Show From England Englan lt f i r y v To The United t States Student Speaks Of Both r. r by Troy Porter Journalism In September 1980 a college administrative administrative administrative admi admi- building in Manchester t England was burned to the ground This incident was one of the contributing contributing contri contri- butir buting g factors that led Greg eg Dodd to Utah Tech Technical ical College The at includes many foreign students such as Dodd who is of British descent This is his first quarter at Dodd said there are several reasons why he is attending When the fire burned my records in England I had no more proof of my college education edu- edu cation Dodd had hoped to transfer two years of credit to an American university before the records j were destroyed Dodd said British classes are not always compatible with American classes and several universities have turned down his credits However Dodd feels that has many positive advantages For Fo Dodd is economical and convenient He also enjoys the personal involvement involvement involvement involve involve- ment of the teachers here They can take away my credits but they cant can't take away my experience experience experience said Dodd I just want to earn an accepted American tion Dodd has lived in the states for three e years now Two years were spent on an mission in Fres Fresno fI California Before Dodds Dodd's two years were up his parents came to the states to live Dodd did have the opportunity to go to England for two months to visit I hate the snow but I like the American way of of- life life said Dodd Utah leU tah isn't a place you fall in love with it grows on you Dodd naturally has his likes and dislikes about the United States All the cities look the same to me and there isn't as much individuality in America as there is in Europe Buthe But Buthe Buthe he does like the casual convenient American lifestyle Education systems in Europe vary from from- the American systems The British system includes infant school from ages five to seven juniors eight to eleven and comprehensive twelve to sixteen After Dodd completed this training he went on to a three e year college apprenticeship at age fifteen in computer science Dodds Dodd's future plans include receiving receiving receiving ing a bachelors bachelor's degree in data processing processing processing pro pro- while in business management He also plans to someday someday someday some some- day own a company Dodd spends his spare time breeding breeding breeding breed breed- ing German Shepard dogs dogs' and com corn Dodd also enjoys sports His favorite American sport is ranquet- ranquet ball and his favorite all around sport is soccer Dodd plays on a few city league teams At age 14 he was offered a professional contract to play soccer but he turned it down to complete his education He is currently employed at a data processing plant and hopes that his experience there along long with his schooling at will prepare him for fora a successful future in iri the United 0 StateS a. a a gERS so w |