Choosing a Student Exchange Program to Come to the US

Before listening to this podcast, I have heard about students exchange program to come to foreign country, but didn't knew all the details and differences between them. After listening to a podcast I find out about two programs. They are called Work and Travel USA and ASSE (the American Scandinavian Student Exchange).
These programs are for high school students. Work and Travel program offers to work for up to four months while exploring American life. Other program offers students live with a family and attend school for a year. There is opportunity to choose a way of spending time in USA.
Personally, I would like to choose student exchange program. In my opinion, for me would be too difficult to live and study in USA, because of my not perfect English knowledge and differences between cultures. On the other hand, to work and live individually in USA without family or any friends would be very hard, because it is said that money earned from work may not be enough to pay all of costs. That's why I would rather to go to European countries, nearer my own country.

Virginia Tech: 'As Strong a Place as It Has Always Been'

In English lecture we have listened to a podcast. It was new and interesting activity. When I was listening at first time it was difficult to understand all words because off a background noise in the classroom. But when I read an article I understood almost everything.
Whole USA was shell-shocked by Virginia Tech shooting, when Seung-Hui Cho, an English major in his final year of college, killed thirty-two people and after this took his own life. Virginia Tech is a public university that is known internationally. That is why I am amazed university officials were not acting more quickly to warn of the danger of a gunman. Maybe if students were warned, some of them would be alive today.
Seven percent of the students at Virginia Tech are international students. There are no evidence that foreign students are rejecting admission offers because of the tragedy. If I had applied to this university, I would have rejected my admission. No one is sure that this tragedy won't happen again.
In conclusion, I would like to say that there are unstable, disturbed individuals in every society. If they can get deadly weapons easily, then society would become a dangerous place. That is the situation in the USA now.