An exchange student is a student who leaves their home country for a foreign country for a year, where they usually learn a new language and experience a new culture. Today, there are more than 35 international exchange programs from which many high school students benefit. For example, each year, nearly 13,000 students travel through American Field Service intercultural programs between 65 countries (AFS, 2011). Unfortunately, the number of students who go on exchange remains relatively low, even if the benefits they gain are significant. Because the age of 15-18 is the ideal time to go on an exchange [1], students discover a new culture and flourish [2], adults can live a new experience by welcoming a student into their family [3] and students would be equal if they had the same opportunities and chances [4], I think that all high school students should be obliged to spend a year abroad as exchange students. The ideal time to be an exchange student is while you are a student. high school student. The group of students aged 15 to 18 seems most able to naturally participate and adapt to the lifestyles and values ​​of a foreign family and community (Youth For Understanding, 2013) . At this age, teenagers are also more likely to want to try something new and the most effective way to do this is to become an exchange student. This is the case of the famous Texan actor Matthew McConaughey, who spent a year on an exchange program in Australia when he was a teenager: “I always wanted to travel and I wanted to take a year off to go to adventure, and that," he said of the experience (The Telegraph, 2011). Also, in high school, students are not ...... middle of paper ... ...rams and because if all students had the same opportunities we would have a more democratic society, I firmly believe that all high school students should be required to do a year of exchange abroad. Works citedAFS (2008. ). Development Model for Intercultural Sensitivity… for Friends of AFS; Long-Term Impact Study (2007-2008). AFS and Exchange Programs. Retrieved from AFS Intercultural Programs website: http://www.afs.org/afs-and-exchange-programs/The Telegraph (2011). 'stranger. Retrieved from the Telegraph website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/expateducation/9225920/Celebrities-who-studied-abroad.html?frame=2202935Youth For Understanding. (2013). History. Retrieved from Youth For Understanding website: http://yfuusa.org/about-yfu/history.php