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Show WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY MONGOLIA continued from PAGE 9 Some of the remembers. teachers are Russian. They start will in teaching and language Mongolian then just switch into Russian, she said. English language is a little bit of a problem for Altan-ai- . It is sometimes a The barrier in some of her classes. Some phrases are hard to understand, and the vocabulary is difficult, especially in math. said the English language is more difficult to learn than Russian. I have a hard time with the slang. She learned to speak Russian when she was only eight years old, adding that everyone in Mongolia speaks She Russian. Family is very to people important in Mongolian society, Altan-a- i pointed out. She said it is very hard being away from her family. Altan-ai- father is an s engi- Her mother gave up a schoolteacher to be being mom. One a older brother is an artist, and a brother just graduated from high school. neer. stay-at-hom- e The hardest thing is just Altan-a- i alone, being explained. She calls home several times a month. relies upon her famigive her ideas when she has decisions to make, and that is very difficult being so far apart. As Altan-a- i speaks of home and family, there is a smile on her face. She has a willingness to speak about home, where she has left her parents, her brothers, and her niece, all of whom she misses very much. Altan-a- i ly to She definitely plans to return home and be with her family that has supported her through one bachelors degree, an LDS mission, and now another college degree. LIFESTYLE 19,2003 focus was on the technical programs. Last year the focus changed to included the four-yea-r academic programs, said Woodward "Students can go around to different employers and see what is available. They should come and see what employers offer. Just because an employer specializes in one field, like marketing, it doesnt mean that they dont need people in other areas like computer technology," reminds Woodward "Last year some of the companies that came to the fair had recently frozen all hiring because of the terrorist attacks of September 11. This year we had a requirement that employers either had positions to fill now or would have positions by the end of the semester," Woodward said There will also be opportunities for students to find summer employment, she said We have asked if they have internships available, that they bring those, too. The Police Corps also will have scholarships DIXIE SUN available," Woodward pointed out a favor to Dixie State College, the Washington County School District is sending a representative," she said The first graduates from the colleges education program will come next year, but the district is coming so the educators coming out of DSC will get a chance to look and see what to expect with them, explains Woodward "As -- 11 There is going to be a contest for the best resume, and for the best interview," said Woodward The winner of each contest will be awarded 50 dollars, she said Any interested student should contact the DSC Career Center. Entrants should submit their resumes to the career center starting on Monday, Feb. 24. The employment fair will be held Thursday, Feb. 2T in the Gardner Center Ballroom from 12:00 to 4:00 pm Door prizes will be awarded every 30 minutes |