A WINDOW TO THE WORLD
             Suddenly, you wake up and find yourself in a room you have never seen before. You open the door and go down the stairs. You want to see something which is similar for you. The decorations, tables, chairs, pictures, and everything you see is different from your culture, and your traditions. Then, you remember that you are not in your own home. Last night you left your family, and your home. You are now in your new home away from your country. You have to live with a different culture for a certain amount of time as an exchange student.
             Before World War II, and after World War II, the world has seen many major and minor conflicts between nations. Because of these problems and people's desperation for peace, the exchange programs were established and have been improved. Each year thousands of students are leaving their homes to go to a different country by the sponsoring of exchange programs. Students have been going abroad for study for hundred years. Nowadays, while the world is approaching globalization, the cultures in the world still have got different habits and views of life. At this point, exchange programs contribute to globalization by fusing different cultures with each other. However, there are some people who do not agree with globalization, nor do they agree with the need to have the use of exchange programs because of cultural shock, inadequate responsibility to handle one's health and safety problems, and required courses that may not be available, or transferable to other students, so that it leads to delay in education in the school. However, I feel that the exchange programs should be continued and increased around the world because it is important for students: to have a global outlook; the education by having a chance to select courses, programs and academic learning of a sort not possible on the home campus, and to have a cha...