 I arrived here in Port Orange on August 9th and now I live here
with my host family, Mark, Eve, and their son Tyler. They also
have another son but he lives in Virginia and goes to college now. My first weeks
were so exciting for me. Everything was new and I had to learn that I have to
speak English all day long. But it was not too hard because my family is always
there for me and helps me with everything.
During the first weeks I went with my family to the beach,
visited my host father and host mother at work, and played volleyball with
my host brothers and their friends. The best thing what I did the first
weeks was the baseball game. I went with my host dad and other Rotarians to
a baseball game and I liked it. Then there came a man and told me that I
have to come with him and I went with him without knowing what happened and
then I was on the playing field and had to throw the ball to the pitcher. It
was awesome.
On August 18th school started. My first day at an American
High School. I was so excited. The first day in school was not really easy
because I was really alone and had no friends and I didn’t understand the
teachers. And of course I ate lunch alone. The good thing was that I got off
the rest of the week because of the tropical storm.
At the next weekend was the first inbound orientation. And
I think I can also say it was the best weekend I had since I’ve been here. I
met a lot of people from all over the world. And I loved it because I knew
that they have the same problems and that gave me a better feeling. We had
so much fun and talked a lot and that was the first time where I forgot some
German words. The best thing was that I made a lot of new friends from all
over the world and I’m sure I’ll never forget them in my life. The whole
weekend helped me a lot for my time in this year.
After this weekend I had to go to school again and the
first days were like my first day in high school, but then the next days I
made a friend - it’s a boy and he knows my problems because he moved to
Florida 3 years ago without speaking English so he had the same problems
with school and making friends. And now we do our homework together and help
each other and everything like that. That was the first friend I made but
now I’ve more friends because I play tennis everyday and there are some
really nice girls and I meet them sometimes. And I’ve other friends in my
classes they are really nice.
I told you that I play tennis in school and I’ve already
played my first tournament in Florida and it was good. I won singles and
doubles with my friend.
I think that is everything what I did special the last
weeks.
About my school I can just say I like it so far because
sport is really important in schools and I like that. My school (Spruce
Creek High School…best school;-) ) starts at 7.30 and finish at 2.45 but I
play tennis after school so I’m home at 4 or 5.
About my family I can just say they are really nice and
help me a lot with all my problems and I can talk to them whenever I want. I
think I’ll have a really good year with a lot of experiences.
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Thanks to all the people who made this year possible
to me. Thanks to you, I’ll have the best year in my life. |
At the beach |
With my host dad |
Me with a baseball |
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Jorina Franke
