Clara Göthberg is from Gothenburg, Sweden. Last year, she became an exchange student and came to Murphy, North Carolina. I knew nothing about Sweden before meeting it. News travels quickly in this small town, so everyone knew about her on social media even before she arrived. I spoke to her a little before she arrived and went to the airport with her host parents to greet her. I really thought she had a strong accent from the videos I watched of her. After watching them, I wasn't sure I could understand her. Her accent was very strong, but once I met her, it wasn't as strong as I initially thought. Since I couldn't meet Clara face to face, we had to face time. I didn't expect her to be as open to my friend Allison and me right away as she was. I thought at first it would be very awkward, but I was completely wrong. After the interview, Clara's initial expectations were very high. She expected a lot from the United States. She grew up watching all American movies, so she expected it to be like what she saw, especially in high school. She always thought America did everything great, but she wasn't sure. Once she got it, she said she discovered everything was bigger than she thought. She expected everyone at school to have their own band and for the girls to do drama. Clara assumed that America didn't know much about other countries and that was because people weren't interested in learning about them. She later found out that wasn't the case. Growing up listening to things in a foreign language, watching shows and movies in a foreign language, and then actually learning the language really motivated her to come to America. Before coming to America, she had never... middle of paper ... people could move to another country and live for about a year without any family members. Being four hours from home right now is hard enough. It also makes me curious if all Swedish teenagers can just go and do whatever they want, like Clara said. To me that's a huge difference, because here in America most people who live with their parents have a curfew, and if they don't, they still have to tell their family where they're going . With Clara coming to Murphy, it not only taught her a lot, but also me and those around me. She made me understand that it’s not just the United States. I had never really discovered any place in the world until he arrived. I actually also learned a bit of Swedish while I was with her. She taught me that I should discover other places and possibly travel there to see what it's like..