Hastings High School - Tiger Yearbook (Hastings, NE)

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hw TOP RIGHT: Pam H ohenstein spends some of her time in the practice room playing the piano. BOTTOM LEFT: Carlota Verduzco Maya studies hard to become fluent in the English language. BOTTOM RIGHT: Lynn Kahookele, a recent visitor to Ceylon, plays in a violin duet with Judy Lungren.

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HHS students live, grow in other countries Pam Hohenstein lived in Amersham England C35 Miles west of Londonl for two years. Pam enjoyed England much better than she likes the U.S. because of the scenery, weather, and the social life. She said this about the differences between the two countries, In the U.S. things move more quickly, and Americans seem to be more materialistic than Europeans. Pam also lived the Yokuska, Japan for three years when she was very young. Carlota Verduzco Maya is from Monclova Coahvila, Mexico. She attend- ed four years of business school before entering high school in Mexico. She graduated from high school and then came to Hastings to further her educa- tion. She is enrolled as a junior this year. She said, I like to talk to kids who have studied Spanish and help them with their conversation. Ken Dudley, junior and his brother Shawn, a sophomore, lived in Taiwan for three years before moving to Hastings. They liked Taiwan very much because of the people and the climate. Ken said Chinese food is the best, sometimes the dirty places serve the best food. The Taiwan and the U.S. governments are not getting along very well after Taiwan walked out of the U.N. They did this because Communist China was accepted into the U.N. Jill Yost had the honor of being a Rotary exchange student to Araguari, Brazil. She lived with four different families. The second family did not speak any English so she was forced to speak Por- tuguese in order to communicate. There were three different periods that the students could go to school, 17:00-1 1:30 a..m.l, C12 noon-5:30 p.m.D, 16:00-1 1:00J. She said, Out of the 84,000 people in the town the majority of them were poor. She also said there were often beggars at the doors. She mentioned that she would like to go back sometime, but she said that she enjoyed talking to Celina this year. Dave Hayes spent three years in Peru before returning to Hastings for his senior year. Dave cited several differences between the U.S. and Peru by saying that the Americans are generally more advanced and are more afluent than Peruvians.. One of Dave's accomplishments while in Peru was to be able to speak Spanish well. He took Spanish this year at HHS. Lynn Kahookele spent three years in Ceylon as an A.F.S. exchange student. Lynn noticed several differences between the two countries, one being Most marriages are arranged by parents and the bride and the groom do not get to see each other until the marriage ceremony. Lynn presented a convocation which gave many enlighten- ing facts on life in Ceylon. Traveling is a very beautiful experience. It is exciting to think that we have students within our school that have journeyed around the world and back again. TOP LEFT: Dave Hayes gets a laugh out of being interviewed by Laura Uastleberry for a Tiger Cub story. BOTTOM LEFT: Jill Yost a Rotary exchange student to Brazil last year, talks to Celina in Portuguese. BOTTOM RIGHT: Ken Dudley enjoys singing and playing his guitar for audiences.

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Cultural changes eject lives Hastings provides good times. I thought it was the best way to learn and to free myself. That's why Celina Christianni, from Sao Jose de Rio Pardo, Brazil became an AFS exchange stu- dent. Celina felt this past year that she had grown-up, learned to develop judge- ment, and to think carefully about each decision she has made since her stay in Hastings. Cecilia Lopez, from Los Mochis, Sinaloa. Mexico agreed that her reason for becoming a Rotary Exchange stu- dent was to leave her home town for awhile, also, to meet new people and to gain new experiences. Cecilia stated about Americans: They are so indepen- dent, whereas in Mexico all people, es- pecially the family are very close. Danny Fierro, also from Los Mochis commented that he had a big adjustment in learning to speak English as he knew very little. He further stated that his one big achievement is being able to unders- tand the words to the music of the tapes he had bought. Helena Karelehto, from Oulainen, Finland commented about her life while at HHS. It's fun to have so many people from different countries. Her favorite class while at HHS was German, while her favorite club was Rifle Club. Usual- ly in Finland there aren't any clubs and besides I'd never shot a rifle before. Helena's future plans are to finish her schooling and then return to the U.S. to attend college or nurses training. Jill Isacson, not an exchange student but a visitor from Faulin, Sweden was in- vited to spend the school year at HHS. She had this to say about the year, Visiting the U.S. has made me more of a responsible person and more of an in- dividual. Her future plans are to return to Sweden and attend gymnasium, a 3- year school attended before entering college. 'Y QQ st LEFT: Celina Christianni, in the striped shirt, enjoys singing in the Mixed Choir while staying in the U.S. RIGHT: Helena Karelehto brings the spirit of the Finish people by riding her bike to school.