Exchange is about learning. It's not as simple as learning whatever it is that's told in school, though.
It's
about learning how to listen, how to speak, how to think. Learning who
you are, who your friends are, the type of people you want as friends.
Learning how to trust your innermost feelings and how to find those feelings in the first place.
It's
about learning what's really important to you and learning what you
really don't give a damn about. Exchange is about how to tolerate, how
to accept, how to like and how to love. Learning how to give as well as
receive and how to trust that everything will even itself out on its
own.
It's about learning that your mom and dad do have the right
answers sometimes and that your kid sister isn't such a dumb little kid
anymore. Exchange is about learning to treat people as people, not as
stereotypes. Learning that sometimes a kiss isn't just a kiss, sometimes
it means more and sometimes it means less. Learning how to achieve, how
to suceed, how to accomplish.
It's about learning how to not come
in first place and still be proud and about coming in last and learning
how to admit that you could've been better.
Exchange is about
learning that large parties don't necessarily mean a good time. Learning
that loneliness doesn't go away in a crowd and that sometimes it's okey
to be by yourself on a Friday or Saturday night.
It's about
learning that lunchtime crowd doesn't nconstitute your popularity and
that popularity is all a matter of perspective. It's about learning
boredom is simply laziness of the mind and that watching three hours of
TV every night is noquality relaxation time.
It's about learning
that people probably like you a whole lot more than they'll ever tell
you and that it's your responsibility to make sure your friends know how
much you appreciate them.
Exchange is about learning how to miss
people enough to stick them in the past, and how to miss them so much
that it keeps you from moving onto the future.
Learning how to motivate yourself and how to motivate others.
Exchange is about learning. Learning how to live!
