High School Students

These girls are wearing their high-school uniforms. How about me? I was also wearing my own high-school uniform. In this photo, I am shaking hands with General Maxwell Taylor, who was the commander of U.S. Forces in Korea at that time (1954). Under him were 330,000 combat-ready American troops. General Taylor later served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs during the Kennedy administration and designed Kennedy's Cuban invasion plan in 1962 which included a nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union. This photo appeared in Korea's newspaper for students, and I became very popular among the girls. One of those girls later became my wife .

• In Nara (Japan), It was a pleasure to pose with Japanese high-school girls in their uniforms (1994). When I was in high school in Korea, Korean girls were dressed like this. Korea's Confucianism did not allow boys to pose with girls at that time. It was a pleasure to do it 40 years later.
  1. with Russian Students in Dubna (north of Moscow, August 2000).
  2. Students from Israel in Krakow (Poland 2002).
  3. Hungarian High School Band in Pecs. I marched with them (2002).
  4. Belgian Students in Pompei (Italy 2005),

• Two Sweet Girls. While in Kharkov (July 2000), I invited these two girls to a photo with my colleague. They were just walking by. In November of 2001, they came to me while I was attending the Akhiezer memorial conference held in Kharkov. It was a total surprise to me. They asked me whether I brought their photos. I apologized to them and promised to put the pictures on my website, and I invited them to join me in the conference banquet. However, the conference organizers rejected my idea. Their reasoning was that these girls are too young. We were thoroughly disappointed. I could partially heal their wounds by posting these photos.

• High School Girls in Kharkov, Ukraine (July 2000). They seem to know how to make themselves happy, even though we think their economy is not in the best possible condition.
  1. near Paris (France), two French girls on a high-speed train to Paris from Gif-sur-Yvette on July 14 (2000). They are very happy with the photos of Brooke Shields which they received from me.
  2. Russian High School Girls in Kazan (1999). They seem to enjoy their freedom.
  3. German Girls at a subway station in Milan (July 2002).
  4. Italian Girls enjoying a pre-Easter holiday (Caserta, Italy, March 2005). When I asked whether they have boyfriends, some said YES, and some NO. They all laughed.

• Prom. Swedish boys and girls take their high-school graduation very seriously. I was fortunate enough to have a photo with those ladies and gentlemen (Vaxjo 2006).
  1. Another photo with happy Swedish prommers.
  2. Before the Prom Party, these young prommers were walking on the street in their prom dresses. They were looking like dolls (2006).
     I had a photo with them.
  3. Celebration. Here is another form of celebration: parade on streets and free roaming (2002).
  4. Another form of Freedom.
  5. Beer and Cigarette. I was fortunate to have a photo with them.

• Eton and Harrow. My high school principal used to talk about Eton and Harrow of England. Those places were unreachable to me at that time, but I went there to see those schools and talk with students.
  1. British Students at the British Museum in London (2008). They came to the Museum to study Emperor Hadrian's Roman Empire. Those British youngsters are also interested in the British Empire run by their great grandparents.
  2. Polish High School Students at a bus stop near Warsaw's Sobieski hotel. I stayed in this hotel during my visit to Warsaw in November of 2003.
     
  3. Polish Students from Gdansk (2007). I met them at the Soldiers Memorial Park in Warsaw. They came here to study the history of their country. I like their sailor uniforms.