I want to go overseas for student exchange but my parents keep saying no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please help.?

Question

Im 15 in november and im the right age for this thin caleld australian international exchange program run by the goverment for students....theres a trip for the summer holidays this year from november 21st till January 1st to japan witch is my dream to go 2!!!!!!!!!! Every year i ask my parents can i go as a exchange student and they say no! fair enough since i was younger then but im soon 15...They said i could go when im 15 and nwo there saying no im to young...they said wait till im 18 and they always pull out the "well ive never went overseas when i was young!" it annoys me so much! And my mum has been saying for 6 months now the will go to thailand this year...and now she says we might not even go anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im so angry.....how can i make them relise that im mature unuth to go overseas..i just want to see a different country and traditions and ways of life and schools they just dont want to listen! and have any of you ever been overseas as a international student?

Answer 1

Your parents more than likely have their reasons for saying no,and might not feel comfortable telling you those reasons.

Have you been approved to be able to go on any exchange programmes.

My daughter who's 16 just got approved to go on an exchange programme.She had to be interviewed,show her report cards from the last 3 years,and letters from her teachers stating what she was like as a student.

I am still unsure whether to allow her to go or not.

Alot of it has to do with the cost,as the countries that she has nominated to go to are very expensive.In reality I would need around $13,000 Australian dollars,and I have my other reasons which I don't feel to comfortable telling her about at this precise moment..

I suggest that if this is what you really want to do,talk to your parents again,see if you can get approved to go on an exchange programme,if you do get approved,get a job after school and save as much as you can,that way your parents will see that you are serious about wanting to go on an exchange programme.

Answer 2

your parents might have their own reasons that did not allow you to go oversea. as you can see many young people always pursue their dream but they can not. many reasons came up into their thought and they finally frustracted in the end. I think you have to find some good reasons and find out some people who could advice you as to reference what you will get to join the international student exchange.