secon part of my daugther letter for her family host, if some one may help us... My favorite sport is swimming (not in a club, but independently). I swim in the municipal pool two hours a week. I also practice running one half an hour per week. I am passionate about singing. I was part of the choir of my college last year, we did a concert in a concert hall near my school. This year, we tried to found a band with two friends putting posters in my high school. Lack of candidates, we use to sing all three together regularly. The drawing (not in a club) is also one of my interests. I draw whenever I have free time. I am subscribed to National Geographic magazine, I get it every month. Finally, I like to do researches and to write (articles, various stories) outside of school. I love family activities. Among others, I like making cycle rides, attending plays and musicals, and I love to travel (I have been several times in Italy, once in Sweden, once in London and once in New York City). I enrolled in a AFS program first to deepen my level in English and return back bilingual. Indeed, after graduating, I aim to integrate a double law degree french/ English law, or french/American law. To reach my goals, I need an excellent English level, so a summer stay abroad is ideal. Furthermore, I would immerse myself fully in the life of a (an) Australian or a New Zealander. Being in a host family and share their daily would be the best way to know a culture, a country and thus expand my general knowledge and my openness. This would be an opportunity for me to get out of the family environment for a long time and therefore to learn to adapt. I can bring my French culture share about our lifestyle and our habits. I hope to help my host family in everyday life. Finally, I would like to create solid links with the family and with students of the high school that I will be attending.

A letter from my dauther to his potential host family in Australia Part 1: if someone can help her to control My friends say they love my zest of live and my enthusiasm. According to my family, I am very openminded: I solve my problems by sharing with others. They also say I have a good stress management. I will let me overwhelmed by emotion, I will seek advice and work to deal with my problems without blocking me. . My calm temperament and my maturity are according to them qualities that I also own. My relationship with my family and friends are based on dialogue. We are used to help each other. Usually, I look for advice from my parents in terms of studies (work at school) and of social relationship (family, friends...). As a big sister, my main role in the family is to support my little brother and to advice him when he needs it. Excluding family context, I often have the role of « psychologist ». In my ring of friends, they often confide in me because I am tolerant and I don't judge them. I like to comfort people and offer them my moral support if I'm able to. At work, in a group, i am the person who seeks advice and services to adults because i'm not afraid to be honest. Moreover, I like to organize, make travel and particular events plans. This year, I took the train with friends to go to my grandparents to spend one week. I organized everything with the help of my parents. I also went to New York City with my mother and my brother, and made the touristic schedule of every day. For me, the two most important things are: the well being of my surroundings, and the work (I would like to succeed in my studies). Later, I would like to be a lawyer or jurist in international business law. The type of situation that frustrates me the most and is the most difficult for me is to be on bad terms or argue with someone, because I like to keep my friends and share instead of conflict with . It is also difficult for me to see people suffer.

I change my car I'm lucky, my boss pay for my car My last one was a Citroën named C4 Picasso It was a big car, not like the car you have in USA for exemple, but a big one. After 4 year I have to change, it's my contract. My company because of the crisis decided to reduce the amont they pay for the cars. And unfortunatly my car reach four years old just in this time. Untill I order my new car I can rent one. In the begining I rented a Wolkwagen Golf which is litle (I have two children). I made a deal with the renter who allow me to change for a Wolkwagen Caddy which is bigger. So now, I still rent a car until my boss become very angry. But I know that : I'm luky because cars are expensive Cars are not that important. We better change now our way of considering cars before the end of the cheap fuel.

Where i'm living I live in Longueil Sainte Marie in France This little town is not far from Compiegne and at 50 miles from Paris. Compiegne is a town with 40 000 habitants. It's a town with a great history. There is a Napoleon castel and older historicals référenences. For exemple it's the place where English army take Jeanne D'arc in 1430. Living there alow me to work in Paris; It takes me a little bit more than one hour to go there using my car or the train. It's an equilibrium between living not far from a big city and living in the countryside.