Exchange students get taste of real America–and it ain’t pretty

Some foreign exchange students are learning the hard way what many of us Americans have known for a long time: that much of America is one big trailer park. “They came from around the world hoping to spend a high school year immersed in the culture and joys of America. Instead, five young foreign exchange students found themselves caught in a nightmare of neglect, malnourishment and abandonment by those supposed to protect them. Now those five — natives of countries stretching from Norway to Tanzania to Colombia — are back home telling friends of a different America than they expected…” Article here.