*Amarok: totally cool*

And now, for something completely different...

Now: "...wishing he was in Italy rather then Missouri."
Correct: "...wishing he were in Italy rather than Missouri." (The subjunctive mood is optional; but 'than' is not... typo?)

Now: "If your a student..."
Correct: "If you're a student..." (contraction of 'you are')

Es ist nichts. (If your syntax had not otherwise looked so elegantly correct, I wouldn't have bothered.)