Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

Page 30 text:

1. Tasuku Yasuda, Japanese ex- part in automechanlcs is Anntl change student and junior Caryle change student, answers a question Ruokonen, a Finland exchange stu- Young UWSCUSS 'hell' CliSSw0rk in from senior David Addington dur- dent. 3. Aya Ishida, Japanese ex- lh0lfJaP3n959 Class- ing a Japanese test. 2. Observing a Foreigners enjoy statesg expand US experiences Despite the difficulty in learn- ing the English language, six foreign exchange students found Tokay a nice change from their home country. These foreign exchange stu- dents all agreed that schools in their countries were more diffi- cult academically compared to American schools. Also in their countries, the students said that there was not much socializing between students. I wanted to come to the United States to learn how to speak English more fluently, to learn another culture, and to experience American life for one year, said Teresa Pinchera, a foreign exchange student from Chile. Other foreign exchange stu- dents were: Aya lshida, Satsuki Kubota, Tasuku Yasuda, and Yukiko Nakaura, Japan, Linda Nilsson, Swedeng and Antti Ruo- konen, Finland. According to Ruokonen, 269 school A in Finland was much more difficult. ln Finland, he was required to learn three languages and take 14 subjects a year. Sometimes he only had classes two days a week of one subject with four to six subjects a day. ln Japan, students must pass an exam to get into high school. They attended school in uniform from Monday through Saturday. ln addition to this strict system, they were required to study six years of English and are not able to choose their own classes. According to Counselor Del- mar Petzold, graduation and a busy schedule kept the American Field Senlice International Club IAFSJ from forming. The club has been active for the past three years. This was the first year it hasn't formed. It fthe clubl was formed for people who wanted to help the exchange students be- come comfortable with the school, stated Mr. Petzold. Exchange students really got along in our school, said Mr. Petzold. ln fact, a lot of them who have been here don't want to leave. Many common things in America were new to the ex- change students. According to Pinchera, when a person first meets someone in Chile he was to greet him with a kiss on the cheek. She didn't know that Americans didn't do that and she was introduced to many people. They would look at her funny and it took her a while to figure out why. They don't have pretzels in Japan, stated Nakaura. She was surprised when she saw the dif- ferent varieties of food at the Grape Festival. You have strange foods, said Nakaura. lt was a big problem for me to know what was fattening or not. by Sheryl Tankersley Photos by Matthew Silber ns?

Page 29 text:

FQ? 5112 i. A 4:5 '7 ,, f Z ?L'nvf

Page 31 text:

x Q XXX Q ' Q Q Ns hc ' I 1 is X .t 1 .... , 'SQ - ' -- L ti ki 2 ' . .. ,, 4. During a break Yukiko Nakaura, a Japanese exchange student studies for her next class. 5. Reviewing her history, Linda Nilsson, a Swedish ex- change student prepares for the class ahead. Foreign Exchange 27