I have time tonight, so I thought "Why not?" I have been thinking about making a post about frequently asked questions I (and I am sure other future exchangers) get asked a lot. So here goes.
Q: Do you even speak Italian?
A: Well obviously I am not fluent, but I know some and I learn more almost everyday.
Q: Won't you miss your family?!
A: Of course I will! But I have been away from home countless times for weeks at a time and when I go abroad, I will hopefully get a host family that becomes like my other family.
Q: So you'll go to a school where they speak Italian?
A: Lol yes...
Q: Do you know where you'll be living/Do you have a host family?
A: HA. I wish. That seems like years away. (Probably a couple months away but still.)
Q: So you don't even know where you're gonna be living yet?
A: (A lot of these questions get annoying -_-) Nope.
*This one my mom wanted me to put up here
Q: How can you let your child leave you like that for so long? She's so young.
A: This is her dream that she has pursued and planned for without hesitation, how could I not let her go?
Q: Why are you doing this..? (people think I'm crazy and don't understand)
A: To become fluent in a new language, I have always wanted to travel, to gain a cultural perspective, to gain friends and a new family, and it's the experience of a lifetime, I would be crazy to turn it down...
Q: Did you hear about that Amanda Knox thing?! You could end up like her...
A: *laughs* I don't think so...xD
I can't think of anything else right now but I'll add more when I think of it. So there you have it.
I've been asked literally EVERY SINGLE one of those questions, and I agree, the whole "you don't know where you'll be living?!" thing is REALLY annoying. another one that gets on my nerves:
ReplyDelete"Why would you even want to do that... it's like, a waste of your High-school years."
!!! (urg) people just don't get it do they...?
Haha yeah someone get it! Ugh yes! It's like "Yeah I would totally rather sit around in the same old town I have been in since birth and not expand my horizons at all...-_-" Apparently they don't. xD
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