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icj5fes2ffjsr s i german exchange program improves language skills stouffville a good supplementary feature to enhance the j program is few sigfried chowanitz chairman of the german exchange committee tanas the- student program mr chowaoitz also in ontario high school exchange teaches german at stouffville dss and is inr charge of the exchange program there the results speak for themselves ifie stated and pointed put that as well as improving language skills the students also become acquainted with a 3if- ferent school system and a different culture overall they learn tolerance and widen their horizons he said this year kathy summerfeldt margit olsen and nancy arm strong played host to susie vietz ulrike wichelhaus and irene heitz for three months and in march they will visit their german counterparts exchange programs tend to be too heavy with girls because girls are more interested in languages according to mr chowanilz one of the students put it more succinctly girls like to talk she said drily at the moment there are only four boys enrolled in the program in the entire county as opposed to 18 girls students are selected on the basis of academic performance proficiency in the german language and the ability to adapt to a different language and culture they have to be flexible said mr chowanitz the par- ticipants also have to complete their entire school year before they leave students pay their own transportation costs but otherwise there are no major expenses since they are billeted in german students homes any sdss pupil can apply to participate providing they have takengerman for at least two years students are then rated on a point system in four categories to determine who is chosen to participate this includes 25 per cent for overall marts 25 percent for pioficlency in german 23 per cent for result of interview with students and parents 23 per cent for a self profile describing hobbies and other areas of interest at present 11 boards of education are par ticipating in the german exchange program- all of them are bsscd on the experience of the sdss program which has now been running successfully for three years three stoulfville girls participated in the high school slmient exchange program this year and each played host to ft german student for three months in march the local gifts will visit germany for the same length of time the girls surrounding organizer sigfried chowanitz are margit olson ulrike wichelhaus nancy armstrong kathi sommerfeldt susie vietz and top insert irene heitz canadian lifestyle is casual byannegret lamure stouffville i could never stand one year here in canada not without a license laughed ulrike wickelhaus a german exchange s student maybe in toronto but in stouffville i would die her fellow students susie vietz and irene heitz chorused their agreement all three felt there was no way to get along in canada without a car unless perhaps you lived in a large city in germany the situation is quite dif ferent the girls all of whom came from small german towns ex plained public transit is cheap and universal and even- small towns have many recreational facilities for teenagers every town has a youth club said ulrike you can play table tennis cards learn fencing or chess and even produce your own films v in addition to youth dubs each town also has church clubs the ger- man- teenagers were careful to point out that these are quite different from he church groups in stouffville and really have noformal con- nection with religion at all vthe church clubs are just like youth clubs they go on trips theyre pretty good explained the girls and hen i of course there are the sport dubs apparently sport lays a much larger role w the life of the average teenager in germany than it does to her canadian counterpart and the clubs cater to every interest this may be why vandalism in the small towns in germany is very rare no one would dream of- breaking the windows in a church stated ulrike regret- tibiy this and other acts of vandalism are only too frequent in stouffville and then of course here are- the dancing schools everybody goes to dancing school aid ulrike they learn 77 rupp inuid cooled snowmobiles parts accessories bill walls bethesda 8881998 waltz foxtrot everything like that if margit olsen and nancy armstrong the girls canadian hosts for three months sighed enviously i wish we had it over here said margit but then reflect further and added probably- if werdid nobody would go to it dancing school over here but if they did it would be really good nancy pointed out j their german friends had explained that ballroom music was not necessary to put what they learned in dancing school to good use to lots of popular songs you can do the waltz foxtrot chachacha swing they said the german girls found the stouffville dances a big change j the attitude of kids is completely different said irene in germany its not always the same number of boys and girls- you meet your friends at the dances chimed in ulrike- f both girls also agreed that there wasnt much dancing going on at the sdss affairs everybody sits they said and added that in germany everybody dances nobody is afraid to ask the girls to dance explained ulrike over here if a boy asks a girl to dance everybody notices in germany nobody notices j it takes many more dances over there laughed irenii the german girls felt that youthsingermany are much more liberated whereas canadian kids were locked into twosomes from an early age a boy thinks he has to have one girlfriend explained ulrike and girls only have one boyfriend in germany girls and boys are always together you have friends both boys andgirls she summed upjthe relationships aremuch morecasual the german girls were also very amazed to find police attending the high schools dances we have no police standing around in germany they said canadian youth is much more controlled by government concluded ulrike as an example she cited the liquor laws the minimum drinking age in germany is fourteen and beer and wine is always served as a matter of course at school parties their beer is like our orange juice they can get it any time commented kathy summerfeldt the girls agreed that there was much more drinking during school hours here and more alcoholic kids over here you think wow said margit olsen she felt that kids drank to rebel against the system whereas in germany it is nothing also the german girls said there is no grass in the german schools but here you can get it very very easy marijuana is very ex pensive in germany and high school students- generally have much less money over there in germany when you do have money you save it here they spend it as they get it said ulrike this is because students in germany find it impossible to get jobs students are not allowed to get a job during school- time irene explains here every grade 12 or 13 student works and most kids have a lot of money in germany you depend a lot moreonyour parents susie vietz the third german student agrees but says that families are much closer in germany- you do much more together shesaid another difference in the cultures was the importance of tv the three visitors were amazed at the amount of tv watching in canada and agreed that this was themajorinterestof most canadians everything is tv they said germans watch tv also but are much more selective according to the girls adults want to watch something more said ulrike there are newscasts every hour and apparently political discussions and talks on various subjects are preferred tothe escapist- type of program so popular over here nobody watches star- trek except little children the girls laughed also- there are no commercials- during- programs thcstudents revealed- commercials comefor half- an hour once a day only and mostpeople turn it off the girls confessed in stead viewerspay a tv tax for every antenna and settle for a smaller selection of channels and limited viewing time tv programming over 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