by Katlyn Smelcer |

Stanislas Girard, or Stan, for short, is from Saint Germain en Laye, France, a city not to far from Paris. But, for Stan, he had more than enough reason to take the flight to America.
“Learning English is the main reason and seeing how people live in America and the third reason was to get away from France and be free kind of,” senior Stan Girard said. In France, Stan did not get out of school until 6. But the hours are just one of the many reasons he enjoys high school here a lot better. According to him it is very easy for him, the teachers are very nice, and he never has homework.
Just like the other foreign exchange students here at the high school, Stan had to take the Secondary Level English Proficiency Test to get here; which is a test to make sure he could speak English well. Although Stan likes school here in America, it is not without a few flaws.
“The big difference here is the food. I hate the fast food. [And] everyone knows everything about everyone here and in France it is not like that,” Stan said. As far as what the students think here, Stan fits in just perfect.
“He’s hilarious and he has great hair,” senior Audrie Sifuentez said. Back in France, Stan enjoyed something pretty similar to students here; he loved to play rugby. One difference that Stan noticed here at LHS is the high school relationships.
“The relationships between boys and girls are more organized in France, there is no in between,” Stan said. While there have been both positives and negatives that have come with it, Stan has experienced living in a different country, which is something people could only dream of, and after all this, Stan’s future looks pretty bright.
“I have a lot of plans; I gave myself four years to learn Spanish, then I want to go to engineering school for five years, and then travel all over the world for engineering,” Stan said.