Dear family,
I'm N. and I'm 16. I live in a little city in northen Italy with my family. I have 3 brothers and a sister. I get on pretty well with my siblings especially with my sister, same thing with my parents, we don't argue often and we have a good relationship. I'm not an outgoing person, but I love meeting new people, I am also responsable and mature. I am curious and I like to learn new things, that's one of the principal motivation for this experience I want to do.
I attend a scientific high school with a specialization in sports, which combines a strong foundation in maths, physics and sciences with an emphasis on sports sciences, physical education and athletic training. We practice a lot of sports at school such as canoeing, swimming, rugby, athletics, volleyball and soccer. I am at the third year of high school and I still need 2 years to get a diploma, because here in Italy we have 5 years of elementary school, 3 of middle school and 5 of high school, after high school we can decide wether to continue studying and go to university, or stop studying and start working.
I choose this type of school because it gives me a nice foundation on scientific subjects and I am really into sports: I have been doing athletics since I was 5. I started so young because my older brother did it and I thought it was really cool. In the years I started to love this sport and now it is one of the most important things in my everyday life.
This sport takes a lot of time from my day, but when I'm free I like to go hiking in the mountains with my family or hang out with my friends. With my friends we either walk in the city center and maybe eat something together. Me and my family often go hiking in the mountains especially in the weekends because my mom has always loved walking and she transmitted this passion to us since we were little. I really like hiking because I love to see the beautiful nature landscapes.
One thing I love to do is travelling, we don't travel that much in the summer, but during other holidays. In my life I've been to: Malta, Spain, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Ireland, Finland, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Egypt. The last one was Egypt, we went to Sharm-el-Sheik and it was really unique, the landscapes, the sea and the coral reef, were beautiful.
In my typical day I wake up at 7 and I prepare myself to go to school, I arrive at school at 8 and I stay there till 2pm. I come back home and I have lunch with my parents and with my brother, after lunch I study for school or, when I don't have to, I hang out with my friends. At 5.30 I get dressed and I go to the track for practice, I train for 2-3 hours and I come back home. I train almost everyday, except for Tuesday and Sunday. A home I have dinner and I watch some tv, I do some stretching and I chat with my friends online.
At about 10.30 I go to bed and I get asleep at 23.
In my region we go to school from Monday to Friday so my weekends are a little different, I have meetings almost every week so I spend a lot of time on the track, I almost live there.
I hope I will enjoy my exchange year. I am sure I will never forget this experience and I will learn a lot of things as the different culture and habits. The U.S.A. is a completely new environment for me because I've never been there but I am sure it will be very interesting and beautiful. Even if far from home I will take with me a part of Italy and its traditions and I will try to share as much as I can with you.
Thank you for the attention,
looking forward to meeting you,
N.

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