Fort Morgan High School - Pacemaker Yearbook (Fort Morgan, CO)

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MEMOIRES, MEMGRIES 'wwmww 5 28 3 3fh..s...r3f EXCHANGE STUDENTS I came to America to experience a new way of life and I didn't think I was going to find such a different country. By being a student in this school, I learned a lot about the American scholastic system. I was surprised mostly by the effective role that stu- dents can take in the school govern- ment QStudent Councilj and by the fact that sports are so well attended and supported by a majority of stu- dents. I also met new friends with differ- ent ideas, new friends with different goals . . . that made me think of my own goals. Well, I enjoyed very much my stay in Ft. Morgan this year. It allowed me to discover a country and its peo- ple. I think it has been a really great opportunity for me to be an ex- change student. -Magali Guffroy By spending a year in America, I have a completely different life style. In Australia the seniors are re- quired to do a minimum of five and one half hours study on week days, and eight hours on the weekend. For this reason our senior year is all work and no play, which seems to be dif- ferent from here. Melbourne, the city in which I live, has a population of two and one half million people, and is seated right on the banks of the sea. Until coming here I had never heard of dragging Main, and skiing had been a far away dream because of the lack of mountains in Australia. People seem more friendly here, as when people hear the strange accent they like to talk to me. -Stuart Taylor

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awgfag gli Everyone cringed to the tails of Kit Beecher, the snakemun. iq RW' - Ted Hunt shows Les how to meet thc world. 3 iif tetth. eii 4 Bob Markworth shows his marksmunship. Sharing with the public the many aspects and importance of health was the purpose of the first annual School Health Fair presented by high school and junior high health stu- dents. The students in groups of three or four chose topics of interest to them and individ- ually researched those topics. Each group was responsible for creating a booth to share their information with the public. Even though the weather was bad the fair was a tremendous success. lfl i 'CICQs, 'i ls. ASSEMBLIES

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MINNER, MEMORIES I think that Ft. Morgan is a nice town. At home in Norway I live in the capital, Oslo, with 500,000 peo- ple, so there is a big difference for me to come to a small town like this. I am really enjoying my stay here, and I'll get a lot of memories to take home. The biggest difference between here and my home, I think, is dating. At home we are more in a group of friends. We do not go out just a boy and a girl alone together as much as you do. Either we go out as a bunch together, or we have a party at home. I like the way you have it because it is different compared to what I am used to, but I also like what we do at home, because it gives us a chance to have more friends. Thanks to everybody for letting me stay here. -Annette Johnson The people in Germany are so much like the people here. The land in Germany is so beautiful, even the bark on the trees is green. One really big difference is the language they speak. Some of the people in Germany still think of the West in America as Cowboys and Indians. They like to think Indians still live in teepees and are not yet civilized. Teenagers are just like teenagers here. They are very outgoing and de- pend very much on peers. They don't go to church as much as here, the churches are mostly full of elder peo- ple. When I arrived in Germany, I thought they had some really weird styles of clothing, but when I came home those same styles were here. Germany is really a great country. At times I felt I was really at home. Germany is a great place to visit. -Dawn Baumgartner ffsvffcwf F 9 I 2 s EXCHANGE STUDENTS