Dear family, I am happy to be able to write to you to introduce myself . My name is F. and I have a sunny disposition . I am a person who always helps others , especially friends , in times of need . I am a very mature person and this aspect of mine is also helped by the fact that I live in a boarding school because I live far from school . I am also a very kind person and I always try to make everyone feel good . My family is very close and we are : me , my mother , my father , my sister and we have two animals , a dog and a cat. We often go on trips together and we try to spend enough time together , obviously giving each other our own space . In particular , now that my sister and I are older , we get along much better and we love each other very much . In my school , I like many subjects , but the best ones for me are history and literature because I like to know what happened in the past and at the same time learn new things and deepen my knowledge . In Italy at school we have a class for various groups of students usually maximum of twenty-four and the teachers of the various subjects go from class to class to explain. In my class there are fourteen of us and since we are so few we know each other very well and we all get along well. We have two fifteen-minute breaks in which we can go out into the school garden and eat a snack or go and talk to friends from other classes. Furthermore in Italy there are both written and oral tests. In my free time I have several hobbies that I like . I like reading , going out with friends and going to the gym which is an activity that I really like to do to keep myself fit . I also really like watching basketball games especially NBA games , in fact one of my big dreams would be to go and see a game live . A typical day for me starts in the morning when the bell rings in the boarding school to wake us up . Afterwards I go to have breakfast with all my friends and then get ready for school . I leave school at 2 pm and at 2:30 pm I have lunch . After lunch I usually do my homework and then either go to the gym or go out with my friends and come back for dinner . After dinner I usually watch a movie to relax and then go to sleep . On the weekend instead, since I don't have school I go home and get up later around 8/9 a.m. I have breakfast with my family and then I go to my room . Then I relax and if I have homework I do it. Sometimes in the morning I go jogging with my mother . At lunch we are all together again and then I go out with my friends to come back home for dinner. After dinner I stay with my family and usually we watch a movie or do something together like play cards . I wanted to thank you for choosing me as your exchange student . I can't wait to live this experience that I have always dreamed of doing and to get to know your culture , ways of living and learn English as best as possible. I am sure that this experience will be magnificent especially thanks to you and I hope to live every moment to the fullest .