Every year, the number of Moldovan teenagers, immigrants in Italy, is constantly growing, this leading to new phenomena related to adaptation, inclusion and social integration. The school, as a primary place of socialization, is the environment in which adolescents grow up, discover their skills, learn to relate toot her sand acquire the agility to actively move in Italian society. In this context, the motivation to learn is the central nucleus that influences the educational path of adolescents, being the result of the combination of personal interests, influenced by family and external interventions, which in the case of immigrant adolescents are almost always oriented to professionalism rather than schooling