A Cultural Exchange- Holland With Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec

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Anyway I don't do fishing and hunting and camping and stuff like that my age is 14 years old. I am in class 2 of the high school in (Netherlands) Almere..	Student from Holland	matched with	Willie	I am Inuk and my mom is Inuk and my dad is Inuk too. Do you go fishing or hunting? Do you go camping? I like to eat caribou and fish and goose. My brother is hunting fox. I like to go camping. What grade are you in?
I'm 13 years old and I live in Almere. I have a playstation, 2 white 7 games. I have 1 brother and one little sister. My brother is 15 years old and my sister is 9 years old. I have 5 pets: 4 rats and 1 rabbit.	Student from Holland	matched with	Frankie	l like to go fishing with my parents. We go hunting a lot. l like to camping. Do you have a ski-doo? My mom makes mitts and parkas. What kind of culture do you have in Holland. l caught lots of geese and fish. Our lnuit culture is making mitts, parkas,nasaks, carving and igloo.
	Student from Holland	matched with	Junior	My name is Junior. I am a boy. I have two brothers and two sisters. I am in grade seven. What grade are you in? My favourite sport is hockey. I was born in Kuujjuaq. I live in Kangiqsuallujjuaq, Quebec, Canada. My favourite food is pizza. I am Inuk. My first language is Inuttitut and second language is English.
In Holland it is +6c in the winter. What is a skidoo? I have a bike and so I go to school with it. This Thursday we have a gala and disco thing. I like that and I´m going to the gala party. Not everyone is going. Suzanne is not going because the nextday she goes to Finland.! The boys in my class are nice but not always. And you have a nice foto. You are pretty! Do you have a boyfriend?? I have.	Student from Holland	matched with	Minnie	Our culture is fun and cool. We like to go camping and fishing by skidoo. We also hunt caribou. I like to go fishing. It's fun catching fish with a hook and line. We call this jigging. When it's winter ptarmigan (small white birds) come to the hills every night and when it's morning too. I have lots of cousins in Kangiqsualujjuaq.
I'm now sitting in class 2 I don't know what a ski-doo is.... sorry. But what's a ski-doo..??	Student from Holland	matched with	Junior	We go hunting a lot. Do you have a ski-doo? I like to go camping. We have two ski-doos. Do you have a ski-doo? What kind of culture do you have in Holland? I like some girls. I caught lots of fish and lots of mice. We kill mice for fun. Do you go hunting? Do you know Inuit make igloos? my dad caught 19 foxes. my mom makes mitts and kaamiks (seal skin boots).
Thank you for the message! What is pogo? What is caribou? I have no boyfriend. I don't smoke. What's a community center?	Student from Holland	matched with	Louisa	We go fishing in Winter and summer. Everybody likes to go hunting caribou. I like to go camping with my family. Our Inuit culture is making igloos, making mitts, carving and making parkas and much more.
Hello Sandy	Student from Holland	matched with	Sandy	I am Inuk and my mom is Inuk too. Inuit go hunting like me and women sew seal skin boots, mitts parkas and snowpants. Inuit have traditional clothes. We hunt caribou, seals, Canada goose, fish, ptarmigan, fox for fur, and rabbits, We eat all these animals except the fox.
	Student from Holland	matched with	Susie	My name is Susie. I am in grade seven English. I am 12 years old. I live in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. My first language is Inuttitut. My second language is English. I have 3 sisters and 6 brothers. My favourite food is pizza and my favourite sport is basketball. I was born in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. We have lots of fun but sometimes it is boring.
Do you like Christmas? yes When is your birthday? 3 april 1989 Is there any snow in your town? only in winter Do you guys have a skidoo? no I don't know what it is! Do you go camping is summer? no What grade are you in? year two in secondary education Is it fun to be in Holland? yes very	Student from Holland	matched with	Ella	My name is Ella. I am in grade 7 English. I am 13 years old. I live in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, Canada in North America. I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters. My favourite foods are chip, pop, and pogo. My favourite sports are hockey and basketball.
I'm fine and by the way I don't have a game cube. How is it in Canada? Is it very cold there? Here in Holland it is sometimes cold and sometimes hot This time of year its always cold but in this summer it was here very hot. I have one computer and I have a dvd player and I have a tv, all this stuff in my room.	Student from Holland	matched with	Sandy	In the old days Inuit used to go camping by foot and now we go camping by ski-doo and by boat. When I go camping with my grandfather we always hunt caribou. My grandfather caught 9 caribou last 3 weeks ago.
My pets name are Lucky and Speedy and Kurby. I don't have an x box but I got a ps2. We are 15 students in my class	Student from Holland	matched with	Matthew	My name is Matthew and I am in grade 7. I am twelve years old and I live in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, Canada in North America. I have one brother and I have no sisters. My favourite food is pizza and pizza pocket and my favourite sports are hockey and basketball. My first language is Inuttitut and my second language is English.
My pets name is: Panter, he is a Cat. No, Matthew we don't have snow in Holland. Thats a pity, because it is almost Christmas! I don't have a Xbox. But a Playstation 2! In my class are 16 students. I learn KARATE! I have questions: How cold is it in Canada? And how many students are in your class?	Student from Holland	matched with	Matthew	Inuit culture is fishing, hunting, and camping. Everybody likes to go fishing, hunting and camping by skidoo.
I am in class 2 in high school. I am 14 years old. I live in Almere that's a place near Amsterdam . I have 2 sisters. My friends are Janine( she´s mailing with Minnie) and my best friend is Jimmy. I dont stay up late with my friends. I don't smoke. My friends are in my class. I go everyday on my bike to school.	Student from Holland	matched with	Ella	We go fishing by ski-doos and we eat caribou. I like to go camping because we like to eat fish. I like to go out late because I have a boyfriend and friends. I like to dance in the community center. Do you stay out late with your friend? I would like to go to to Aupaluk(another Inuit community on the Hudson Bay side).
In my free-time I do sport and I am a judoka. I ride on my bike. Or I go to the city or disco. What go you do at Christmas? I go to my family and friends.	Student from Holland	matched with	Makusie	We use dog sleds sometimes. We go ice fishing sometimes during the winter. In spring we go goose hunting by ski-doo. We go camping by boat in the summer. During holidays we always sleep and dance. When it is Saturday we play hide-and-seek. I walk to school because we are very near.
I am an Indian. I come from Surinam, in South America. I have 5 brothers and 4 sisters. Now I live in Holland. I have a nintendo,playstation and a nintendo 64. Now it's very cold for us. In Holland it's 6 degrees. Now I am in high school the 2 year. Sometimes in Surinam I kill chickens, ducks and a awarie.	Student from Holland	matched with	Willie	My name is Willie. When is your birthday? I have 3 sisters and 5 brothers. I am 13 years old. I was born in Kuujjuaq. I am a boy. I live in Kangiqsualujjuaq. In Kangiqsualujjuaq it is winter now. I am Inuk.