Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Celling acquainted with a few students in the hal between classes rs our EF exchange student Arianne 8ecker Arianne, who stayed with Mr and Mrs Edward Carr was originally from West Germany. In a rush lo excape (rom the school at the end of the day is our AFS foreign exchange student Peter Jensen Pete often headed to the golf course after school to play a quick nme On vacation in Italy, Arianne Becker enjoys a typical European meal out doors Having travelled extensively. Arianne. although homesick, viewed her American experience as an adventure FOREIGN STUDENTS 23

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Finding a change Exchange students enjoy Ashtabula I had a wonderful time in Ashtabula. It was really a nice town. Everything was larger here than in West Germany. The most exciting fact for me here was the disposition of the people - they had a very happy way of life and. what was really important to me. they were more friendly. It was quite a change in my new school. First of all, I didn't know any of the students, but everybody was so friendly that I felt immediatly accepted. And school life was so much more exciting than in West Germany. We didn’t have pep rallies and football games but here they didlSome small problems with the language I had, but they got a lot better every day. Of course. I missed my family and friends in West Germany very much, but then I reminded myself that this was the experience of my life. So I had to try. to get the best out of this year. Artanne Becker People here were mostly nice and they were a lot different from the people in Denmark, not that they were a lot better, but they respected people for how they were not who they were. School here was also differ- ent from what I went to in Denmark . Here we had school from 7:40 am til 2:30pm but in Denmark we had school from 8:15 am til 1:45 if we had six classes, but if we had seven classes, we attended from 8:15 - 2:40. Another difference was that in Denmark we could have up to 17 different classes but that is because we didn’t have the same schedule every day. Where I came from there were not very many cars. It was not unusual to see only one car for one family, but that is because cars were expensive and a gallon of gas was about S2.50. So it was very expensive to go by car; that is why we had a growing bike industry because more and more people rode their bikes and it is not unusual that a teenager bought a bike for S500. But it was a very high technology one. Mopcds were also very popular. In Denmark there were also a lot of public busses and trains, and because they were owned by the state, the prices were fairly cheap. Peter Jensen To find a ride to where he needs to go is often difficult for Peter lensen He loved to swim, so he spent much time at the YMCA In Ashtabiia Pete stayed with Mr and .Mrs George Burgard

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iVhat do we do ? Hobbies give sense of achievement Although our time was nearly filled with homework from our teachers, we still found time to do the things we really liked to do. And if we could not find the time, we made the time. Many of us had some rather exotic hobbies, whereas others of us had some not-so-exotic ones. We had hobbies ranging from people watching and hunting, to viewing the VCR and talking on the phone. Hobbies were quite valuable. Not only did they keep us busy when we were bored, but also they gave us a sense of accomplishment. How many of us were so bored that we did not know what to do; so we pulled out one of our hobbies and immediately felt full filled? One thing is certain: with the hobbies that we did have, no one could say we weren't diverse. larrod Burgard After an exhausting day of lectures and boring homework assignments. Cissy Burgard relaxes by casualy conversng with one of her friends Cissy devoted her time to talking on the telephone 24 HOBBIES