Catching up with exchange students
By: Olivia Carpenter
NORTHRIDGE- Northridge High School waved goodbye over the last few years to four exchange students that left a lasting impact on nearly everyone.
During the school year of 2015-2016, Sven Stalder and Jesper Lund came from Switzerland and Denmark to study in America. And during 2016-2017, Carl Dixon and Niklas Blümner came from Denmark and Germany to study in America. All of the exchange students stayed with host parents in Johnstown who treated them like family.
When asked if the students keep in touch with their Northridge friends even after going home, they responded similarly: “I talk to my Northridge friends a few times a month” said Sven. All four of the students communicate through Snapchat most often, holding “streaks” with their friends and talking sometimes.
All four students plan on returning to America and even have returned in the recent past. Sven and Jesper visited the summer of 2017. They plan on coming back again the following year, and Sven is even considering moving to the U.S. after med School. Carl was very enthusiastic in his intent to return to the U.S., and Jesper expressed interest in returning for a second time this year.
The U.S. and Europe have very different school processes, with Students ultimately going to school a longer amount of time overseas than in America. The classroom setup is also different.
“There, you stay with the same people throughout your entire school career,” said Jesper. “It’s cool, but you aren’t able to make many new friends.” Comparing the curriculum, all of the exchange students agreed that their normal school work is much harder than what they experienced at Northridge. Sven reports there being much less homework, but the material is covered faster. He compared it to having twelve AP courses a semester.
Carl responded with, “Northridge was easy. If you do your homework, then you’re good.”
Outside of school, the exchange students have made significant changes in their lives and have grown as individuals. Sven went on another exchange in the French speaking part of Switzerland, exploring another culture and language within his own country. Niklas has expanded his scope of friends, meeting people that he had never before talked to prior to his exchange. Carl changed schools in Denmark and is working toward his driver’s license, a much harder process in Europe than in the U.S. Since his exchange year in America, Jesper has had a few jobs and successfully obtained his license, expressing his frustration at the long process it involved. “It costs so much more to get your license in Denmark than in America. Almost two thousand dollars total.”
This year, Northridge did not have any more exchange students but most likely will in years to come. The school has had exchange students in the past from other countries, some leaving early and others staying the full year, becoming friends with many.
“Everyone who had the wonderful opportunity to befriend the exchange students from the past two years remembers them fondly, excited for the days they return” said Mrs. Miller, a teacher at Northridge.
-Olivia Carpenter ('18) is a staff writer and the Photo Editor of The Viking Vault.
By: Olivia Carpenter
NORTHRIDGE- Northridge High School waved goodbye over the last few years to four exchange students that left a lasting impact on nearly everyone.
During the school year of 2015-2016, Sven Stalder and Jesper Lund came from Switzerland and Denmark to study in America. And during 2016-2017, Carl Dixon and Niklas Blümner came from Denmark and Germany to study in America. All of the exchange students stayed with host parents in Johnstown who treated them like family.
When asked if the students keep in touch with their Northridge friends even after going home, they responded similarly: “I talk to my Northridge friends a few times a month” said Sven. All four of the students communicate through Snapchat most often, holding “streaks” with their friends and talking sometimes.
All four students plan on returning to America and even have returned in the recent past. Sven and Jesper visited the summer of 2017. They plan on coming back again the following year, and Sven is even considering moving to the U.S. after med School. Carl was very enthusiastic in his intent to return to the U.S., and Jesper expressed interest in returning for a second time this year.
The U.S. and Europe have very different school processes, with Students ultimately going to school a longer amount of time overseas than in America. The classroom setup is also different.
“There, you stay with the same people throughout your entire school career,” said Jesper. “It’s cool, but you aren’t able to make many new friends.” Comparing the curriculum, all of the exchange students agreed that their normal school work is much harder than what they experienced at Northridge. Sven reports there being much less homework, but the material is covered faster. He compared it to having twelve AP courses a semester.
Carl responded with, “Northridge was easy. If you do your homework, then you’re good.”
Outside of school, the exchange students have made significant changes in their lives and have grown as individuals. Sven went on another exchange in the French speaking part of Switzerland, exploring another culture and language within his own country. Niklas has expanded his scope of friends, meeting people that he had never before talked to prior to his exchange. Carl changed schools in Denmark and is working toward his driver’s license, a much harder process in Europe than in the U.S. Since his exchange year in America, Jesper has had a few jobs and successfully obtained his license, expressing his frustration at the long process it involved. “It costs so much more to get your license in Denmark than in America. Almost two thousand dollars total.”
This year, Northridge did not have any more exchange students but most likely will in years to come. The school has had exchange students in the past from other countries, some leaving early and others staying the full year, becoming friends with many.
“Everyone who had the wonderful opportunity to befriend the exchange students from the past two years remembers them fondly, excited for the days they return” said Mrs. Miller, a teacher at Northridge.
-Olivia Carpenter ('18) is a staff writer and the Photo Editor of The Viking Vault.
Mr. Flick’s Diet Plan:
Food rectangle vs. food pyramid: Let's bring it back
By: Madison Legg
NORTHRIDGE- Some people may have heard about Mr. Corey Flick’s diet, but for those who have not … well, he only eats a few foods every day since he was little.
Ever since Flick was a child, he has only eaten certain foods such as BBQ chips, spaghetti, pizza, cheese sticks, stuffed shells, and a very few more things. On the other hand, he does not drink water because he said, “Water is just too bland. My drinks need to have flavor.”
He drinks an average of three Cokes a day, and the only other drinks he will consume are milk and orange juice, along with an occasional pepsi.
The first time anyone noticed that he eats the same thing for lunch everyday is when there was a freshman this year that asked Flick why his Coke was consumed at the same spot every day. Flick then told him that he eats the same time and eats the same thing everyday so he drinks the same amount everyday so that is why his Coke is filled to the same space everyday.
The Flick Diet Plan looks just like this:
For lunch every single day, he eats two slices of cheese (American), four square crackers, a bag of BBQ chips, and he washes that down with a Coke. For dinner he will eat either cheese quesadilla, chicken drenched in BBQ, french fries, pizza, spaghetti, and sometimes tomato soup, and that's it most of the time. For breakfast he eats chocolate chip Eggo’s, and when they come out he adds extra chocolate chips to them.
When he goes out to eat, Flick will only go to Fazoli's and Olive Garden when he eats at a sit down restaurant. He will go through drive-thrus at other restaurants, but he will only have french fries and coke.
Flick does not eat any fruits or veggies. AT ALL!
All he eats are the things I have named above, which isn't a lot. His favorite food is stuffed shells, and his favorite candy is milk chocolate. Seth Frazier (‘19) says “It’s crazy that, when I check him out at the store [Kroger], he always gets Oreos and milk,” and he also said that Flick told him he hates diet pop and he can’t drink it.
Many people say that his diet is unhealthy.
Fellow Math teacher Elizabeth Miller says, “He eats like a stubborn 3-year-old. If he were my child, he would literally starve to death. I don't know how his body and stomach function. It is the most unhealthy diet I have ever heard of.”
Another Math teacher, Ms. Leigh Siedlak, says that Flick’s diet is “unnatural.” So if you have never noticed or heard about Flick’s diet, I’m glad you could learn, and maybe you could even try it for a week. See how you feel at the end.
-Madie Legg ('19) is a second-year Vault staff member and Entertainment and Publicity Editor. [email protected]
Food rectangle vs. food pyramid: Let's bring it back
By: Madison Legg
NORTHRIDGE- Some people may have heard about Mr. Corey Flick’s diet, but for those who have not … well, he only eats a few foods every day since he was little.
Ever since Flick was a child, he has only eaten certain foods such as BBQ chips, spaghetti, pizza, cheese sticks, stuffed shells, and a very few more things. On the other hand, he does not drink water because he said, “Water is just too bland. My drinks need to have flavor.”
He drinks an average of three Cokes a day, and the only other drinks he will consume are milk and orange juice, along with an occasional pepsi.
The first time anyone noticed that he eats the same thing for lunch everyday is when there was a freshman this year that asked Flick why his Coke was consumed at the same spot every day. Flick then told him that he eats the same time and eats the same thing everyday so he drinks the same amount everyday so that is why his Coke is filled to the same space everyday.
The Flick Diet Plan looks just like this:
For lunch every single day, he eats two slices of cheese (American), four square crackers, a bag of BBQ chips, and he washes that down with a Coke. For dinner he will eat either cheese quesadilla, chicken drenched in BBQ, french fries, pizza, spaghetti, and sometimes tomato soup, and that's it most of the time. For breakfast he eats chocolate chip Eggo’s, and when they come out he adds extra chocolate chips to them.
When he goes out to eat, Flick will only go to Fazoli's and Olive Garden when he eats at a sit down restaurant. He will go through drive-thrus at other restaurants, but he will only have french fries and coke.
Flick does not eat any fruits or veggies. AT ALL!
All he eats are the things I have named above, which isn't a lot. His favorite food is stuffed shells, and his favorite candy is milk chocolate. Seth Frazier (‘19) says “It’s crazy that, when I check him out at the store [Kroger], he always gets Oreos and milk,” and he also said that Flick told him he hates diet pop and he can’t drink it.
Many people say that his diet is unhealthy.
Fellow Math teacher Elizabeth Miller says, “He eats like a stubborn 3-year-old. If he were my child, he would literally starve to death. I don't know how his body and stomach function. It is the most unhealthy diet I have ever heard of.”
Another Math teacher, Ms. Leigh Siedlak, says that Flick’s diet is “unnatural.” So if you have never noticed or heard about Flick’s diet, I’m glad you could learn, and maybe you could even try it for a week. See how you feel at the end.
-Madie Legg ('19) is a second-year Vault staff member and Entertainment and Publicity Editor. [email protected]