Our presenter on August 14th was Anna Gleason, one of our outbound exchange student who lived in Finland.
Anna’s presentation focused on family, friends, school, trips, the Finnish culture, and what she learned.
Her love for her three host families was obvious as she considers each to be part of her family. Because the Finnish people are so reserved, Anna had to really push herself, which involved speaking Finnish, to find friends. In school, she enjoyed the International Club and practicing dancing for months for a formal ball. Her travels took her all over Finland as well as to Estonia, Sweden, and Russia.
Anna found the country to be beautiful and the Finnish people to be very reserved, with very little small talk. She felt that learning the language was very important (the 6th hardest to learn) and is proud of what she accomplished.
Anna will be studying marine biology, and become a Rotaract member, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia this fall.