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The first thing that
when you think about the States may well be fat people and greasy food. I quickly learned that there was a lot more to the country.
When I found out I had been accepted for an exchange student in the US, I was so excited that I had to
to jump up and down in the bathroom for a bit. I found out that I was going to move to Virginia - wherever that was - and that my host family would
a dad, a mom, two sisters and several pets and farm animals.
I went to Amherst County High School in Virginia, a state that
on the Atlantic Coast of the United States. ACHS was a small school
meaning that there were only 1,358 students... That was a 1,000 students too many for me! You couldn't walk down the locker-lined halls without bumping into someone in the huge school building. It took me a while to adjust my attitude and find a way
Rules and discipline sometimes felt funny and strange to a Finn like me. You could easily get
for using
language or breaking the dress code. The dress code was the hardest for me because I wasn't used to covering my shoulders up every single day. It seemed to me like such a
rule and at the beginning I hated it. Eventually I realized that I had no choice and I
grudgingly.
School food wasn't the best. It was often unhealthy and salads were
Luckily my host mom was a great cook and often
making us salads. We all sat down for a family dinner every single day.
There's a lot more small talk about every day things than in Finland. Topics
weather TO pets and hobbies. Just say hello to a stranger and start talking, it's as simple as that.
All in all, the exchange year had its
but I'm
myself for doing it. I got a lot of new friends and experiences, which I'm really
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