Pflugerville High School - Panther Paw Yearbook (Pflugerville, TX)

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Mai Chau and Chadrica Patel work hard at learning a new language. English. J. Hodge and Nikki Tamo, freshmen, wait for the starting bell at the French food luncheon. Bottom: Chadrica Patel. Lisa Sanchez. Mai Chau Middle: Than Liewu Sham-Pei Chau. Sam-Ye Chau. Mrs. P Blair. Top: Gordon Juy Sham-Pei Chau and her sister Sham-Ye Chau consult each other on what answer is correct. Senior Bruce Stiles shows his frustration about French class. While junior. Andrew Donalson, Dawn Ublado and Jon Goeke. sophomores, actually attempt studying the language. 44 FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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Paul Beck. Franklin Stiba. Greg Volek. Michael Brown. Karen Zwerneman. Steve Merka. Lupe Arrellano. Cathy Cheatham. Melissa Dickinson, and Caprice Thomas, stand next to the balcony inside the capitol. Rebecca Lagenfeild. Jill Young. Kathleen Kimmins. and Mehardad Sharif enjoy their lunch at a cafeteria near the capitol Mr. Hardeman and Stephanie Koury get ready for the bus ride down to the capitol. Jimmy Barker and Mehardad Sharif stand around in front of the capitol while waiting to go inside. Greg Mitchell gets confused while Mr. Hardeman and Jimmy Barker try to point out the way to the museum. GOVERNMENT 43

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bottom: Deanna. Quincy Foley. Vickie Wenzel. Cynthia O'Campo. top: D. Benevedez. Julia Kallerman. Shannon Lee. Amy Harskey. Melissa King. Sherolyn Mott. Barbara Heeys. Lynda Dungan. Densie Erbenouskie. and Misty Mynor. bottom: Pamela Huebner. Karoline Beare top: Mrs. C Thompson. Erik Laberdini. Robin Young. Renny Maddox. Kathryn Kidd. Kay Weidner. Shelah Riggins Students Prepare for College Requirements Foreign Languages have become a big part in our lives today with all the people coming in from other countries. It is also a requirement for most four year Universities. Those who come from other countries refer to English as a foreign language. This is hard for us that have lived here all our lives to under- stand but let’s face it, it is. To help those who do not speak English well or not at all Pflugerville now offers a class that teaches conversational English. It is called English as a Second Language (ESL). It is only of fered first period and is taught by Ms. D. Blair. This class helps students to communicate in a country where mostly English is spoken. For those who speak English or at least think they can are able to take other languages such as: French, Spanish, and German. Two years of one of these languages is required for college. French is spoken in many countries. In fact one of our neighboring countries speaks French, Canada. We are so close to them and yet most of us would not be able to say Hello or Salut to one of them without having to speak English if it wasn't for Mrs. J. Hodge, French teacher. Spanish is another language that is helpful in living in the United States, especially Texas since Mexico is so near. There are a lot of Mexican-Americans who do not speak English so taking Spanish would be a very wise decision. Ah and last but not least, German. Since Pflugerville is a German town, German is a very popular language P-ville. Offhand I can't think of a place near by that you could use German except maybe while talk- ing to Mrs. C. Thompson, the German teacher or maybe one of the many Pflugers living near by. FOREIGN LANGUAGES 45