived in the airport of Richmond and came there on Sundays to go to church with my hostfamily. My school itself had around 1,200 students (I think) and had many extracurricular activities, which I loved so much! I'm very thankful I got to do things like cheerleading, going to football/basketball games, joining the marching band and just living an American lifestyle cause it made me experience the dreamy but real American things. I always tell other exchange students to not have any expectations cause they might have other chances that dont fit in their 'dream'. I just learned that not the place, but the people make the exchange and I couldnt have had a better experience in my small town in the outbacks 😊
Reminds me of high school. Glad you had a great time.
thanks 😊
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS!!! Lise I miss ya girl!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE youuuuuuuu! I miss you too
Like watching a movie for us probably but for you it was likely as traumatic and thrilling a two year experience as any young man or woman could live. What a journey Lise!! ❤️ from Florida!
It was the most exciting experience of my life 🥰 Thank you so much for watching 😊
This is a beautiful video… I’m glad you were here before COVID hit.
Thank you so much for watching! Me toooooo. I'm thankful every day for that. It would've been so different and I had the most amazing and perfect experience ever. I'm very grateful.
Wow, such a sweet video - with a real message about your American experience. And it appears to have been a positive one.
This is a nation, under God with Liberty and Justice for All!! People of all backgrounds and ethnicities working together, smiling, laughing together. Is our nation perfect? No, but we strive for equality for all. Love your video. Come back to the USA real soon. You did live the American Dream, it's there for all. Work for it.
Thank you so much for your sweet words and taking the time to watch the video :) America is so diverse for sure, it has it's flaws (like every country), but sooo much beauty too! And I had the most amazing time of my life over there. I would love to come back after Covid cause I miss it so much! Thank you again and feel free to follow the rest of my journey
Cant wait to live this life !❤❤❤
awww i'm so excited for you!! where are you going?
Don't know you, but I enjoyed watching this. I would love to hear like what you thought about America. Like what you expected vs reality. What you didn't expect, differences from where you live and that stuff
thank you very much for your time and interest 😊 That's an awesome idea! I definitely would love to make a video about that :)
Your video is inspiring. You must have like your stay over there and took advantage of all extra curricular in school.
thank you 😊 I loved it so much! Yes I participated in many of them 🥰
I'm sad I don't have a daughter yet I'm very happy for you and awesome journey 😊. Perhaps someday you will become a US citizen 😊
Ahhh one day you might be able to send yours off too :)) Maybe!!! I love the American people!
Love it!!
Merci xx
Beautifully done!
Thank you so much! :)
You didnt actually live the “ American dream” You just lived in America-and that is pretty great
Glad you had a nice time!
Thank you so much for watching and telling me :) Have a good day!
Wow, what a nice video. Looks like you had a lot of fun, Lise. Come back anytime. 🇺🇸
Thank you so much for watching! I really did :) I really wish to come back soon, it's my second home for sure
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Zalig!! Kwil da zeker ook ne keer gaan doen zene😜🤪!!!
zeker aan te raden!!
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ahhh look! my video even arrives at the other side of the world :)))) hi!
I remember the first time I saw snow.
omg that's wholesome
@@lizajomusic Yes, I had no idea what it was.
Hope you had fun in America
thank you 😊 I really did! Most amazing experience of my life
With what company did you go? I would love to experience it someday!!
I went with WEP! Great experience with them! You should totally go for it if you have the chance one day
@@lizajomusic thank you! I will check it out, i hope I'll get the chance to experience it one day!
@@salahnadya9860 sure! I hope that for you too! Keep chasing for your dreams
@@lizajomusic thank you!! You too!
Hi , I really need your help .please I wanna study amy junior year in America. How did you get there ? I can't afford tution, please help me
Hi ! So I think she went with WEP, but YFU offers to give you a bigger scholarship, depending on your parent's salary they can give you up to 4 000 euros. But even with that it is still really expensive, so maybe you can try to go later as an au pair ?
@@brunelacoste340 well,thx for info, thus means I can't go. My current high school is hedious and I'm gonna have to live with this.
@@namritsingh7759 Oh that sucks... Well as I told you maybe you can go later ! Or find a place to go on exchange that is less expensive than the USA... It depends on where you live but I know some countries are really unexpensive to go to for a year.
Brune has said some right things! As much as I know, you can get scholarships. You should really inform yourself about it at the organization(s) of your choice and see how they can help you. I hope you can work something out! Good luck
@@lizajomusic even after scoring 90%+for past years, being a good athlete,a leader and a painter I have accepted the reality that we live in a society where a person is conjectured and is allowed to have a better education on basis of weight of their wallet rather than the skills they posses. But anyway this is my destiny i guess😔, I wish you luck I hope that you become successful and make a difference in society,..
i really want to go but my parents don't think its safe in America because of all the guns and stuff so please tell me how to convince my parents :))
I understand that your parents are worried, mine were mostly about the fact that I would go to the unknown. I really showed them how much I wanted it, took them to info moments, let them talk to former exchange students (which helped a lot!). Tell them that everywhere and anytime things can happen to you in life and you need to be careful everyday in general, but that shouldn't take a possible life changing experience away. Also choose an organization that has good reviews and you trust. I have been close to guns, but have never at any moment felt unsafe. My host parents were also very protective. I hope this helps! Inform them about this unknown thing you ask them
Im american, and guns (if your family owns some) are always kept in your house usually in a safe, and only taken out to go hunting. You should watch "The deer hunter", thats what i mean by hunting, like in the forest for animals. Very rarely will you ever see someone holding there guns randomly out in public, ive only ever seen the police do that (which is normal). Also, a huge amount of families dont even own guns, most places you need a permit im pretty sure. Hopefully you get to come one day!
The guns make it safer.
It’s our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. We have guns so we can defend ourselves if we need to. The guns is what makes it safe. Hope you can come someday.
That's alot of snow for Virginia.
Mountains probably, but that's also what I was thinking lol
I can't compare to other years of course haha. But it was a loooot of snow for sure! We couldn't go to school for a whole week and the roads were pretty dangerous to drive on. I made the best out of it and went out in the snow as you saw :)) Thank you so much for watching!
i see u r from belgium so which thing did u like contacted to do that
Hi! Yes I am 😊 I went there with WEP. It went amazing! There are also organisations like AFS.
What song is it? At the beggining?
Feel Something Good. It's also showed under my description with the music.
How much did it cost with WEP?
You can find more info about prices depending on the program you choose on www.wep.be/nl (thats at least the Belgian website) :) Or you can contact them. Hope that helps!
This is a great video however the only thing you did wrong was when you fast forward it through the national anthem please don't do that again
Nowadays he America dream is to one day have a country like Cuba or North Korea