In 2009/2010 I spent a year abroad in China.
Being a teenager is never easy, neither it is if you are 10 thousand miles away from home.
But somehow I managed to survive. In end end I was stronger, I was more self-confident, I was ready to rock the world. Thanks to the hard times I've been through and all those problems that a normal teenager doesn't deal with, I grew up with a wider vision of the world, aware of the dozens of different cultures and languages spread everywhere. Al worth to be known, all worth to be understood and appreciated.
Without China, I wouldn't be studying International Relations, I wouldn't be in Leeds, I probably wouldn't be a university student either. I'd be a completely different person.
So thanks China, If I am what I am is because of you.
For who knows and is able to read italian, I wrote a blog about my experience and about China seen from the inside. As an AFSer I didn't just lived there, I lived in a chinese family and I was part of it. I studied in a chinese high school and I hanged out with chinese mates. I truly had been in China for one year.
For those who cannot read italian, there's a google translation option on the left!
AFS Italy and AFS websites. Just in case you're either a teenager that would like to go abroad as well, or the greatest parents ever.
AFS - American Field Service
Living and studying abroad will prepare you for life in ways that no other experience can. You’ll learn more, gain more, and grow more than you thought possible. You'll make lifelong friends, wherever your life takes you. Friends that shares your vision, your experience, friends that you thought weren't existing. That is one way you support the AFS Mission of creating a world of understanding and peace.
AFS works toward a more just and peaceful world by providing international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals, families, schools, and communities through a global volunteer partnership.
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Living and studying abroad will prepare you for life in ways that no other experience can. You’ll learn more, gain more, and grow more than you thought possible. You'll make lifelong friends, wherever your life takes you. Friends that shares your vision, your experience, friends that you thought weren't existing. That is one way you support the AFS Mission of creating a world of understanding and peace.
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