Davy Lin from Taoyuan, Taiwan, walks to class at Grant-Deuel school in Revillo, South DakotaPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersA sign on the road outside the schoolPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersAmy Wang from Shenyang, China, and Tina Chuang from Pingtung, Taiwan, teach choreography to elementary school pupils. The exchange students spend one school year in the US and most become fully intergrated into American lifePhotograph: Jim Young/Reuters
Amy Wang fills helium balloons. Many of the exchange students have never celebrated western traditions such as Valentine's DayPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersAmy Wang shares a joke with her host, Barb Hoyles, and Muffin the dog while waiting for a ride to school in Marietta, South DakotaPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersChris Fabian from Brno, Czech Republic, plays a card game with a pre-schooler, Jesse SchneckPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersChris Fabian checks her locker between classes Photograph: Jim Young/ReutersJoy Cheng from Taipei, Taiwan, translates a student's name into Chinese charactersPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersJutarat Sawatpoon, from Thailand, boards a school bus outside her host family's home in Marietta, South DakotaPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersJutarat Sawatpoon walks through the halls to deliver balloons to studentsPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersKerry and Jon Wold pray before dinner with their exchange students, Hee-hyeon Han from South Korea and Davy Lin from Taiwan. Many of the students form close bonds with the parents in their host families, referring to them as mum and dadPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersJutarat Sawatpoon from Thailand (left) and Tina Chuang from Pingtung, Taiwan perform with a cheer team before the Grant-Deuel school girls' varsity basketball team play in Waverly, South DakotaPhotograph: Jim Young/ReutersTina Chuang from Pingtung, Taiwan, cuts out paper hearts to use for Valentine's Day presentsPhotograph: Jim Young/Reuters
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