Krik 1 - Osnovna šola Franceta Prešerna Kranj

What are the American schools like?Patrick: American schools are different, depending inwhich part of the country you go. It could be a goodschool or it could be a bad school. My school is verycompetative. University is different too. Here inSlovenia the governement pays for your studies. InAmerica you have to pay it yourself and it is very expensive.For my opinion Slovenian schools are morerelaxed and every kid in the country has the same opportunityno matter what family he comes from.6 KRIKOV INTERVJUPATRICK KIMSreèujete ga •e od zaèetka šolskega leta,najveèkrat pri pouku anglešèine ali pri kakšniizvenšolski dejavnosti. Veliko vam je •e povedalo sebi. Zanimiv je bil tudi za novinarjeGorenjskega glasa in Kranjèanke. Pa da bi ga mine povabili pred naš mikrofon?! Kakšni novinarjipa bi bili, èe bi izpustili iz rok tako prilo•nost.Intervju v anglešèini! Kakšen izziv! Èe smo kajnarobe zapisali (kar zadeva pravopis in slovnico),bo pa Kim popravil, saj zato pa je prišel k nam, dabi nam pomagal pri uèenju anglešèine oz.amerikanšèine. Vprašanja smo prispevali èlaninovinarskega kro•ka iz 5. è, 7. c, 8. d in 8. arazreda, nadvse pogumno in èisto brez treme paje spraševala in intervju prepisala s tonskegaposnetka Tamara Petroviæ, 8. dTorej, drage bralke in bralci: PATRICK KIM!Could you introduce yourself? (name, surname, family,favourite country, drink, book, movie, sport, hobby)Patrick: My name is Patrick Kim and I am from USA. I livein New Jersey. My father in an accountant and my motheris a doctor. I have an older sister; she is 27 years old. Myfavourite book is 100 years of Solitude by Garcia Marques,favourite movie is The Eternal Sunshine or The SpotlessMine. My favourite sport is lacrosse; it is an Americangame and is a mixture of hockey and basketball. My hobbyis riding and snowboarding and my favourite drink isorange juice.How did it happen that you decided to come to Slovenia?Patrick: I was in Istanbul with a student group calledAIESEC and I was choosing a country and I wanted to gosomewhere warm but I talked to someone from Columbiaand then he knew someone in Slovenia. So I choseSlovenia and it seems like a nice country.Have you travelled a lot? Which countries have you beento?Patrick: Yes, I travelled a lot. I have been in Costa Rica,Panama, Chile, Korea, Thailand, most of Europe, Jamaica.So once when you start travelling it is like drug; you justhave to travel more and more.What do you like or what do you dislike in ourschool?Patrick: I really like how everyone wears slippers. Wedon’t do that back home and I really think its a goodidea. I like the kids have more freedom and they canpick their own classes. What I don’t like? I don’tknow; there is nothing I don’t like in this school, it is anice school.Tell us your opinion about the pupils and the teachers.Patrick: Everyone has been so nice to me, kids aregreat they always say HI to me no matter where theysee me. I wish that I could stay here longer.You help us with our English lessons. Will youbecome a teacher yourself?Patrick: Maybe. I had finished university and I don’tknow what I want to do yet. I really like teaching herebut teaching could be different back home than here.Really, I don’t know yet.Some of the kids are studying a play Forrest Gumpunder your guidance. They are enjoying it. Why didyou choose this play?Patrick: I didn’t want to do some thing boring likeShakespeare and I thought that Forrest Gump is famousand I just picked it.How do you like Kranj?Patrick: I really like Kranj, its close to Ljubljana andit’s really beautiful. When I drive from Kokrica I seethe mountains they are really great.Are you homesick?Patrick: Not really. In university I was used to goaway for about 4-5 months without seeing my parentsand then I go home for about one week and then goback, so I am accustomed to be away from home.Are trees and flowers here the same as in America?Patrick: Yes, they are similar. The only difference Inoticed are the pine trees (larch - macesen) thatchange colour in autumn.