Carlota Bonnet
Skills
As an International High School student, I grew up thinking my life was normal. I grew up thinking that speaking numerous languages, having family members in many different countries, and feeling a strong patriotism towards two countries was normal. But as the time passed, I realized we —the international students — were a very lucky and very rare kind of children. And since I realized this, I never let a day pass by without thanking my parents for giving me this amazing opportunity; the opportunity to see the world as a multicultural human being.
Sometimes, it is hard to know to which country I belong to, or which culture I like more. Am I more French, because I went to a French school? Or maybe more Venezuelan, because I lived more time in Venezuela? Do I feel more French or more Venezuelan? It is hard, even impossible, to answer these questions. I belong to both France and Venezuela, or maybe to neither of them; I am a citizen of the world, and since my parent gave me a multicultural education, I want to expand it even more. Studying in the United States is one of the tools I have to do so. Thus, I must and want to make the most of my years as an International Student in the U.S.
