Our International Students

We interviewed some of our International students to get a glimpse of Scots life as they experience it…
Xiaoren Yan

House: Glasgow
Where are you from: China
Favourite thing about Scots:
The environment and sports, such as football
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
That sport is so important and that study is not very hard. In China we get money from our factories and in NZ you get money from your agriculture.
What do you miss most from home:
My family and the food.
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Play sports, stay at the boarding house and spend time with friends.
Camille Boudet

House: Aitken
Where are you from: France
Favourite thing about Scots:
The technology and sport after school
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
That Scots is not a co-ed school
What do you miss most from home:
The nature and the way of life
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Play sport and go to town.
Yosuke Kinoshita

House: Glasgow
Where are you from: Japan
Favourite thing about Scots:
Playing and talking with friends
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
We have morning tea and afternoon tea. Also we are allowed to use our phones in school, if I used my phone in Japan the teacher would take it off me!
What do you miss most from home:
I can’t see my friends and family from Japan
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
I go to the beach, play with friends and eat good meals.
Koki Ichinose

House: Smith
Where are you from: Japan
Favourite thing about Scots:
Economics and being able to relax after school
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
They don’t rinse the soap of dishes
What do you miss most from home:
The food
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Staying at my friend’s house.
Mingi Lee

House: Glasgow
Where are you from: Korea
Favourite thing about Scots:
English
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
English
What do you miss most from home:
My Family
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Study
Min Cheol So

House: Glasgow
Where are you from: Japan
Favourite thing about Scots:
Football and English
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
English
What do you miss most from home:
My Family
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Study.
Bernardo Zertuche Esquivel

House: Mawson
Where are you from: Mexico
Favourite thing about Scots:
The very friendly people and football
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
That no matter how bad a person’s day is they are still very friendly and willing to help others.
What do you miss most from home:
My friends, family and places to visit
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
I am usually at football training or going to town or out for lunch with my team mates.
Toon Phisitsak

House: Glasgow
Year: 11
Where are you from: Thailand
Favourite thing about Scots:
Activities and sports
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
Food and sports
What do you miss most from home:
Heat and Thai food
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Football training
Kazuhiro Kawashima Okura

House: McKenzie
Where are you from: Mexico-Japan
Favourite thing about Scots:
High level academically
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
Haka by the Maori
What do you miss most from home:
Food and family
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Go to the city or to the beach with friends.
Leo Igeta

Year: 12
House: Plimmer
Where are you from: Tokyo, Japan
Favourite thing about NZ:
Friends (especially the boarding house)
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
How people have dinner, sleep and shut the store early
What do you miss most from home:
Food and Karaoki
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Chill with friends, sports (soccer, rugby), shopping
Lothar Krumpen

Year: 13
House: Fergusson
Where are you from: Germany
Favourite thing about Scots:
Prospects for the future (IB)
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
Agriculture
What do you miss most from home:
Family and Friends
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Play heaps of Hockey
Michael Liu

Year: 13
House: MacKenzie
Where are you from: China
Favourite thing about Scots:
Friendly people
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
Friendly people
What do you miss most from home:
Food and friends
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Hang out with friends in town and taste different foods in Wellington
Rocky Fang

Year: 13
House: Smith
Where are you from: China
Favourite thing about Scots:
A beautiful school
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
Sometimes people don’t wear shoes
What do you miss most from home:
Different kinds of Chinese food
What do you do on the weekends in NZ: Just do what I do, no plans.
Ryosuke Shimizu

Year: 11
House: Fergusson
Where are you from: Japan
Favourite thing about Scots:
Everyone is kind, friendly and normal even though I am international
Most surprising aspect of NZ culture:
Actually a lot because it is so different from Japanese culture
What do you miss most from home:
Family, culture and food
What do you do on the weekends in NZ:
Hang out with friends (Japanese and NZ)