Mount Vernon High School - Hoop Pole Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IN)

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 EXCHANGE STUDENTS Caroline Streif My name is Caroline Streif and I'm an AFS student from Swit- zerland, a country that ;is only a small place between Germany, France, and Italy. I stay with the Halls, a very nice family. We all have a lot of fun together and I’m glad to have such a home here in America. So far living in the states has been very enjoyable. Living in Mt. Vernon is a really great experience because so rtiany things are different from the way I used to live. Living in a different country has helped me learn a lot about other people. It's very interesting to see how others live and why they do the things they do so differently. It also helps me learn more about myself and it has taught me to see many things from another point of view. School here is a lot easier. Back in Switzerland 1 go to school the entire day and have more subjects but every day they are different My classes here at MVHS are Journalism. U.S. History, Econom- ics, Speech and Physical Education. I Like Journalism. My school doesn't offer Journalism and I was interested in it. and learning more about the newspaper. Not only is school different but I also learn a new way of living. 1 was very glad to have had such an extremely hot summer in Mt. Vernon. In Switzerland we have a lot of cold weather. It rains more in the summer and we have more snow in the winter, so I enjoy the sunshine here. What I miss are the mountains. I’m ne ised to living in such flat country like Indiana, but 1 have so much fun here that this little detail is easily forgotten. 18

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Uduardp Behrens My name is FduarJo Joe Behrens I am a foreign exchange student from Caracas, Venezuela. 'I feel very happy to been chosen to come to America because I always wanted to have that new experience. I consider this experience to be most important in my life because I Imvc an 'SfrtjgatiofW Watnily. my country , and myself. I thirk that with this experience I xvill carn more about myself and wha want out of life. Also it wii open doors to help me think abo JHy future. Presently, I arrJivSng with the F.d Tracy family ber Ki Mt. Vernon. I think that n bicw family is very special time because they have opened thcirSiome without knowing mulh about me and welcome me as their own son. Tins has made me feel very good. So I believe the people here are very friendly and I feel very much apart of Mt. Vernon. Mt. Vernon High School is the first school I er attended where both boys and girls go to classes together. Also I have the opportunity to choose the subjects I like; not likcAiy1 country where you do not choc W n yhir own. The subjects r am taking presently are U.S. Histoly. tiow iment. French. Biology. Single Living and Speech. I feel very, very happy to havejtaken wrestling because it is so new for me, so very different tnan any sports I've been apart of Some of the clubs jjta rfictpu+u i n are Ciyj ra Club. Spanish Club, AFS and Outdoor Sports.) One oL my hobbies besides? photography «s Karate Luckily Irwas able to find Karate classes right here in Ml. VcrVi.sjp which I have enjoyed greatly! Since I havclalready graduated from my high school in Cara- cus, I will need to decide whether to go oh tjfr he university or go to work with mjrnrOthers. This year in the I. S. i.l help me to make the defemon. I am grateful to my country and to the A£S for this opportunity o cbme. A Wm E D U A R D O B E E IS s