This is Michelle's entry
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My expectations for the exchange…

…First: My expectations are very great! Of course, it’s going to America, which isn’t only another country but another world. And nevertheless I’m excited to see if there are similarities to Germany. But I feel not only anticipation but also anxiety. I have to learn how to be more independent and of course I’m afraid to fail. But on the other hand I know that we have great support from our teachers and from each other. We will exchange be habits, live show and of course parts of our cultures. But what I’m the most excited about are the experiences we’ll make and the life with a foreign family in a foreign country. And we’re going to see how Halloween is celebrated properly!!

I hope and I’m sure that this is going to be a great month :)

There is nearaly one month left until we are going to fly to America for four weeks. I'm really excited and nervous, too. I don't know my host family jet, so I'm excited about how they are. Have they any pats, where do they life, will I have some brothers and sisters , ... . But I'm still afraid of beiing for four weeks in America. You see, it's another country , with other people and an other language. So I'm afraid about  not understand anyone or no one will understand me. Therefore I train my english a little bit by seeing English/Amarican films and read books in english and I hope it will help a little bit by reduce my excitement. Besides I often think about what I have to take along for the trip. But I hope we all have a good time there and enjoy everything when we are in America.

My first post...:-)

that's it...only 2 days left of summer vacation... + the weekend...

(now) everybody is preparing for the big trip!

We'll meet soon to fill in some forms...and to see how far you've come with your preparation.

Mr Denefleh is very busy preparing everything for you and I am learning a lot ;-)

As this is my first time of GAPP exchange I am really curious as well!

I am looking forward to see Ms Larson again and to get to know all the students and participants in the US!

You see...even teachers are preparing...;-)

How to prepare for the big trip?

I often think about what to do to prepare for our exchange.
At first it is important, that all the formalities are managed. But luckily for me Mr. Denefleh and Mrs. Humrich do manage most of that so I just have to fill in some slips of paper.
But what about the language? Will I understand all the Americans? And is my English good enough to comunicate?
I read all the material about America Mr. Denefleh gave us, but I don't feel well enough prepared.
I try my best to improve my English. I'm sure I will improve it in America, but I'd like to improve it before we are in America, too.
So what shall I do? I thought it would be best to read some books watch some movies in English. Therefore I startet to read Harry Potter in English. But if you've seen the movies a million times and read all the books in German it gets a little boring.
My mom wants me to prepare well, too. Therefore she bought me some books in English.
To be honest, I did not read them all. But I try my best to be prepared, so that I can enjoy my time in America.

Maybe you've got some great tips for me?

My expectations for the big trip

Ok, I think the most is said what I also wanted to write and in my opinion we all think about the same: the new experiences, which are waiting for us to discover. At first it will be new for me to sit in a plain for so a long time. And then we will meet our host family, see the school and the their students, the landscape in America and so on. These will be a lot of new things, too. When we come back, we have so much experienced and can tell about so many things; this is just incredible. And I am so excited, altough we first fly in about a month. 

we have been accepted as GAPP-Projektwettbewerb 2012 "Soziale Medien in Schulpartnerschaften"
which means all of us Germans and Americans will in one way or another have to contribute to the project. All Germans should continue writing about their expectations ( and ladies and gentlemen get to work; everyboda expects to learn about school, people and way of life; use your Gehirnschmalz, you can do more tahn that). Americans can add their expectations ( fears?) as well.
We will discuss later how to continue

What am I most excited for in America?

Summer vacations are nearly over and while we all are thinking about fundraisers and immunizations against tuberculosis time is passing very fast and there are only five weeks left until we will go to America. With every day I get a little bit more excited about our exchange in October. I think I am most excited to meet my host sister Jennifer and her family. We sent a lot of messages and we often skyped during vacations and with every message we discovered something new that we both have in common and I am sure we will have a great time. I want to experience how American families live their everyday life and I am so excited already to be part of one for four weeks.

Expectation

What I am most excited for? That's really hard to answer. Time just runs by, it feels like yesterday was the day I tried out for Gapp and now it's suddenly 26 August and there are only a few weeks left. I can't wait to be in America and at the same time I'm scared and nervous and don't want to go at all. And then I just think of all those things why I wanted to go there, like the school system, the people, the culture, the buildings, etc. We all have watched so many movies about America with the beautiful countryside and the nice people but we have no idea what it is like in reality. I think this is going to be the most interesting part, whether it turns out exactly how we wanted it to be.

My Expectations

It is a great feeling to know that we will stay in America in about one month but I already start being more and more nervous.

I think it will be a great time there and we will have a lot of fun with american people. Besides I hope that we can find new friends and maybe even friends for lifetime which would be fantastic.I want to experience the american way of life, especially the differences between our school systems and the gigantic buildings by myself. There is a lot more that I want to get to know but it is too much to write it in here. Finally there is to say that it is the biggest journey in my life but I am ready to visit Charles City. 

What I am most excited in? I think it is to much to put it in these text but here are some of them. I'm really excited in how the schoolsystem works and where the differences to the german schoolsystems are. I want to find out about the traditional way of life in America. Besides I hope I will find new friends and also stay in contact with them even when we are back in Germany. Then I want to see the skyscrapers, of which I always heard from people who already has been to America. There are much more expections but this were the most important ones.

 Every dream has a prize

 Maybe you know this slogan i took from the movie "Wall Street". Actually this just fits perfect for my activities now, while there is still vacation time and most of us including me got a job to earn some money . When i start to think about this journey iam really getting nervous, than just imagine you are miles and miles from home or with other words just on the other side of the world. Yeah to be honest it is my first visit in Amerika, but something call it my appreciation for exploration told me to go there and so i will. I just wish/hope that the europian economy is going to stabilize, so price for our money grows. So there is now only one thing to say : Charles City we will meet soon.

My thoughts about the exchange

Imagining that we will be in America in less than two month I get very excited and a little nervous.
I'm excited for all the people I will meet and I hope we'll have a lot of fun.
I never was so far away from home longer than two weeks, so that's something I am a little scared about. But I think all the things i will experience in America will let me forget that.
And even if the exchance is in October, I already think about what to put in my suitcase :D .
All in all, I am very happy that I got this opportunity to go to America for one month.