EAST MEETS WEST KOREAN STUDENTS SHARE EXPERIENCES.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Bo Kyung Lee and Ji Yoon Kim share some things in common with their Cimarron School classmates Classmates can refer to either:
Still, the South Korean exchange students have noticed some differences, ranging from the weather and living abodes to the number of days students attend school. ``The city I live in has lots of apartments, but here I see lots of houses and back yards,'' said Lee, 11, who lives in a four-bedroom apartment in a 15-story building in Il-San, a suburb near Seoul. Lee, who has adopted the American name of Diane, added, ``The trees are very strange,'' referring to the palm trees she has glimpsed on sightseeing trips to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``It's really hot and really dry,'' said Kim, 12, who lives in Taegu, South Korea's third-largest city. ``I wanted to go to America and wanted to go to an American school and improve my language.'' The two girls are among a contingent of 12 students, ages 10-13, and a teacher from South Korea who are being hosted by Cimarron School as part of an exchange program. Members of the group have been staying with families of Palmdale students since July 21. They are scheduled to return to South Korea on Aug. 16. ``Everything is so big here,'' said Yukyeong Lee, the group's chaperon chap·er·on or chap·er·one n. 1. A person, especially an older or married woman, who accompanies a young unmarried woman in public. 2. An older person who attends and supervises a social gathering for young people. and a junior high school teacher. ``It has so much open space and is less crowded. The people are very kind.'' Susan Page Susan Page (born February 12, 1951) is an American journalist and the current Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today. She has won several awards for her work, including the Merriman Smith Award, the Aldo Breckman Award, and the Gerald R. , 49, of Littlerock is the exchange student coordinator who works for Nacel Open Door, a company based in Minneapolis that organizes the exchanges. Page said she typically works with the Keppel Union School District, but those schools were not in session. Keppel officials recommended Page contact Cimarron School. Cimarron students have been receptive to the visiting students - eight girls and four boys - treating them to a welcome assembly, giving them copies of school yearbooks and making them picture frames. The Korean students have given presentations in class about life in their country. ``It was an opportunity to learn something about different cultures,'' Principal Dave Millen said. Stephanie Brown, a 9-year-old fourth-grader, is hosting 12-year-old Sang Won Lee. Brown said her guest has taught her how to write her name in Korean and that the Korean word for ``hello'' is ``anyoung.'' ``Their language is really different. When she talks to her friends, she speaks fast. She thinks I speak fast,'' Brown said. ``I think the food is really different. She gave us a recipe, and my mom tried it and the rice is really moist and sticky.'' Students in South Korea go to school six days a week with two of those days half-days, and have five weeks off in the summer, six weeks off in the winter, and one week off in the spring. They begin learning English in third grade, their school playgrounds have no grass but are made of dirt and sand, they eat lunch at their desks, their classrooms are cooled by fans, not air conditioners Conditioners used on leather take many shapes and forms. They are used mostly to keep leather from drying out and deteriorating. A very old and widely used conditioner is dubbin. , and there are 40 to 45 students for each teacher. In their free time, the Korean students have visited the Hollywood sign The Hollywood Sign is a famous landmark in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, spelling out the name of the area in 15.2 m (50 ft)[1] high white letters. and taken their pictures next to the giant letters, gazed at the hand and footprints of movie stars at Mann's Chinese Theater, strolled down Rodeo Drive Rodeo Drive (IPA: /roʊˈdeɪoʊ/) generally refers to a famous three-block long stretch of boutiques and shops in Beverly Hills, California, United States, although the street stretches further north and south. in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , shopped at the Third Street Promenade The Third Street Promenade is a pedestrian street in Santa Monica, California, United States. It is considered one of the premier shopping destinations in West Los Angeles and frequently draws crowds from all over Los Angeles County. in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , and visited the campus of University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . There have been two trips to the hospital emergency room, for one boy who had an eye infection and for another boy who suffered from intestinal flu. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) ``The city I live in has lots of apartments, but here I see lots of houses and back yards.'' - Bo Kyung Lee right, exchange student from II-San, South Korea ``I wanted to go to America and wanted to go to an American school and improve my language.'' - Ji Yoon Kim left, 12, from Taegu, South Korea |
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