Italian HS Exchange Student - Ana

Mar 28 - Ana is a very poised, bright, and affable young lady. She presented an overview of Italy which included geography, politics, culture, family values, and food. She explained that there was more to Italy than the Mafia, Pizza, Rome, and Pisa. In fact,Italy is divided into 20 regions and has a population of over 60 million and contains 14 volcanoes - 3 of them active; Mount Blanc is the highest mountain. Amazingly it contains over 70% of the world's art and architecture. Ana lives in Lecco, a town near Lake Como in northern Italy and she showed us pictures of her family and home. When asked, she compared life in Italy to life in the U.S. She finds our high schools much easier than her school in Italy. All in all she has enjoyed this experience and is pleased that her language skills have improved to the degree that she can now think in English.