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mits this is the first time he has really
learned how to do it.
“We have really gelled with one an-
other and become quite close,” he said.
Cultural Interchange (CCI), Head did
not know in which country he would be
placed. He could not be happier that
CCI chose to send him to Texas.
“Texas is what we consider the real
part of America. It doesn’t seem to
have the glamorized culture of other
places in the States,” he said.
Head has been living with his host
family in Crowley since the beginning
of the spring semester. The host par-
ents act as his legal guardians during
his stay and make him feel quite at
home by giving him a curfew and
household chores.
have more control because of that,” he
said.
Aside from missing his family and
car,” he said.
The overcrowded highways can be
Taking part in a triathlon put
on by the YMCA, Head
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with a 5-kilometer run.
Head finished the race
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“Now, when I get a script in the
UK, I will ask myself what would Jakie
have me do?” he said.
His goal is to someday be a part of
London’s version of Broadway, West
End.
Head is not allowed to work in the
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out a great deal. He left his job as a
bartender in England where the legal
drinking age is 18. Because of the
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has allowed me to grab life with both
hands,” he said. “Now, I live doing too
much.”
The exchange program has made
him grow up a lot.
“I’m on my own now. When it the bonds the students have formed, es-
comes down to it, I am the one who can pecially in his Acting 1 course.
make this. How good or bad it is, that
is up to me,” he said.
More importantly, Head wants to
set an example for future exchange stu-
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U.K. student finds Texas new experience
Exchange program rewarding for athlete
by Rachel Haecker
reporter
ne year ago, Robert Head
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himself line dancing at
Longhorns in Fort Worth, watching his
first rodeo or catching the puck at a
Fort Worth Fire ice hockey game.
Head, an 18-year-old South
Campus exchange student, left his fam-
ily and close friends behind in
Norwich, England, for what he calls, “a
well-needed change from everyday
life.”
Even though he had doubts about
moving thousands of miles from home,
Head soon found himself immersed
with endless opportunities.
Head is actively involved in a
group at The First Baptist Church of
Crowley, had a role in this month’s
South Campus production of The
Seagull and participated in his first
triathlon in Athens, Texas, during joyed his time at Tarrant County happened at Highland Park High
Spring Break. College (TCC) because professors are School last month. Social drinking is
“Before, I was just going along easy-going, and the tension of the UK quite common, and people seem to
with the flow. The exchange program classrooms is gone.
“They make it fun to learn,” he
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The most important thing Head has friends, Head misses “tooting” around
learned here is the concept of what he London in his Suzuki Jeep the most,
calls, “team-building.” He is amazed at The Jeep was a gift from his parents
for his 18th birthday and is his most
prized possession.
“The main difference between
America and the UK is that you must
The most enjoyable time of his 12- drive on the opposite side of the road
hour enrollment is his acting class, while sitting in the opposite side of the
dents, showing them they do not have where his professor, Jakie Cabe, has
just to attend college. They can make become like a friend to him. Head has
the most of the other opportunities they taken acting classes before; yet he ad- quite challenging at times, Head said,
have while they are here. mits this is the first time he has really His greatest challenge was March
Upon applying to the Center of learned how to do it. 20 in the the small town of Athens.
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“I knew I wouldn’t
win it, but it was something fun
younger age limit, he believes the and interesting to be involved in,”
younger population is more likely to he said.
stay away from drugs. Since Spring Break, Head has
“Because alcohol is more readily also participated in the Cowtown
I try to live every day as if there may not be a next.
You can’t get anywhere in life without goals.”
Robert Head,
south campus exchange student
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Marathon in Fort Worth and the
Fort Worth Zoo 5K Run.
Head competed in the UK
National Trials in front of 60,000
people last year.
“There is something about the si-
lence of the crowd and then the shot of
the gun that produces an electric at-
mosphere in the stadium,” he said.
This determination to finish what
he starts is what drives Head to com-
pete.
The exchange program and his fa-
ther’s battle with cancer have given
him this outlook on life.
“I try to live every day as if there
may not be a next. You can’t get any-
where in life without goals,” he said.
With that in mind, Head will ac-
complish all he can before returning
to Norwich in June. He vows to buy a
Stetson hat and a pair of cowboy
boots to take home with him.
Eventually, Head would like to re-
turn to the States and attend a four- >
year university.
“It might be tough to get in, but I
am not giving up,” he said.
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