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Upon their return from a three week tour of Europe, three Tehachapi High School students are sharing their educational experience with a new appreciation for their status as U.S. citizens.“I really appreciate all the freedoms we have here. It’s all the little things we take for granted,” said 16-year-old Jeff Waldram, one of 40 Kern County area student ambassadors selected to participate in the People to People program.The international travel program was started in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower who believed that if people could visit each other’s homes, attend their schools and see their places of worship, then misconceptions and resulting suspicions could be overcome, in times of war as well as peace.Waldram was joined by fellow THS students Stephanie Hirsch, 16, and Blaine Hartsock, 15, for their first and agreeably once-in-a-lifetime European tour.The teens visited France, Italy and Greece, spending time with host families in groups of two or...
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