Today, we went to a playground to take some pictures and video. They will be up soon. We also went to the Christmas Market that opened today. There were tons of little crafty christmasy things, nativity scenes, and Glühwein. Glühwein is a sort of hot, spiced, red wine. Will liked it, and he doesn’t really […]
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Today in class, I sat next to one of the students, Michael, and he started talking to me in German (a no no). Anyway, he was so easy to understand, I new he couldn’t be a native Austrian. Turns out he’s actually from Thüringen, which is a state in the middle of Germany. He […]
Most of the English assistants got paid today (including me). We had a little get together with the other English assistants to celebrate our new found wealth. There were fancy hors d’oeuvres like caviar with cream cheese on crackers, pears and blue cheese wrapped with prosciutto (a kind of really thinly sliced ham). As well […]
On Friday morning, I covered for one of the teachers for an hour and a half class. It was fun. The class is “Foundations of Teaching English.” The teacher said I could do whatever I want, so I showed them some games they can play with their students in their English classes, and we had […]
Hey, so, school is fun. This week, I went to some classes. For many of the classes, I don’t need to prepare very much. I mostly look through the workbook that they had for homework so that I’m ready to discuss it with the class. However, the complicated grammar is left to the teacher, because […]
Yesterday was Halloween. We went to the kitchen on the third floor where the Americans were gathering. There were also a few Austrians. People had dressed up. Many were zombies, there were a few devils. I wrapped one of Will’s black t-shirts around my head to make myself into a ninja. Will made me some […]
So, I’ve been meeting up with a conversation partner and I told her about the controversial law in Arizona that says that if a police officer suspects you are an illegal immigrant, he can ask to see your papers. She thought this was not unusual at all. Around here, if a police officer asks for […]
So, I’m not very busy at my school right now. Two of the teachers are out of town this week, and some of them just don’t need me. One I emailed and never heard back from him. I’m supposed to be doing something for 13 hours a week. This week, I will do about 7 […]