Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2014, Page 45

Description:	For Halloween, Mrs. VeraFrye — with assistance fromher student teacher - hadher tife Transition Classpaint pumpkins. Frye hadthe student teacher doalmost all the work — shebrought all the pumpkinsnd everything, sheadmitted - buildingexperience and momentumfor her future career.he ourgHfrtOUl! OUR GUEST!Ms. Beth Smiths French class organized an exchange with a French school. While thetraveling will be almost a vacation, hosting, it turns out, is as much stress as fun.For this years French exchange stay an additional cause of stress to the Ljn< the exchange students seemed tostudents, a long Greyhound bus pulling already stress-ridden lives of their be the definition of cosmopolitaninto the Bloomington South High hosts. Many hosts had experiences They were very polite and verySchool parking lot marked the end of a akin to those of senior Sarah Sha, open-minded Krishnan said They4,148 mile journey from Le Mans, who noticed that the time normally 0ften complimented American culture.France, to Bloomington. As they spent on schoolwork conflicted with the They really focused ondeparted from the Greyhound, they time needed to entertain her guest. integrating into American society, Linwere greeted by forty Bloomington I felt obligated to entertain her, addedSouth students from Beth Smiths admitted Sha with a smile, so I ended Despite the increase in stress andFrench class who would serve as their up taking her to social gatherings the decrease in time to eliminate it,hosts for the duration of the stay. For instead of working on things like most pajrs were able to enjoy theirthese South students, the hosting college applications and homework.experience was stressful, enlightening, Time management aside, thebut, above all, fun. exchange program raised less tensionsDuring the twelve days of the than expected from cohabitationexchange, hosts were responsible for between two people with significantthe safety and entertainment of their cultural differences. In fact, according France in the sprinqguests. Consequently, this made their to seniors Janani Krishnan and Jennytime together. For example, Sha wasquick to assure anyone that, despitethe difficulties, being a host was anawesome experience and that shewas really excited for her own trip to- ETHAN BRIGGSgo to page 112-113 for PART 2 of the epic saga: South students take FranceWALing lotAP Environmental Science tallied the different brands of cars in Souths parking lot, finding its biodiversity.KE¥_HONDAFORD■CHEVROLETB-WINCLOT8888188669888 88 88 88THE WINNER ISBACK LOTFACUS188188B-8888688BfifififlOOuDDNHS LOT
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Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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