"In the United States, one is expected to go to high school for four years and you get a diploma just for showing up or attending.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

She says being a mom is hard. "Because you have to get up every two hours in the middle of the night, and you can't go out and say 'I am going to buy this for myself.'

VOA: special.2010.05.13

It's not a daily thing. They have something called passeggiata, so after every dinner they get up as a family and they go for a walk."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23