<p>@fromUSA2Russia </p>
<p>I have two brothers and one stepsister. I’m actually the oldest in my family. ( I’m a twin with my brother. Technically, I’m the oldest by one minute~ :)>- ) My younger brother is 13 but he’s really short so everyone thinks he is ten. Lastly, my little sister just turned 10 this August. When is your birthday? You are a freshman but I don’t know if you have an early birthday or if you are turning 15 right before we are supposed to leave. My birthday just passed, it was the 4th of November. </p>
<p>I don’t do any sports but I really enjoy soccer and I think I’m pretty good at it. I can’t do sports because I have a knee problem. My kneecap is extremely loose so usually three times a month my knee will pop out of it’s socket. It only hurts when it happens but at the ending of September I dislocated it really badly and was on crutches for a month. I’m off now and at physical therapy. I dislocated it when running because I joined cross country… Sadly I need to start sticking to my clubs. I love clubs and I’m in 4 at the moment. Every Wednesday my school has a late start so instead of starting at 8 in the morning we start at 9 in the morning. Between that extra time I go to sign language club. Sign language club is super cool and I love communicating with the deaf kids because they are the cutest/sweetest thing in the world. I also go to foreign language club. It is a lot different than I thought it was going to be. We really don’t talk about cultures or learn about other languages… really we just go out to a restaurant every two weeks but I guess it is better than nothing. I’m also in Drama but our winter play preparations haven’t started yet. Lastly, the club that basically describes me, speech team. I don’t know if you know what it is because you are home schooled and not a lot of schools have a speech team anyway… Speech team is a club where you get up before the sun on SATURDAYS and stay in a school until the sun sets and when you are there you recite speeches and act with no props or costumes. It doesn’t sound like much fun but it really is. I love it! My team is great and last Saturday we were the top school at out tournament and I placed second in my category for Info. ( I had to recite my own informative speech. Mine was on Bilingualism and how it affects our mental aging process. ) Also… :x the cute boys from the other school are quite a nice view B-) </p>
<p>My dad really wants me to go and he was the one that stayed up with me the night before the due date helping me review the application and all my essays. He thinks it is a great opportunity and he studied abroad in Japan in college so he’s like “Why Not!” my mom on the other hand, she’s really worried about me going, She still let me apply and I think if I get in, she will see how hard I worked and see that this is for me. [-O< </p>
<p>My friends think it’s weird that I wanna spend my summer in a foreign country but they understand my passion. I can vouch for them and say that they think I’m annoying when I never stop talking about Korea and my plans and everything XD lol 
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<p>Sadly, I haven’t studied or traveled abroad anywhere. The farthest Iv’e been from IL would be NY. I live really close to the chicago area. Like 30 min on a day with good traffic. ^^</p>
<p>Question time! lol I guess this is what we are going to write to ask questions.
I can’t really think of anything to be honest… but I never got your name. It’s kinda weird to not be addressing anyone but I understand if you don’t want to tell me. A first letter would be cool. My name is Emma :-j </p>
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I hope your knee feels better really soon!</p>
WAIT, YOU KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE!!! 
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