Washington High School - Spirit Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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i Zio The bright face and strange accent this year belonged to Peter Christmas, exchange stu- dent from Invercargill, New Zealand. Peter had many comparisons to make be- tween Southard Boys' High School and Washington. For example, uniforms are still worn and corporal punishment is con- donedg but his school has an open campus. His classes ranged from physics and organic chemistry to advanced 3-D art. 'While 3-D art was new to him Qespecially the art of throwing a potj, physics was familiar ground, since he had taken it in New Zea- land. After graduation here, Peter plans to travel around the U.S. with other AFS exchange- es. When he returns to New Zealand, he plans to complete his education, and final- ly become a doctor. 1. Peter Christmas 2. Oudone Phongsak l Three Oudone, TheLa0lian Delegate l i 1 i . 3 i i

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1 Lands M eel in M iniatareU Peter the New Zealand 13 Our second exchange student at WHS was Oudone Phongsak, a native of Laos. Un- like Peter, who spoke English as his native tongue, Oudone learned English as a foreign language at the American School in Vien- tiane, Laos. He 'also speaks Thai and Chi- nese, along with a smattering of French. Oudone was a junior this year, and as such, he had the usual classes-American lit and U.S. history-along with chemistry, algebra, and Spanish. His favorites were chem and algebra. Oudone made many interesting compar- isons between the U.S. and Laos. But the most interesting one was that in America, machines are used to do what hands would do in Laos. He also commented that the pace of life is slower there. If possible, Oudone plans to go to college next year here in the U.S. to study electrical engineering.