Mariam+N.

This page will be for Mariam N. and Laura M. to have discussions.
 * __Topic One: Introduction Letter__**

Dear e-pal,

My name is Mariam N. I live in San Diego California. I am from Lebanon. It is fairly close to Italy. I am 14 year old. I am very excited to meet you. I have 3 little brothers. Do you have any siblings? My hobbies are playing soccer or how you guys say it Footbol. What kind of sports do you play? I also like to hangout with my friends and go to the movies. My favorite movie is The Note Book I like this movie because it is very funny and romantic. I also like action movies like I Robot. What are your favorite movies? My favorite actor is Will Smith because he is very funny and I think he is cute!!! Who is your favorite actor or actress? Well it has been very cold over here in San Diego, how is the weather over there? I’m not really a big fan of school but my favorite class is Physics. I am taking six different classes. They are Physical Education, Physics, Geometry, Spanish Language, Public Speaking, and English Language. What is your favorite class? And what are all your classes?

The way I get to school is my father drives my every day it takes about 20 minutes because we live very far away. How far away do you live away from your school?

How do you get to school? I just want to know because a lot of people here take the bus or their parent dive them, nobody rides there bike. But my family and I are moving closer to the school so my little brother can walk to his school. He goes to Lewis Middle School. My mother will start driving me to school instead because we will only live 5 minute away from my school. Write back soon Mariam N.

Hi Mariam!! My name is Laura and I’m a 17-year-old girl; I live in Gazzaniga, a small town near Bergamo, in the north of Italy, but the school that I’m attending isn’t in my town: I usually go to school by bus from 8:10 am to 12:50 am than I’ve lunch with my mother at 2:00 o’ clock. In the afternoon I do my homework and in my spare time I like to go running or to go at the gym. I’ve played volleyball for six year until last year. On Saturdays night I often go out with my friends and we like go clubbing, but every Saturday afternoon I help my father at work: my parents have a bar and sometimes I work there also the evening. I’ve got a brother younger than me: his name is Cosma and he’s 9 years old. I like animals very much [more than my brother… ;-)] and actually I’ve got 2 cats, 1 dog and 6 chickens but my family has got an house at the mountain and we’ve had also ponies, sheeps and goats. In summer I stay in the mountain, but I also go to the sea with my uncle and my aunt (usually for two weeks); last summer I went for the first time in England and probably I’ll go there also the next august! I like very much listening to the music…I like all the types of music but generally I listen “house music”; there are some singers that I particularly like for example Robbie Williams, the Muse, Anastacia, and some Italian singers like Ligabue. My favourite food it’s pizza, but I eat everything my grandmother cooks!! I really hope that you’ll make friends with me! Please, tell me something about you and your life in St. Diego!! If I have made any mistakes, could you tell me how to say them better? Bye-bye! Laura

Dear Laura I think it’s really cool that your parents own a bar. My teacher said our topic to talk about is discrimination. I myself have been discriminated against because I am a Muslim. For a few years after the tragedy happened in New York, about the twin towers being hit with the airplanes, my mother and I had been given dirty looks and called bad names. One time when my mother was working as a nurse one of her patients gave her a book called Why I am Not Muslim. My mother was very upset but she just took the book and said thank you so she doesn’t make the situation worse. I always wondered if there was any other discrimination in other countries so maybe you can tell me about your country and how different people are treated.

Mariam