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Spanish teachers Leon May and Marcia Larsen get
in line behind German instructor Pam Dethloff at the
foreign language picnic held at Walnut Grove Park.
(E. Armbrust)
Spanish instructor Shelly Johnson reviews verbs witr
her third hour Spanish II class . (D. Rothfuss)

Students Expand Horizons

P Wasn't English hard life. Senior Christine Marks said that she met
In addition, these classes were known
to increase the horizons of anyone's social
ourquoi?
enough? Why attack such a challenging some of her best friends through French
project as learning German, Latin, Spanish , class and activities. Because of activities
or French? The reasons were many. such as the French crepe party, Spanish
" Foreign language was fun because it Student Appreciation day, and the foreign
was a change from English ." Sophomore language picnic. students had an opportu-
Shawn Nelson reasoned. Many students nity to share a common interest. while en-
found a foreign language a nice break in hancing their knowlege of other cultures.
the monotony of a day. One final reason students enrolled wm
. . . Another common reason was simply to help them realize their dreams to trove
Pers1stence ts 1mportant to full y understand a lan- for college. Many colleges required or at abroad. Senior Brian Jeffords was antici-
guage . Mak1ng 1t all the way to German IV are Sen1or '
Christopher Boehnke sitting wi th Juniors Peter Chung . least recommended, two to four years of pating a trip to Germany, so taking Ger-
and Kerry Larson. (M. Kuhr) foreign language. Sophomore Jennifer Biv- man Ill proved advantageous.
WorkingoutofthebookisimportantinTeacher Mar- ens took Spanish Ill because. " It looked im- Finding the advantages was not diffi-
cia Larsen 's third hour Spanish class . (D. Rothfuss) pressive on a college application." cult as each learned not merely a lan-
Senior Travis Hall expressed another guage, but came in touch with a new cul-
142 reason to take another language was to ture as well. _/
relieve pressure from parents. -Mardra Wright-