I was an exchange student. How do you know what is a dream if you never accomplished one? How do you know what is an adventure if you never took part in one? How do you know what is anguish if you never said goodbye to your family and friends with your eyes full of tears? How do you know what is being desperate, if you never arrived in a place alone and could not understand a word of what everyone else was saying? How do you know what is diversity if you never lived under the same roof with people from all over the world? How do you know what is tolerance, if you never had to get used to something different even if you didn’t like it. How do you know what is autonomy, if you never had the chance to decide something by yourself? How do you know what it means to grow up, if you never stopped being a child to start a new course? How do you know what is to be helpless, if you never wanted to hug someone and had a computer screen to prevent you from doing it? How do you know what is distance, if you never, looking at a map, said “I am so far away”? How do you know what is a language, if you never had to learn one to make friends? How do you know what is patriotism, if you never shouted “ I love my country” holding a flag in your hands? How do you know what is the true reality, if you never had the chance to see a lot of them to make one. How do you know what is an opportunity, if you never caught one? How do you know what is pride, if you never experienced it for yourself at realizing how much you have accomplished? How do you know what is to seize the day, if you never saw the time running so fast? How do you know what is a friend, if the circumstances never showed you the true ones. How do you know what is a family, if you never had one that supported you unconditionally? How do you know what are borders, if you never crossed yours, to see what there was on the other side? How do you know what is imagination, if you never thought about the moment when you would go back home? How do you know the world, if you have never been an exchange student?

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lunedì 25 ottobre 2010

Dossier

Ho ricevuto finalmente il Dossier!! Peccato per il fatto che metta paura solo a vederlo!! credevo che compilarlo fosse una passeggiata, e invece dovrò mettermi d'impegno x non perdere tutte quelle carte.. Beh, di certo non saranno un paio di scartoffie a fermarmi!!! Non vedo l'ora di iniziare a compilarlo..intanto comincio ad abbozzare qualcosa per la lettera all'host family..

Ehi, l' 8 novembre si avvicina!!!

Write You Soon,
                                 Paola

4 commenti:

  1. Ah, ma allora il famigerato dossier arriva PRIMA delle selezioni anche se tu non vieni preso. Svelato l'arcano! Credo che mi arriverà tra una settimana allora, visto che mi succede tutto ESATTAMENTE una settimana dopo di te (:
    Lettera per l'host family, ommioddio, sarò nel panico. Alla fine è in base a quella che ci scelgono ç__ç brrr, incute terrore dirlo. :D
    Un bacione
    Marta <3

    PS: grazie per l'ennesimo commento sul blog, mi fa piacere che continui a leggerlo (:

    RispondiElimina
  2. hehe!! a me è arrivato prima, ma a molti è arrivato dopo! Ti assicuro che quando inizi a scrivere non riuscirai + a trattenerti..il problema è che hai un tot di righe e guai superarle!! Figurati è un piacere leggere il tuo blog!! Contarccambio, visto che anche tu segui sempre il mio!! =)

    RispondiElimina
  3. Ciao! Per il momento mi piace molto il tuo blog. Spero anch'io l'anno prossimo di riuscire ad andare un anno all'estero...speriamo!

    RispondiElimina
  4. Grazie mille per i complimenti!

    RispondiElimina