How do I talk to my parents about being an exchange student?

I am really scared about asking them because that is something I really want to do. I think they would allow me to go, but there is only one thing on my mind that gives it the 50-50, which is that they might say they would miss me if I did and didn't...

I am trying to convince my parents to let me be an exchange student for the 2010-2011 school year (I'll be a junior that year). Yes, I know it's a long while away, but for these kinds of things you have to sign up early. Anyway, every time I try and...

I really want to be a foreign exchange student. It has been my dream for as long as I can remember. However, when I talked to my parents about it they said no because of how expensive it was but mostly because they were concerned about my safety. I am...

They are reluctant to let me go for a year. I want to go when I am 15, and I'm 13 now. I'm in all advanced classes and am taking all honors classes next year, my freshmen year (I want to go my sophomore year). I feel that I am mature and responsible...

I'm only a freshman, but my high school offers the possibility for students to go study abroad for either a semester or a year, and I would love to do that. So how do I get involved in that? I know I should talk to my guidance counselor, but I want to...

ok. so i am from japan and i came here because of foregn exchange student program about a month ago. i go to my new school and at first everybody say hi to me but now nobody wants to hang out with me or talk. at lunch, i buy my food and when i go to...

ok. so i am from japan and i came here because of foregn exchange student program about a month ago. i go to my new school and at first everybody say hi to me but now nobody wants to hang out with me or talk. at lunch, i buy my food and when i go to...

I just arrived in France about a week ago qnd I'm going to be staying here for about 4 months. My oast family is great -- i can't complain. I just started school yesterday and was really excited. I didn't think making friends would be a problem, as an...