Arapahoe High School - Calumet Yearbook (Littleton, CO)

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5 , ,1 ' 5 , . . I1 Q Ax 1 l l'i l Nlisunderstandings and lack of com- munication destroy relationships be- tween people, All over the world the greatest barricades against unity and l peace are the barriers of different lan- guages and customs. Sometimes to comprehend others seems an impos- sible task. 12 i Yet daily, people manage to do the impossible, to overcome the barrier. At first they struggle to simply com- pose a sentence, but one day they can read a phrase in German-or Spanish- U or French-and understand. The mira- cle of communication takes place all the time, but this is special, a com- p munication of thought between people of different lands, customs, and ideas. .ia fi French, German, and Spanish are learned to gain insight into the minds -Q and lives of people who live today in other countries. Latin brings insight into the peoples of the past. When a person can understand a language, a whole new world is opened to him.

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.i i - o.irsii, :-f.: fe '45 S! 1. V i F F 5 iii if rj i . W, i --4A -.. Piles of books await distribution to eager students, itop lefti. Pantomime expresses thoughts without words, itop centeri. Group discussions provide different class- room situations, ibottom Iefti. Film-makers tell stories with movies rather than books, itop rightl. A raised hand is the signal that questions have arisen, ibottom centerl. Learning to speak comfortably in front of others is a necessity, ibottom righti. Q

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Mr. Smeltzer shows that another language can be both a learning experience and fun at the same time, ltop lefti. A point is em- phasized by Mr. Romero as he exposes the class to Spanish, itop centeri. Individual help is readily given by the French teachers, ltop center and top rightl. Further insight into a foreign language is found when doing lab-work, lbottom leftl or reading a non- X English magazine, lbottom rightl. in dl il ', Y.:-sr0 ' 53