| High school year in the U.S. |
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| Organization: |
Youth For Understanding (YFU) |
| When? |
August 1997 through July 1998 |
| Where? |
At the Jackson Family in Bakersfield, California |
| High School: |
Senior at Highland High School (Class of 1998) |
| Classes: |
Member of the Drama Class (Ms. Damigos) and of the Track & Field team (Coach Mayberry) as well as of the Yearbook Staff (Mrs. Krausse) |
| Drama Class: |
Several little plays, among them once as Romeo in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" Act III, Scene 5 |
| Quote: |
"It was the lark, the herald of the morn; no nightingale..." |
| Extra curricular activities: |
AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) soccer as well as actively participating in the youth groups of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where my host family goes |