Summer Work and Travel program is known to be a versatile program for university students. Through this program, students have the opportunity to work and improve their language skills in America for a summer, as well as to see and visit many different parts of the country.
However, this situation can also lead to the program being evaluated differently from its purpose and what it is, and it is very important to set your expectations correctly and realistically when enrolling in Work and Travel Program. For this reason, participating in the program by people who cannot adjust their expectations correctly can cause problems for themselves. We can give the following examples of these people and wrong expectations.
1. People who see the Work and Travel program as a big source of income and evaluate the purpose of the program as only making money.
2. Although this program contributes greatly to the participant’s improvement of English level, people who think of Work and Travel as a language school and have only the purpose of learning English can also have problems.
3. People who cannot keep up with the intense work pace and see the program as only a holiday or travel program.
4. Not only from Turkey, but students from many different countries participate in this program, so people who think they will have a lot of trouble adapting to different cultures.
5. People who think they may not handle some difficulties or procedures they encounter in daily life in America on their own and cannot take responsibility.