By Serena Schmidt
Bringing new students to our school is always a cool experience. The exposure to new cultures and new ethnicities is always fascinating. Unlike in the past, this year CCHS has three foreign exchange students! Farid Salum, a junior, is another new addition to our school from Tanzania. His favorite color is black, and his favorite school subject is math. Out of 80 students who took an incredibly difficult exam, he scored in the top 5%. Fun fact, Farid is actually a triplet. He has two other brothers, one of which lives in Texas as an exchange student.
School here is very different from school in Tanzania. The curriculum is much more difficult, and they are not allowed to use devices such as calculators. They take an exam that determines whether they will go to higher education, or into the workforce. They take 22 major tests a year, and they take the National Exam when they are seniors, which is composed of 11 exams. In the future, he sees himself being an electrical engineer, and his favorite teacher is Mr. Pittman.
Ahmad Awadat is an exchange student from Jordan who is a junior at our public high school, but back at home he attends a private school. He doesn’t like history but does enjoy any class with Mr. Pittman, who is his favorite teacher. He currently lives with pastor Rusty from the First Wesleyan church with other exchange student Farid. When not with his exchange family he is running at cross-country practice or taking photos with fellow classmates. Though he likes photography, Ahmad intends on becoming a cardiologist. He plans on coming to college here in America, but he is not quite sure which college to go to yet.
When asked what he thought of the education here Ahmad had said that it was way easier than his school at home. He said that at his school they take six major exams a school year, or three each semester, that review everything they have learned that semester. Ahmad attends a private school and is basically a grade ahead of this year’s senior class in his education. He hopes that for his senior year he will be able to attend school in the United Kingdom. Fun fact, he knows small bits of four languages: Russian, English, Arabic, and French.
Meet exchange student number three, Junior, Supaluk Punyapratheep or “Rose”. Rose is originally from Thailand, but is currently living with Sarah Barry and her family. She like the other exchange students dislikes history classes here but loves Comet Café and anything to do with cooking or Mrs. Lundberg.
Though she likes cooking, Rose intends on going into a performance career, preferably singing or acting. According to her, and apparently the other exchange students, school here is simple and easy to keep up with. Unlike here in America, in Thailand the teacher does not have his or her own assigned class room but instead walks to a different room with it’s assigned grade and teaches there. Fun fact, she likes pizza, hamburgers, and chicken.
School here is very different from school in Tanzania. The curriculum is much more difficult, and they are not allowed to use devices such as calculators. They take an exam that determines whether they will go to higher education, or into the workforce. They take 22 major tests a year, and they take the National Exam when they are seniors, which is composed of 11 exams. In the future, he sees himself being an electrical engineer, and his favorite teacher is Mr. Pittman.
Ahmad Awadat is an exchange student from Jordan who is a junior at our public high school, but back at home he attends a private school. He doesn’t like history but does enjoy any class with Mr. Pittman, who is his favorite teacher. He currently lives with pastor Rusty from the First Wesleyan church with other exchange student Farid. When not with his exchange family he is running at cross-country practice or taking photos with fellow classmates. Though he likes photography, Ahmad intends on becoming a cardiologist. He plans on coming to college here in America, but he is not quite sure which college to go to yet.
When asked what he thought of the education here Ahmad had said that it was way easier than his school at home. He said that at his school they take six major exams a school year, or three each semester, that review everything they have learned that semester. Ahmad attends a private school and is basically a grade ahead of this year’s senior class in his education. He hopes that for his senior year he will be able to attend school in the United Kingdom. Fun fact, he knows small bits of four languages: Russian, English, Arabic, and French.
Meet exchange student number three, Junior, Supaluk Punyapratheep or “Rose”. Rose is originally from Thailand, but is currently living with Sarah Barry and her family. She like the other exchange students dislikes history classes here but loves Comet Café and anything to do with cooking or Mrs. Lundberg.
Though she likes cooking, Rose intends on going into a performance career, preferably singing or acting. According to her, and apparently the other exchange students, school here is simple and easy to keep up with. Unlike here in America, in Thailand the teacher does not have his or her own assigned class room but instead walks to a different room with it’s assigned grade and teaches there. Fun fact, she likes pizza, hamburgers, and chicken.