pastakiddo
New member
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2015
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Italian
- Home Country
- Italy
- Current Location
- Italy
Dear host family and community,
I would like to thank you for being a volunteer family and for hosting me for the next 10 months. You reading this letter means so much for me: it is a dream becoming reality. I'm putting a lot of effort on writing this presentation because I know it is important for both you and me so I hope I will make the best presentation possible.
I am XXX XXX and I come from Italy. I'm a small city girl with a big passion for travelling and meeting new cultures. I am 16 years old and most of the closest people around me would describe me mainly as a curious, spontaneous and easy going person. From my curiosity I also developed a big interest in discovering new things and in getting educated in different topics; most of my friends like holding an exchange of opinions with me since they believe I have an open-minded point of view. Anyway I am a strong girl just on the outside, in fact, people who know me better, know also that I am very sensitive, emotional and unable to lie. At the same time, and it depends on the situations, I could be breezy and thoughtful. My relatives, classmates or even teachers are always describing me as a fun and cheerful girl, so it is somehow a pleasure to spend time with me. I am always looking forward to doing something new and productive even though I have a lazy character. If it was my mother writing this she would say that I am quiet messy (and that is reflected on my bedroom's chaos) but at the end, I often realise on my own that I should be tidier and more careful.
Talking about my mom, I should introduce you my family even at kilometres of distance. Starting with her, I must highlight the fact that she is from Croatia so part of my family lives away from me. Anyway, I get the chance to see my croatian relatives twice a year and thanks to this I am very bounded with my grandparents, my uncles and my cousins overseas. I have a good relationship with my parents and for me is easier, as an only child, to talk with them about school, my lifelong plans or just having small talks. Also, my parents spent a lot of time with me since I was a child so both of my parental figures are solid and, with that being said, I could describe our family as a normal and peaceful one even though we are not perfect either.
Back to me, I must say that as an active teenager I do a lot of thing in my spare time. As I said before I like discovering new places and things. I usually spend my sunny afternoons outside, taking a long walk in the city centre or in the countryside, going to a café, riding my bike or chilling in the park with my friends. I can't define myself as an "oudoorsy" nor as an "indoorsy" person since I enjoy staying at home too. In fact, whenever it's dull or rainy I like to read a good book all wrapped in my wool blanket while drinking a cup of tea or, even better, hot chocolate. When I feel quiet artistic I also try baking some cookies or cakes with my mum. Also, to make studying slightly funner, some of my classmates and I organise study session at the local library. Other than a student I am also an Italian Red Cross volunteer and since this Settember I am part of the "Young committee" of my hometown centre. Since this autumn I also enrolled in a Chinese course and a theatre course in English. So, as you may have realised, I really like learning new languages, whatever they are. Not only, when I feel particularly athletic I also go for a run or I do a spinning class at home. Nevertless I must say that my favourite sport is and it will always be volleyball because I have played it for about 9 years and it made me grow up emotionally.
Even though I do lots of things outside my school timetable I always manage time to study enough in order to maintain my high grades. I do care about my grades but sometimes it is hard to do all my "study tasks". I am not a genius and neither someone who can spend their whole afternoon studying but I enjoy most of my classes at school especially latin, greek and english. I am not very good at chemistry but I'm starting to like maths more this year. In my free time I also like reading newspapers or news magazines and I much appreciate the fact that our school is the one that encourages us to do so. I am attending a humanities high school but in the future I would like to persue a career in the Science field: in Economics or Global Development.
I could keep talking for pages and pages but I don't want to bore you and I cant't actually wait to see you and tell you about myself face to face! So again, a big thank you for your kindness and huge hospitality. I am looking forward to being part of your culture and learn as much as possible from this incredible experience.
Best wishes,
XXX XXX.
I would like to thank you for being a volunteer family and for hosting me for the next 10 months. You reading this letter means so much for me: it is a dream becoming reality. I'm putting a lot of effort on writing this presentation because I know it is important for both you and me so I hope I will make the best presentation possible.
I am XXX XXX and I come from Italy. I'm a small city girl with a big passion for travelling and meeting new cultures. I am 16 years old and most of the closest people around me would describe me mainly as a curious, spontaneous and easy going person. From my curiosity I also developed a big interest in discovering new things and in getting educated in different topics; most of my friends like holding an exchange of opinions with me since they believe I have an open-minded point of view. Anyway I am a strong girl just on the outside, in fact, people who know me better, know also that I am very sensitive, emotional and unable to lie. At the same time, and it depends on the situations, I could be breezy and thoughtful. My relatives, classmates or even teachers are always describing me as a fun and cheerful girl, so it is somehow a pleasure to spend time with me. I am always looking forward to doing something new and productive even though I have a lazy character. If it was my mother writing this she would say that I am quiet messy (and that is reflected on my bedroom's chaos) but at the end, I often realise on my own that I should be tidier and more careful.
Talking about my mom, I should introduce you my family even at kilometres of distance. Starting with her, I must highlight the fact that she is from Croatia so part of my family lives away from me. Anyway, I get the chance to see my croatian relatives twice a year and thanks to this I am very bounded with my grandparents, my uncles and my cousins overseas. I have a good relationship with my parents and for me is easier, as an only child, to talk with them about school, my lifelong plans or just having small talks. Also, my parents spent a lot of time with me since I was a child so both of my parental figures are solid and, with that being said, I could describe our family as a normal and peaceful one even though we are not perfect either.
Back to me, I must say that as an active teenager I do a lot of thing in my spare time. As I said before I like discovering new places and things. I usually spend my sunny afternoons outside, taking a long walk in the city centre or in the countryside, going to a café, riding my bike or chilling in the park with my friends. I can't define myself as an "oudoorsy" nor as an "indoorsy" person since I enjoy staying at home too. In fact, whenever it's dull or rainy I like to read a good book all wrapped in my wool blanket while drinking a cup of tea or, even better, hot chocolate. When I feel quiet artistic I also try baking some cookies or cakes with my mum. Also, to make studying slightly funner, some of my classmates and I organise study session at the local library. Other than a student I am also an Italian Red Cross volunteer and since this Settember I am part of the "Young committee" of my hometown centre. Since this autumn I also enrolled in a Chinese course and a theatre course in English. So, as you may have realised, I really like learning new languages, whatever they are. Not only, when I feel particularly athletic I also go for a run or I do a spinning class at home. Nevertless I must say that my favourite sport is and it will always be volleyball because I have played it for about 9 years and it made me grow up emotionally.
Even though I do lots of things outside my school timetable I always manage time to study enough in order to maintain my high grades. I do care about my grades but sometimes it is hard to do all my "study tasks". I am not a genius and neither someone who can spend their whole afternoon studying but I enjoy most of my classes at school especially latin, greek and english. I am not very good at chemistry but I'm starting to like maths more this year. In my free time I also like reading newspapers or news magazines and I much appreciate the fact that our school is the one that encourages us to do so. I am attending a humanities high school but in the future I would like to persue a career in the Science field: in Economics or Global Development.
I could keep talking for pages and pages but I don't want to bore you and I cant't actually wait to see you and tell you about myself face to face! So again, a big thank you for your kindness and huge hospitality. I am looking forward to being part of your culture and learn as much as possible from this incredible experience.
Best wishes,
XXX XXX.
