My Name is Maria Fernanda. I am 10 years old and in the fifth grade. I live with my parents and my older brother in a small house in Mexico City.
6:00 a.m. The alarm goes off. I have to get up and get ready to school. It doesn't take me too long to get dressed because I wear a uniform.
6:30 a.m. For breakfast, my mom makes me a grilled bacon tomato cheese sandwich and a glass of milk. We leave the house for school at about 6:40.
7:00 a.m. Classes begin for the day and go until 2:30 p.m. We have a short break at 11, and most of us often have snacks in the school canteen.
2:45 p.m. My mom picks me up from school then we drive home and have lunch together.
3:30 p.m. My mom goes back to work. I stay at home with my elder brother. He goes to school in the evening after my mom returns. My brother and I usually watch TV together and sometimes he teaches me Maths - the subject that he studies very well.
4:30 p.m. I do my homework that has been assigned in my bedroom. When I have time, I like to lie on my bed and read books.
7:30 p.m. It's time for dinner. We often have something small, for example a bun and some milk, or a simple sandwich. For me, I usually have cereal, and after that I get ready for bed.
9.00 p.m. It's time to go to sleep. Good night!

What do you do with your free time?
I’m almost 19 years old, and I finished my first year of university. I’m currently on holiday, and I have a lot of free time. Having free time is nice, but the problem is that when you are a student, you never have money. And when you have a lot of free time, but you don’t have much money, it can get boring.
Every morning I go to the gym, and I read in the afternoons. But I still have a lot of free time. Going to the gym takes me about two hours, including the road time and the post-gym shower. And I usually read for one hour. Another activity that I do is watch documentaries. I study history, and I love historical documentaries. I learn a lot from them. I watch documentaries for one and a half hours four or five times a week.
But those activities are a small part of my day. When I’m not at the gym or reading, I get bored, and I often play video games for hours. I enjoy playing video games, but I don’t think it’s a productive activity. When I play for a long time, I feel bad. I’d like to find more productive activities to do, but it isn’t easy. I live in a small town, and there aren’t many things to do.
Do you have any suggestions? What do you do with your free time?