There's a world of difference between visiting a country as a tourist and actually living there. S.C.C.E. students live with a carefully selected host family as a member of the family. They attend the local school and participate in school life with fellow students. One important element of a cultural exchange program is becoming an ambassador for Australia. People are curious to know more, not only about you, but also about your way of life in Australia.
Students come back home more confident, ready to become part of a changing global community.
The family is the oldest classroom in the world for cultural understanding and it is the centre of the exchange experience. This unique opportunity to live as a family member in another country only comes to young participants of exchange programs. This is one chance to gain lifelong friendships in another part of the world. Students gradually become an accepted member of the family unit, through observation and participation in the daily life of the family and the community. Understanding of cultural differences begins.