This post will be short.
I am not going to North Dakota cause the principal of Carrington High School only accepts exchange students for six months.
I really want this experience to start as soon as possible.
I'm sad, I haven't a host family. Seeing the other exchange students speaking about their american families makes me jealous.
These days sucked, i just want to forget them. Hope the situation will improve.
America, I have been dreaming of you for a lot of time.
I immagined to live in your big cities, to breath against the glass of a yellow taxi in NYC, to walk in the woods of Arkansas, to surf in California, to meet your people...
My dream is about to come true. If I had two wings i would fly, now. But I don't.
All I can do is waiting and make this summer the best ever. I didn't start in the correct way but it doesn't matter. I will forget what happened in these days and I'll go on.
I'm waiting for ya, host family
I'm wanting for ya, placement
Let me fly
-Andrew
Summertime sadness? no... don't worry, be happy
Il vero viaggio di scoperta non consiste nel cercare nuove terre, ma nell’avere nuovi occhi.
New York
giovedì 25 giugno 2015
martedì 16 giugno 2015
Sessione tattica: SUMMER 2015
Okay guys, summer has officially begun and I couldn't be happier than I am. I don't know the reason why I am writing this post in English, I'm just doing it. When, in two years, I read this post, I'll think "oh my gosh, my English was so terrible and now i am bilingual!".
I think I'll remember this summer for a lot of time; something tells me that these two months, before my departure, are gonna be amazing.
School is out, I am free. I'm free from studying everyday and I finally can enjoy my days with my freinds. They are the best to be with and I'm gonna miss 'em too much!
In two days i will be going to the sea with my mommy... my first day at the sea of this summer.
My american life, my new life is about to start. That's so odd. I am not able to realize that in some weeks I'll leave all persons I know to go to a place where i will have to do my best to make friends and try to become a part of my new family (I don't have a fucking host family yet, I know).
Two days ago I was speaking with a friend of mine and I understood that not everyone can be exchange students, that an exchange student is someone who cannot live without exploring, comparing, learning about other cultures, changing...
My friend said I am very brave and that he would have liked to make this experience but he couldn't resist without his family and friends for a so long time.
"Yes, I'am sure i will make an expereince like this" he told me, "But not now. Now I don't wanna waste my adolescence".
In my opinion exchange students don't waste their time, they just leave open their life to live, for one year, another life. This new life will be full of obstacles but it will make you grow up, it will make you a world citizen.
We could be exchange students at university, yes... but is it the same thing? Living in a host family is totally different! you won't take the schoolbus at university, you won't cook the dinner with your host dad and you won't go to the football matches of your high school.
University... I am sure that i will do my best to get another scholarship to attend the college abroad.
I'd like to go to Japan or maybe to Sweden.
My life's goal is travelling so... what am i waiting for?
This post is certainly full of mistakes but I don't care. I'll write another post as soon as I have some news, or just when I feel the need to write.
Am I gonna waste my time? No, I'm gonna broaden my horizons...
I think I'll remember this summer for a lot of time; something tells me that these two months, before my departure, are gonna be amazing.
School is out, I am free. I'm free from studying everyday and I finally can enjoy my days with my freinds. They are the best to be with and I'm gonna miss 'em too much!
In two days i will be going to the sea with my mommy... my first day at the sea of this summer.
My american life, my new life is about to start. That's so odd. I am not able to realize that in some weeks I'll leave all persons I know to go to a place where i will have to do my best to make friends and try to become a part of my new family (I don't have a fucking host family yet, I know).
Two days ago I was speaking with a friend of mine and I understood that not everyone can be exchange students, that an exchange student is someone who cannot live without exploring, comparing, learning about other cultures, changing...
My friend said I am very brave and that he would have liked to make this experience but he couldn't resist without his family and friends for a so long time.
"Yes, I'am sure i will make an expereince like this" he told me, "But not now. Now I don't wanna waste my adolescence".
In my opinion exchange students don't waste their time, they just leave open their life to live, for one year, another life. This new life will be full of obstacles but it will make you grow up, it will make you a world citizen.
We could be exchange students at university, yes... but is it the same thing? Living in a host family is totally different! you won't take the schoolbus at university, you won't cook the dinner with your host dad and you won't go to the football matches of your high school.
University... I am sure that i will do my best to get another scholarship to attend the college abroad.
I'd like to go to Japan or maybe to Sweden.
My life's goal is travelling so... what am i waiting for?
This post is certainly full of mistakes but I don't care. I'll write another post as soon as I have some news, or just when I feel the need to write.
Am I gonna waste my time? No, I'm gonna broaden my horizons...
Let summer 2015 begin
-Andrea
lunedì 8 giugno 2015
Let's wait...
Non posso davvero crederci. Domani è il 9 Giugno, l'ultimo giorno di scuola. L'estate è iniziata e non ho intenzione di sprecarne nemmeno un giorno. Non so cosa mi aspetterà negli Stati Uniti perciò voglio solo godermi questi ultimi mesi in Puglia con i miei amici tra mare, uscite e divertimento. Non sono l'unico che se ne andrà; c'è chi se ne tornerà in Giappone, chi partirà per l'università e chi intraprenderà strade che, in un modo o nell'altro, lo porteranno ad allontanarsi.
Ma le cose vano sempre così. Amici che vanno e amici che vengono. Per fortuna che ci sono gli amici che rimangono.
Per quanto riguarda il placement... beh, sono sicuro che lo riceverò poco prima di partire. Sono sicuro che dovrò fare le valigie in fretta e furia e lasciare l'Italia da un momento all'altro. Non mi dispiacerebbe a dire il vero, renderebbe il tutto più eccitante.
Mi trovo in un periodo nel quale tutto ciò che mi interessa è partire, mollare tutto e partire. Non importa se per l'Alabama o l'Alaska. Mettetemi su un aereo e sarò felice.
Riparlando con la coordinatrice dell'Arkansas è venuto fuori che le famiglie disposte ad ospitare sono davvero poche. Forse dovrò seguire la mia vecchia hostfamily in North Dakota. Ho visto su Google Maps il paesino nel quale si sono trasferiti: Carrington (e non Jamestown come avevo scritto in un post precedente); è davvero carino, proprio come uno di quei posti che si vedono nei film e che ti fanno pensare ai tipici paesini americani.
Se fino a poco tempo fa ero attaccato al computer per contattare coordinatori locali da tutti gli angoli degli USA, cercare una famiglia e tartassare la local cordinator dell'Arkansas, ora le cose sono cambiate. Tutto ciò che farò fino al momento della partenza sarà godermi quanto più possibile l'estate italiana, guardare film in inglese, mangiare come un porco e aspettare notizie dall'America. Le notizie arriveranno da sole, non devo morbosamente cercarle io.
-Andrea
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