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One year exchange program SECTION B THE lie P lie German student misses cafes outdoors Herald Special There is too much plastic oft here a West German exchange student slaying In Georgetown said Volker Barth 17 comes from Bad a small town In West Ger many and Is currently attending Georgetown District High School through an exchange program run by the American Scandinavian School Exchange The plastic food that Volker refers to consists of Big Macs Whoppers chocolate shakes and the Colonel In his country he said the streets are not lined with many fast food outlets that seem to consume Canadian streets COMMERCIAL Us very commercial here said He misses the outside tables of the European cafes and to him it seems that we spend too much of our time indoors But he says he is enjoying his visit to Canada and is learning a lot from the whole experience The difference between his try anti ours are many he said but he added people everywhere arc about the same Since arriving in Canada Georgetown last August Volker has had the chance to familiarize himself with the town and most of the high school students I was the outsider at first he said so in order to get a friendly Saint of Introducing himself to all of is classmates asking for their names as well to make It easier for himself to be accepted and let in by the community Volker happens to be staying with He has stayed in rural areas just of Georgetown since he rived and his view of Georgetown is an interesting one To me Georgetown is a bunch of houses slapped together with no centre Volker said adding it Is young town and new houses seem to keep popping up wherever you go rhe strips of plazas are ugly hi says and he does not like tlon of the downtown from the rest of he Volker Is a German ex change who hat been slay lug In Georgetown for aim oat a year now and found many differences between the two countries Herald photo a German family on an Eighth Line farm and has three host sisters and two host brothers It a great place he says with a smile In downtown Is the centre of thi town and there Is always something to do there Georgetown lb quiet place he added and with the population that it has there should for people todo But I m not trying to insult the lit said Another difference between the two communities that has observed is the different school systems which hove In Out But has had no trouble at all adjusting to the system I like the school system better here It more fair towards everybody The school system in Germany he said Is made up of three levels of separated schools The he described were like low medium and advanced levels of Intelligence called Main School Ileal School and Grammar School It is not a fair system he said because at the age of 10 students have to lake a test Hut will decide which school level they will attend In Germany go from in the morning afternoon classes are minutes long and each student has ten cam A Beautiful Beginning Can Be Enhanced By Good Planning The 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just recently had the opportunity to visit ports of British Columbia PS Volker said that he had some friends in Toronto who planned the trip and he decided to go too He wanted to see as much of the country as he could while he Is here he said Volker and his friends lift mid April and drove through boring Manitoba and boring until they reachid Banff Alberta He described the area as a beautiful place with high mountains clear rivers fresh air It reminded me of northern ltn BUSINESS I PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY- Other places Volker enjoyed tremendously were the Okanogen Valley Vancouver Vancouver Island and in Ontario Volker has seen Niagara Falls and with the school s Outer Club Volker has travelled through northern Ontario The Outer Club is the best thing In school said with another grin And after ill his travels and his year In Canada away from home Volkir says he does not feel homesick Back in Germany he has one brother and two sisters whom he says he is very close to Toilet explosion The 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