hey
ich hab gerade mein student´s statement für ISKA verbessert ( ein brief an meine host family) und wäre echt dankbar wenn ihr mir dazu ein paar verbesserungsvorschläge machen könntet 
Dear Host Family,
I´m really glad you take your time to read my letter and give me the opportunity to introduce myself to you.
My name is Paula xx and I´m 15 years old. I am from Bavaria in Germany and I do really love my country. I live in a small village called xx, wich is located near xx. Here I live with my parents, my grandma and my older sister xx. My father xx is working in an office in xx and my mother xx is an elementary teacher which is really cool because she could always help me with my homework when I was younger. With my parents I get along quite well and we enjoy spending time together, for example going skiing in the winter or going to the cinema. My sister xx is just a little bit older than me and we are visiting the same school called „Ringeisen Gymnasium“. In general I have a really good relationship to her, except these little fights sisters always have. I enjoy spending time with her and I feel really sorry leaving her.
My Grandmother xx lives directly next to us and I love to visit her as often as possible and I´m not kidding by telling you that she can make the best food in the hole wide world.
In the household my job is it to look after our cat Frieda, to tidy up my room and to do the dishes. Looking after my cat is probably the best job anybody can have. She´s really cute and she loves sleeping and eating. I think that she likes me even if I´m not quite sure if she recognices who is feeding her.
Because I had contact to other cultures since I was a small kid I am really open-minded and curious for different languages and manners. My early contact to another country is caused by my lovely aunt who is living in France with her husband and her four children. My favourite subjects in school are English and French because learning languages is really fascinating and I adore how these languages sound and how you can communicate with other people all around the world so easily. After five years of practice I want to use my english now and I hope you will help me improve it by speaking as much and as fast as possible 
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I have a lot of things I like to do and a few of them are playing the guitar, unicycling, singing ,skiing and snowboarding and I am always curious to learn new things. Maybe we could play and sing together when I come to America.
In my freetime I´m really dedicated in my village. I´m a servant in the church and I like helping at events for example the small market which is always around christmas here in xx.
When I come over to America I would really enjoy getting to know you and maybe visit some cool stuff like the biggest beer in the world, a big city or just the best café in the area. I think we will find alot of things we both like to do.
Why I chose the United States is probably because I was always interested in this big country so far away and in the high schools with so many different possibilitys and no open wishes. But I think the most important reason is that I want to get to know the muli-cultural people in America and the way they live.
When I return from my high school year I want to finish school and I would love to study but I´m not quite sure what , maybe english, acting or I will just go another year in a foreign country.
I would be really grateful and happy if you would decide to choose me and let me be a part of your family for a while. I know it will be a big challenge for both sides, but I´d love to try my best to make it a wonderful year.
I can´t wait to get to know you,
lots of love from germany,
paula
