Chileans in Maine - First Impressions

The Chilean school, Colegio Padre Hurtado y Juanita de los Andes, also has a BLOG of the exchange. Here's the link: http://unaoneamerica.blogspot.com/

One of the chileans at McAuley, Cami, entered the following "first impressions" of her Exchange Experience. It's obvious how important these exchange trips are to young people today.


One week has just passed full of many new experiences without noticing it... I am going to start talking about the most important: My family. I can't be more grateful! They are 3: My sister Allyson (she is an 18 year old only child) and my parents Mike and Lynn who are very very very nice and sweet!! They are always very worried about me, if I need something, etc. And they are a lot of fun!
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They invent a thousand activities for me, they facilitate everything to me ... we have cooked (cookies, caramel apples, etc.), they have given me many presents, have taken me to many places ... etc. And I still have many things for doing, knowing, trying, learning ...!
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Well, at the end ... everything is new and incredible! I am very happy! They make me feel as part of their family... they are really incredible.
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Catherine McAuley high school is an incredible school!! For us everything is new: let's start talking about the schedule (one of the things that I am impressed) we have the same subjects every day, we don't have breaks (except for a long period to have lunch at 11 am.), the classes can be of 8 students and they are not necessarily the same age! This is because they are more personal and in this way they learn faster ... so it is very good!
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Each of us have different schedules, some have subjects such as mathematics and history ... and others have relaxing subjects like English, gym, art, theatre, etc. I like the fact that they have many possibilities of classes (they have to choose them), and the best thing is that to all these classes have the same importance ... You just have to see the classrooms! ... the room of art, theatre or the gym! They are incredible ..!.
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But the most important for me and what more pleases me of the school is the people, they are all very nice! They always have a smile in their face! They try to speak in spanish with you, etc.
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I'm very happy here, everything is incredible.
Publicado por Camila de Larraechea

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