Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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Teacher assistants play important role. Gophers, tutors, secretaries, and all around workers are names that describe teacher assistants (TA’s). TA’s can be found in practically any room of the high school and in some rooms of the elementary school. Responsibilities of TA’s include grading papers, tutoring students, running errands, and anything else a teacher needs done. Students become TA’s for many reasons. Some plan to be teachers, some just simply want something to do besides sit in study hall, but most become TA’s to help their favorite teachers. TA’s are an important part of the smooth operation of GHS. —Jim Mosley TOP—Office TA Traci Pence, junior, assem- bles graduation information at the office counter. ABOVE=—Susan Kappel, junior TA for Mrs. Harriett Ludban, bookkeeper, makes out depos- it slips. RIGHT—Sophomore Jennifer Johnston keeps busy in the office copying room. FAR RIGHT—As junior John Grogg looks in the card catalog, Media Center TA Jim Mos- ley, junior, files cards of new books. 18 ACTION Student Life Teaching Assistants

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(15 foreign exchange students visit GHS Vitoria, Owani, Hirakata, Kumla, and Copenhagen are home cities of five foreign exchange students who studied at GHS this year. Gilvana Meirelles is from Vitoria, Brazil; Miki Takahashi from Owani, Japan; Yo- ‘ shiyuki Sato from Hirakata, Japan; } Pia Persson from Kumla, Sweden; and 4) Klaus Espersen from Kobenhavn (Co- wy penhagen), Denmark. Gilvana had two reasons for com- ing to the United States; she wanted to learn a new culture and to learn about the typical American (what he thinks, how he acts, what his goals are, and the things he values most in life). Gilvana, coming from a city of 1.2 million people, said that the usual kind of transportation there for peo- ple of low and average income is com- mercial buses and that most people have cars but can’t afford the high gas prices and usually can’t find a place to park downtown. She explained that during week- ends in her home city large groups of young people gather in public places called barzinhos (a kind of bar) to talk, | play, and listen to guitar music and have drinks. Most of these meeting places are on beaches because the nights are warm during the whole year and extremely hot during the summer. She also said that most Brazilian teen- agers listen to American rock on FM stations instead of listening to Brazi- lian music. Gilvana concluded, “In my high school in Brazil, students may leave the school or classroom whenever they want without permission; but we can’t choose our school subjects. School of- ficials try to show students there how to handle freedom and how to be re- sponsible.” Miki said, “A major difference be- tween home and here is that people take showers in the evening at home and not in the morning as here. They also go different places by train and public buses instead of in cars. Japa- nese cars are smaller and more eco- nomical than U.S. cars, and the streets are narrow. “American high schools are more informal and less strict than Japanese schools. In Japan I wore skirts to school, couldn’t choose my subjects, and the teachers aren’t nice and friendly as they are here.” Mike stated that rock music is not appreciated in Japan as it is here, but it has a big acceptance and that almost 50% of Japanese young people enjoy themselves more hearing American rock music than their own country’s songs. “My original goals in coming to America were to learn to speak Eng- lish well and teach my culture to Americans,” she summarized. Yoshiyuki (Yoshi) is an exper- ienced exchange student. Before he came to America, he spent time study- ing in France. His favorite hobbies include read- ing, listening to music, fishing, going to concerts, eating, traveling, and par- tying (in Japan). “There is nothing I do not like about America, but I espe- cially enjoy the scenery—it’s unique,” said Yoshi, who plans to study to be- come a medical doctor in Japan. Pia’s many hobbies include show- ing dogs, reading, traveling, sewing (at home in Sweden she sews costumes for plays), and dancing (in Garrett she continued studying dance at Patri- cia Krus School of Dance). Her favor- ite leisure activity is hanging around with her friends. Pia has traveled to Germany, Eng- land, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Fin- land, and the U.S. “In the U.S. I have visited Columbus, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and Wash- ington, D.C. I also went to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, where I spent three hours,” she said. Pia and her mother also vacationed in Florida during the time her mother came to visit while Pia was living in Garrett. Klaus spent only about four months in Garrett. Before he arrived here, he lived and went to school in Lafayette. Klaus enjoys competing in track, where he sprints, high jumps, and long jumps. He is also interested in mathematics. Soon after enrolling at GHS, Klaus said, “The United States has too much junk food to offer. I’ve gained 18 pounds since I’ve been in the U.S.” —Jim Mosley ABOVE FAR LEFT—At the FHA break- fast for the girls’ varsity basketball squad, Sher- ry West serves toast to Miki Takahashi, Japa- nese exchange student. ABOVE LEFT—Caught in the act, ex- change student Yoshi Sato refills his glass at a Campus Life party while senior Lori Hollinger looks on. ABOVE—Breaking from the blocks, Klaus Espersen (foreground), of Denmark, joins his running mates at track practice. FAR LEFT—Finding a moment of solitude, Gilvana Meirelles, of Brazil, “hits the books” in the Media Center. LEFT—Walking across the platform at com- mencement, Pia Persson, of Sweden, receives her diploma from Supt. Kermit Weddell. 19 ACTION Student Life Exchange Students