South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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How Dd You Feel South Is Different From Your School?” - 9 Osmar Hibu — Ethiopia Finland In our school, lunch consists of mostly soup and bread. I like the food at South better. At our school we have different classes on different days. The teachers are friendlier here at South. The classes are more difficult in Finland. South's 1977-1978 Exchange Students pose on the front steps of the school. From left to right are Angela Garcia, Svani Gimse, Osmar Hibu and Sini Nojd. Most schools at home require uniforms. Students are not allowed to choose their subjects. The government does not require people to go to school, so it is not unusual to find someone of 16 in the second or third grade. There is no cafeteria in the school like at South so we go home for lunch. Sini Nojd —

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“As An Exchange Student, Svanhild Gimse — Norway The classes are harder in Venezuela. The teachers change classes and the kids stay in the same room. The government chooses the subjects for the kids and they have the same subjects all year. The teachers are stricter in Venezuela. There is more freedom here at South. I saw snow for the first time here. At our school we have different classes every day. School lasts from 8:05 - 2:25. We have fish 2 to 3 times a week. We don't have many hamburgers and we never eat corn. The weather isn't quite as cold as in Minnesota but we get snow and the Summers are hot. We go to school 9 years and have the option of continuing for another 3 years or going to a trade school. Angela Garcia — Venezuela

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“What Are You Doing The Energy Crisis has become an issue of growing importance here at South as well as in the rest of the country. All South students have been or will be affected by the attempts to conserve energy made at South this year. Some students have realized that there is a real need to conserve the country's natural resources and are doing their part to help. When asked what they were doing to help conserve energy some South students replied; I ride the bus instead of driving. We keep the thermostat below 70. Some of my friends and I started a carpool. I put a brick in our toilet. 'I wear warmer clothes to school so they can turn down the thermostats. I try to turn out the lights when I leave a room. I drive a smaller car that doesn't use much gas. We only use the air conditioner in the summer. 10 — Feature