Torrey Pines High School - Freeflight Yearbook (Del Mar, CA)

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STRAIGHT FROM GERMANY X X ad food and good people. This is how German exchange sTudenT Caspar Kaeding described his senior year aT Torrey Pines. Coming from a small, conservafive Town near Frankfuri, Kaeding found Thaf The aTmosphere of San Diego was much more personal. Germany is much more formal, more narrow minded, said Kaeding. The TransiTion of seTTIing inTo a new way of life wasn'T as difficulT as Kaeding had originally Thoughl. i'People here are more open To foreigners and seem To be more inferesied in Them, said Kaeding. Towing around an old lawn mower and an eccenrric slyle of dress proved To be arienfion-geriers for Kaeding, who said The fascinaied looks he received are no differenf in Germany. T'l'm iusf as differeni back home as l am here. T ' -V S, f.. 65,2 A A T f A l'M JUST AS DIFFERENT BACK HOME AS IAM AROUND HERE AlThough American schools have obTained a repufafion for being easier Than European schools, Kaeding found The opposiTe To be True. I have never had so much homework. Mathematics here is especially difficulT, said Kaeding. Kaeding enjoyed mosT of his classes Despiie The QFSCITGV UGQVGG in and Teachers: however, he also said, Some of The paTrioTs are a bii curricular difficulfy, Kaeding found Thai his year abroad proved To be a conservaTive, buf mosf of The Teachers VGVY QOOG SXDGWSTWCG- WS DGGU fUfl- are very Tolerant ssmons 161

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162 SENIORS SILVERLINING THE FUTURE he sleek silver edges hug the cool smooth ice. They turn sharply, jump and twist on the great opaque floor. The graceful movements are not new to the ice skates: they have been coming to the ice rink for six hours a day. seven days a week, twelve months a year for ten years. Kendal Travaglio has laced up her skates at 4:30 in the moming for what is now a decade. She practiced three hours in the rnoming, faced seven hours of school, and then returned to the rink for three more hours of intense training. Travaglio has fought hard forthe 16 medals and 14 trophies she has acquired, The award that means the most to her is the one she wears around her neck. Some olympic skaters don't even have this. lt's like a Ph.D. in skating. lt is a small gold medal she eamed by skating in nine contemporary and freestyle competitions. Despite the awards she had won and her promising future, Travaglio faced a hard decision In the life of an amateur athlete. It was ln her Junior year that she realized that school had become a burden and her chances for the '84 olympics had crumbled. She was faced with a choice: tum pro and judge competitions, or continue with her amateur status. It was a heart wrenching decision. She had already sacrificed graduating with her class i851 to maintain her status. Could she stand to give up another? SOME OLYMPIC SKATERS DON'T EVEN HAVE THIS. IT'S LIKE A PH.D. IN SKATING. Her final answer came in December when she tumed pro. Although this prohibits her from becoming an olympic competitor. she is a person with limitless goals, whose modest attitude falls short of her. - Cassie DoerHing