It is 2019, and I am 21. In 20 years, I will be 41, crazy!
On this same day in 20 years, my son and I will be choosing the subjects he will take for his final exams. He will already have a year behind him spent in America through the Flex program. Will he go to America through the Work and Travel USA program in college? I think he will decide for himself. And why specifically America? Maybe he will want to go to Europe.
It is worth thinking about whether the Work and Travel USA program will exist in 2039. With 100 percent certainty, yes.
Which destinations will be popular? With 100 percent certainty, America and China. But let's dream a little!
The most popular destination for the Work and Travel USA program is Russia. It hosts about several hundred thousand students every year. Going to Russia is the dream of the whole world; every schoolchild studies with the thought that when they become a student, they will have the opportunity to see Red Square, the Hermitage, and the Tretyakov Gallery. Everyone in the world is learning Russian, as it has become international. Being proficient in Russian is a huge plus on your resume; if you are a native speaker, you get hired abroad without an interview—such people are definitely needed by everyone.
Russia is becoming the place where all the world's minds flow. It is excellent soil for building a business; entrepreneurs from all over the world keep their assets in our country, as it is more reliable here than in their homeland.
What happened to IEC.Exchange? They made an incredibly creative, convenient, and awesome website (not Artemy Lebedev). More and more students dream of traveling to a different country every year and exchanging experiences with new people. Participants in such programs are treated loyally at the embassy, and 95% of visas are approved.
What is happening with the town I was in in 2019? Still a small population, J-1 Visa students everywhere, and our resort is the most desirable to visit in all of America; houses are booked 5 years in advance.
What is happening with Orel, my hometown? I opened a private school where instruction is conducted in English. They started building a subway, although back in 2035, but one station is already there, waiting for the second one—we will live well! By the way, the airport is already working; last weekend I flew to Kazan. Yes, yes, to those very friends I met in America. I don't handle flights as well as I did back in 2019. Age, you know.