A Chat with Christain Ginevri

A Chat with Christain Ginevri

By Emerald Young

I had the opportunity to speak with a foreign exchange student, his name is Christian Ginevri. He's a seventeen year old senior here at Chapparal High School. Christian came to the United States all the way from Bologna, Italy. Christian is staying with the Schrants and he says he is very lucky to be there with them. I asked Christian what brings him to America and his reply was "to know about a new way of living and cultures, improve my English, play basketball and improve my skills, also because I would like to come back to The U.S after graduation to study in a college and play in a college team."

Christian started learning English at the age of six years old. In Italy they start learning the English language in the first year of school. When asked how school is different here than Italy his response was "the school compared to the Italian school is easier, but I have to study and speak only English so it's harder for now. We'll see later what's going to happen". Christian has not found any aspects of life here in America that he disapproves of yet. How do you like it here in the U.S? "It's awesome, everything is different here. The shops, the people and the school! It seems like everything is bigger."

Christian enjoys how people want to know everything about him. It makes him feel like the star of the school because everyone asks him questions. He is very excited and happy to be here. Christian has not got homesick yet but he does miss his little sister. I asked him if he was scared or nervous to come to the U.S and is answer was this "I didn't know anyone and I was scared to speak English in front of people or to speak a bad English.