Most of what I know about the foreign exchange program comes from pop culture — there’s Long Duk Dong from "Sixteen Candles", Monique from "Better Off Dead" and Fez from "That 70s Show" — but as far as real life goes, I never really got to know any exchange students. That changed this past weekend when I sat down with Vanessa Bauer and Fanny Grenzdorfer from Germany and Sweden, respectively, who spent a school year with Lakewood residents Ashlee McLelland and David Bennett while attending Woodrow Wilson High School. Check out the video below, and if afterwards you think you might be interested in the student exchange program, visit EF Foundation for Foreign Study.
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