Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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F oreign exchange students experience different culture They came from a land far, far, away to discover and experience new horizons. They also came to learn about societies much dif- ferent from their very own. Three students have taken the challenge to ex- perience high school life at first hand. They are Nobue Miyai from Japan, Alessia Bacchiddu from Italy, and Ralph Michelsen from Denmark. The most confusing thing for me was how to meet people and make them my friends, said Miyai -w; y.m.K. ' H my, V iS ' tm It ' s nice to have people give you a helping hand, said Bacchiddu, senior. I was always confused, but there were many people to help me. see The most interesting thing about at- tending high school in America is that I meet more people and am learning to understand the new language, said Michelsen. Mobue Miyai, junior watches an American basketball game. For ex- change students some American sports are completely new to them. Tennis is one of the sports that many foreign exchange students enter. Ralph Michelson from Den- mark has made a place for himself on this year ' s junior varsity team. Beginning a new school year in a new school is sometimes difficult for a foreign exchange student. It ' s nice to have people give you a help- ing hand, said Alessia Bacchiddu, senior. Foreign Exchange 50

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