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WMMrY FREE PR~ESS, WEDNESDAZr NOVEMDER 21,1990, PAGE 26 Education New Ze-aland stylýýe By Trudie Zavadovios Last year, Julie Mnne Cuie faiied grade 12 yet probabl'y got the best education, of her Irfe. The 18-year-old Whitby resident spent iast'.year living- and iearn- ing in NewZa, d C'urnie was chosen a s -on. of two students to participate ini a year-long exchange program sponsored by the Rotary Club. q~ had a choice to go anywhere i the worid," says- Curre.. "I chose New Zeaiand.» This year Currie' is ,flinihing up grade 12 and taking grade 13, a s mall price to., pay for, the op<jrtuityafforded her. Imàissed grade 12 because cf the difference in the schooi sys- tem. Grade 12- wasn't counted. Sehool in New Zealand is not semesterized. You dont work on a credit basis. Students take six courses throughout the year. You take the same subjects everydy English mathP science, French, p h sicaf education and Maori Nw Zealand':s native Curie ays the*,experienco was pricelees. <It'.,reaily hardi,!' o -bel placed into A situation where you knoéw .nothig about the- language or the people. It was funi to iearn about it. I.ioved every minute of Although, Currie w as i a dif- ferent coUntry, s he feit right at home. rolepdieoe eI had an accentto .he m. They wanted me te " tslil the time. They were reaiiy friendly toward me.» The .dschool year in New Zea- Tand is fkon January te Novem- ber. Currie took her six-week summ er vacation, in December. She spent her off-time surflng, swmminly,,sund visitingIl te s.eole intheir homes." WhIiemin New Zealand,, Currie stayed with four familles.. She changed familles every three mont ha. 5h. said that ever fam- iiy- was speciai ad th ey al treatedherýextremeiywel. Ciarrie has also chanSed many ofhé r.famiiy perceptions3. "I 'realized .what my parents havedone for meoin the past now that rve seen the reai ýWorid. I respect them more.» As for schooI 'and her friénds, thiûnMs are, about -thé, saine . .. Gétting, back te. schooiwas hiard. Somïetirnes it's like I didn't, leavé, but it took a lot of getting Curérie has>eenmajor changes in herself over the -past year. «I used te beverysh1y, now Pm very. outgoing. rPve become1 very opimonated and ,noe: narrow- minded. Now I' know that'the' Canadian lifestyle is not the only wa te live.» oW Ourrie considers she has two homes. "While I was in New Zealand, I missed home. Now that P'm home, I miss N ew Zealand.' It's reaiiy 11k. I have two homeis.», Currie attends Anderson CVI but is planning to go to university and'te include travel in her'plans. At least one of her trips wiil include a- return to New Zeaiand.. >1"]m.* definitely going back, maybe in two years or so. Izthink the* friendships is what' I trea- sure most. ]Pm keeping in contact with them aIl.» lier advice te -other students who haveé the same opportunity is "Go for ItL It's a great experience ,"that anybody can handieif_ they're mature and responsibie enough. Youth rlqnecrutig Canada WorldYot is now recruiting Canadians and landed immigrants between the agés'of 17 and 20 (as of Dec. 3 1) for exehange programs -with, coun- tries of Asila, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Youthl from across Canada and from overseas will spend seven months doing v'oluteer woôrk in community development, agricul- It was easy for Currie te feel at "wÏ u-al'Ly IJU S&l home. in New Zealand -because hepn1tr caei rpo she saw so many similarities -te fessional careers. Canada. Ail expenses are covered by "There are. very few cuitural Canada World Youth during the differences. They -Are two ,years program,. behind: iri fashio»n su-ad their Exchanges start as early as music is about six months Juîy 1991. The final deadline for behind. applications is Jan. 1, 1991.. "It'slhard te get used te winter m-'r-rore app ication foring or in July. It mostiy rains and is information, contact Canada not very cold. It rarely- got beiow World Youth Ontario ýregion6al five above. The summer is beau- -office, 386 Bloor- St-î. j., nd tiful. It starts about Octobýer sud * floor,-' Toronto, *'Ont. M5S ý1X4, lasts tiil the end of May'.» (41:6)922-0776. Currie says the native people areweil treated in New Zeùaian-d. -i7s «They get a lot ôf s,'*peci;ialt v s advantages.» She says it's impor- g tant they try te keep their native ar ai n backgrounds. wirigh.t a Two major differences Curriet a experienced were that New Zea- landers drive on the left side of A i e s i the road, sud that it is very accepted for -teenagers te fre- quent pubs* for, entertalument,, Activist 'Carolann Wright will even though the legai drinking be speaking Monday, Nov. 26,-8 age is 21. p.m., at Anderson CVI, in thé «Here you can't get in. There cafeteria.. they go for music and dance. The Wright is a singe mother who police prefer the teenagers*te be -,,works with abused children in a ini the. nightclubs where they cs, Toronto- Women's Sheiter. As* an ke~pan ye o thm.».' ' Dax candidate in the last 'rtehrdet artofhe rip or provincial election, ah. astounded Currie was leaving and makng a pudt by aimost taking the smooth transition back ho me. onw Trt'se fS. 'Tii.hardest thing wa t downgewn Tooto sed aa fof leave. - I made 50 many new tGen-org ee-S a IaaySfomt friends. The famiiies weresoteAtrnyGeriInctt wonerfi. woid avestaed0 by runming a campaign based on Iodrf I ouldhv tae fthe. issues of poverty, hunger, "Tyng e it back inte Cana-hdsrimina violece su _ia _g11 fi asdifficuit, fittin icnxain back inte the saine routines. The theme for the evening is have changed so much.» "getting invoived," and repre- 5h. says thing are working sentatives from co-op housing sud weil now that she's back. She aduit literacy will also be on also notices a change in the way haud. her famiiy treats her. The free talk is being «They treat me as a more presented by the. Durham Centre mature person now than I was New Democrats. Everyone is before. They respect me more. welcome. They realiy missed me when I For more information, oel was gone.» .- 1it.,- t " ,-.ý 668-5372,or ,6fl-U2, * JULEANNE CURRIE, grade 13 stu- dent at Anderson CVI, spent the* past Mear n New Zealand as p art of the Whty Rt- Cu' youth exchange, programi. Ab.e e points outsomne of the country's features to Jeif Bailey (ieft), chaâirman'of the exéha èpro-, gram, an4d her fiather Bill. At the same meeting, -the club presented $5,000 to6 the rehief fund established- for victime of last month's fire apartment building. prepared for the. Have you Now 15is register.;,> Are you ready for the pro- posed GSI? If noôt, now is the time to registerand prepare. Registrat ion ap plies toô'anyo'ne involved in a commercial enter- prise. This includes fishing, farming, professional services and many activities carried out by non-profit organizations. 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