Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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It's a Small World After All With approximately 430 students enrolled in the foreign language cur- riculum at MacArthur, foreign languages were by no means vanishing subjects of the past. It is becoming necessary to speak a second language in this time and age, due to modern technology which has rapidly shrunk the world and brought countries closer for trade and other business related language Enthusiasm is not the word for Edward Perez and Cindy Baronoski's feelings as they get ready for the next Latin exam at contest. Arguing with Ms. Angevine is a lost cause for Suzana Tavares and Lalo Torres as he shows his paper to Victor Uribe. transactions. The growing need to com- municate with people who speak many different dialects has prompted colleges to require incom- ing freshmen to have at least two years of a foreign language before enrolling for classes. In the foreign language classes students not only learned the language but also the traditions and customs of the countries. This opened new doors of learning for the students and increased their knowledge of the world. With a variety of foreign languages offered at MacArthur, students had plenty to choose from. The four most popular languages last year were Spanish, French, German and Latin foreign 104 dps and photo by

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