My application has been sent away to the USA now. My Au Pair Room is finally done and now I just wait for a family to contact me, haha. Think this will be so exciting, great, wonderful and so on.
This is my letter to my future host-family:
Dear Host Family,
My name is Emilia Berntsson and I'm an
eighteen years old girl from Sweden. I live with my family in Gothenburg, which
is the second biggest city in Sweden. I love my city, you can find everything
you need here but nevertheless I sometimes feel like it's a little too small. I
want to leave everything here to do something else than I’m used to, something
exciting, because I want to learn and see something new.
Right now I'm studying my last semester in
High School and I will graduate in just a week. I’m an ambitious student with
very good grades which I think says pretty much about my personality. I’m a
perfectionist, at least when it’s about myself. I'm so excited about my
graduation! Mostly because I want to experience something new, and that's why
I've decided to become an Au Pair. I want to do something new, get to know the
American culture and improve my English and I couldn't think of any better way
to do that than to be an Au Pair because I love children, to work with them, to
help them, to make them laugh. So that's why I want to be an Au Pair.
In my free time I like to work out, mostly
running, biking and swimming. I also like to hang out with friends and I try to
spend as much time as possible with my family. I also like to read or watch a
good movie when I’m home alone. My family have a dog and I use to go out for a
walk with him at least five times a week.
I think that I'm a happy, positive and
intelligent girl who always try her best. I'm open-minded and pretty easy to go
with because I always adapt myself for what the situation requires and I'm
always willing to learn new things. That's kind of my motto, to learn something
new everyday and I think I will have many possibilites to do that as an Au
Pair. I’m also creative and like to find new things to do, I like to challenge
myself.
I’m used to take responsibility for others,
partly because I use to take care of children of course, but partly because
I’ve arranged several of things for my friends, for example I’ve arranged three
class-trips to different places which has been very appreciated. This is very
typical for me, I love to have things going on around me.
I think it's important to have limits for the
children, they must have some kind of rules, but of course it has to depend on
the situation. For me it's important to be consistent and not always let the
kids do what they want, they must accept what I or their parents say to them.
When I take care of or teach children I use to have some rules to make it work.
The rules I have depend on which children it is, what I’m doing with them,
their age and some other things. With other words: I’m flexible. And of course
I will adapt to your rules and how you want your child/children to be raised.
So why should you choose me? Because I have
alot of experience caring for children from different places, both babysitting
and teaching. I'm also very dedicated to what I do, I always do what I'm told
to. And, as I mentioned before, I'm easy to go with and I love to do new
things. I’m often told that the children like me so I guess that kids tend to
like me. That must mean that I at least do something right. I think you will be
very happy with me as your Au Pair and that's why you should choose me!
Thank you for reading my letter. I hope to here
from you soon!
Best regards,
Emilia Berntsson
Unfortunately I don't have the corrected version, only my "utkast". I have no energy to search for the correct word. Well, I know there's alot of incorrect grammar and spelling but this is it for now.
Tell you when something new happens! :)))
