123.118.3.* | 2樓 I tried to call the airlines, being told that they didn't know where she was but if I wanted to buy her another ticket all they had left was first class and at last minute it was going to be something like $1,200.00. I would not and could pay that. The airline's would not help me at first. And the AYUSA staff was unreachable being this was a saturday. So finally myself and another family that has an exchange student started a phone tree between the airline and the police department of the city in which whom's airport I thought she was in. Finally they worked with us, they went and found her and found a translator and someone put her on the next plane. I guess the airline finally understood the situation and honared her ticket. At that time the translator told me, 'This girl cannot speak english.' I had been tring to call AYUSA all day and night. Hoping they could help me with finding her, since this was a weekend. I could not find anyone. Only the person I answered to as a community rep, Which just told me keep doing what I was doing. I cant imagine what would have happened if I was just a regular person whom had no other contacts at all. I then told them again, this child cannot speak english. They once again tried to tell me it was just the stress of the situation and she would be better in a few days. Well finally by about 3am Sun morning she arrived here. And I had faith that she was stressed and sleepy and that her almost non-exsistant english would improve. Well day's came and went and she did not speak hardly any english at all. I finally had to put my very limited japanese into use to communicate with her. I kept calling the company and telling them 'This girl is very sweet but her she cant speak english. This isnt going to work. She needs to just go home.' Of course they wont do that right away. They suggest a tutor, but they wont pay for that, that is on the student. So I have to put her in school like that. So that is what I did, and worked with her tring to do a crash course in english before school started. Armed with my japanese translation book. And school started. The school called me and informed me that teachers were demanding she be removed from their classes. This poor girl hasent even been there a day and the teachers already hate her. I was finally able to get her into all elective type classes with the expection of english and history which the school requires. She cannot understand what the teachers teach her during the day. So I have to reteach everything to her at night. Reading everything to her and tring to explain it in a way she understands because she cant comprehend what she reads because she doesnt know what most of the words mean. This take hours everynight. And by the I help do her school work. (more or less do it for her.) And do the things I have to do such as dinner and cleaning up after that. It's very late. And I am up at 5:30am once again to make make her lunch and make sure she gets to school. Now I knew that hosting an exchange student would change your life, but I didnt know that it would pretty much distroy it. Also students are required to come over here with enough money to buy everything they need other than their food at home. |
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