Bremen High School - Arrow Yearbook (Midlothian, IL)

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Foreign Exchange Students Nancy Pochinskas represented Bremen High School during the summer of 1972 in Mexico. She lived with the Edward Palm family, in which there were two daughters, ages 15 and 12. (shown with Nancy) Although her home was in Mexico City, Nancy traveled to many different parts of Mexico: from the ancient pyramids of the Aztecs and Mayas (shown in the picture above) to the sunny beaches of Acapulco. “ didn’t go to school, but I learned much more about the people and customs of Mexico by traveling and seeing so many different aspects of Mexican life. My Spanish also improved. All in all, my summer in Mexico was a really great experience! Paula in France, Nancy in Mexico. A Mexican pyramid. After spending many hours enroute, we finally met our families in Lermont-Ferrand, a city about the size of Harvey somewhere in the middle of France. The name of the family with whom I stayed was VIEILLEDENT which means “old tooth . There were two girl's (15 and 7). I soon got accustomed to life in France. The hardest thing to get used to was lunch. In France, they take 3 hours for lunch and they use every bit of it. They serve at least a 7 course meal and they eat very fast, the mother cooks while the dinner is in progress. Breakfast usually consists of a cup of coffee or hot chocolate and a piece of bread with butter. Supper takes about an hour and it's about five courses. Normally I would get up at 7:30 for school. School lasted from 9:00 'till 12:00. At 3:00 we met and had excursions in the surrounding villages or did some other activity. The weekends were spent with the family, most French families go walking on Sundays. We spent the last week of our trip sight seeing in Paris and London. Then on the 31st we left Paris for home. t ff1 rh- . : ix:r

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Maria relaxing at home. Margarita’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amin. Maria Rosales, San Salvador; Margarita Amin, Columbia. Iam Maria Martha Rosales for San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America. San Salvador is the captial of the country and is pretty and modern. I arrived the 9th of January at 1:30 am and was greeted by my American family. They consist of my Papa and Mama Lichey, one sister, a brother in college, one small 3 year old brother, and a pet, Pretzel. I am very much a part of the Lichey family, my sister and I enjoy many good times together; instead of doing homework we have water fights, wrestling, helping each other with Spanish and English and a lot of other things that I cannot express. My own family consists of my parents, a married sister and brother and a brother at the university in South Carolina. I completed 3 years of Business College in December. My experience here will help me to qualify for the bilingual secretary job. I spent 10 months in New Hampshire last year as an exchange student. I had a great experience there and I hope to have another one here. So far I like Bremen very much; the people and the way of life. It is amazing how people can adjust to everyone, like they did to me. Central American Sunset. Iam Margarita Maria Amin, an exchange student from Colombia. The experience that I am having as an exchange student is fantastic. Besides learning your language. Iam also seeing the great difference between Colombia and the United States; life style, customs, and people. I am living here with the Giron family; which consists of my parents, Sandy and George. My family in Colombia has 9 people: my parents, and 7 children. We live in Medellin, the second largest city. Some of the customs are the same as those here, but other are different in my school. For example, all the students take the same courses, many schools are not coed. I chose to come to the U.S. for many reasons. First to learn English and secondly because this is such a big modern country. In the time that I have been here, I’ve visited parts of Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. All the people that I’ve met are veryr nice to me and make me feel right at home. I will always remember my family, my friends at Bremen, and this country with love.