Going to America
was such an incredible experience and not only because I learnt a lot of
English but because I experienced another way of living. Everything is just so
different in so many ways. In my opinion, you can read as much as you want of a
culture, it will never be the same as having experienced it. You need to
experience America from the inside, I assure you that nothing will make you
feel more American than eating a huge burger at Culver’s or an All you can eat
breakfast at Denny’s. The month that I spent with my American family was one of
the best ones of my life. I had so much fun and that’s the thing you learn
English without noticing. I
treated my host family as my own, I love them so much! I remember spending
afternoons just chatting with my American parents or going to a grocery store
with my American mum, I loved going there. They are huge and they have everything! There must be at
least 10 kinds of chocolate ice-cream. My American brother and sister were the
best. My brother and I were
inseparable and there was nothing like singing Country music as loud as we
could in my sister’s car. I also made so many new friends, we did many things
together. We went camping (where
we got bit everywhere by mosquitoes); we also went to a theme park in which I
rode the biggest roller coaster and of course we ate so much junk food. I had I
blast! I miss them so much, I can’t wait to go back!
WASC EXPERIENCE
So many people have asked me what WASC is
like. There are no words to
describe what happens there, it’s almost magical. Even though it only lasts 5
days, you are bound with the people over there like you knew them for years. It’s kind of like a safe place where
you can open up. What I liked most was that we learnt a lot without realizing
it and were always having a lot of fun. We did a lot of activities that might
look silly at first, but helped us learn to respect everyone and make everyone
feel respected, how to work as a team and how to listen to each other’s ideas,
in other words, how to be a leader. WASC changes you, it gives you a different
perspective in life, it makes you want to be better. Going there was one of the
best things that could ever have happened to me. I made some of my very best friends over there. So I want to
thank all the people that make WASC as awesome as it is and I also want to
thank Mary Kay Maas for showing and encourage me to have gone there. WASC is an experience that I will
always remember.
