I have never been there but I can tell you from what I've heard and seen that Italy is a beautiful country with its ancient buildings , Venise ...
However, there has been a long existing stereotype associating italian peolpe to the Mafia. Take for example the very popular tv show which aired starting from 1999 on HBO, namely the Sopranos. It depicted italian families living in New Jersey who were very involved with the organized crime. My point is this : The mafia has become part of you history and It's going to be hard for italian people ti unroot this belief in others' minds. GoodLuck with that ;)

Well, ''get at'' hast at least three meanings at my knowlege
  - get at somebody : means that you criticizing that person .
                Ex : The opposition can't stop getting at any proposal made by the president.
  - get at something : mean to reach or have access to it.
                Ex : The documents were classified as confidential, that's why I couldn't reach at them.
 - get at : can also mean to learn
                Ex : It's sometimes difficult to get at the truth.

About, get around, here is an example : My grandmother gets around with the help of a stick (She moves from one place to another)

I hope that was somehow helpful to you :)

Last year , during a presentation front of the whole class, I kept making the same mistake over and over and over again by mispronouncing the word ''service'' , pronouncing the last syllable as in ''nice'' The problem is that it was quite frequent therefore it came lot and my english teacher couldn't interrupt and correct me till the end . I went red because of embarassment :)

In my opinion, Canada holds plenty of similarities with UK rather than US. I had no experience, nor do I have canadian friends but I'm somehow inclined to believe that they are ''insular'' , they are less open compared to Americans. Furthermore, I'm aware of the fact that they have a different french accent . It's actually the oddest and the funniest of all. There is a famous frensh comedian -Gad El Maleh- known for poking fun at canadian frensh speakers also know as ''Les Quebecois''.
I heard the college is affordable their too, which is far from being the case in the US.
So, by in large, I bet it's a beautiful country since I have never heard something nasty about it except that the Mayor of Toronto was caught on video admitting to smock crack  ;) , and that he saught reelection nevertheless.
Canada is very active in the philanthropic area too. They intervene whenever possible to help countries who are going through humanitarian ordeals as it's the case in several countries in Africa.

Can you give us some examples of the difference between American vs. Canadian English ?

Thank you

Purposefulness, team spirit, sociability, hard-work, efficiency, communication skills, willingness and to learn, quick learning.

*Pay attention not to alternate nouns and adjectives. Good Luck with you Job Hunt ;)

I use a bunch of them. I once heard from an NPR talk show that there was a study that revealed the existence of a certain correlation between the use of the so-called '' parasite word '' and how smart a person is : the smart ones use them quite often. Just think about it . When you have resort to words such as 'like,Hum,I mean' you actually give yourself some valuable moments to come up with the wisest thing you can say . But, make no mistake about it , there is a certain limit above which you're only annoying the listenner and it makes you look dumb :D