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German Wednesday – Not long to go now…

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I just booked my flight back home to the U.K for the first of June. My contract ends on the 31st of May, so I’ll have a Monday in school and then I’m back in sunny (apparently it is a good deal sunnier than Germany right now!) Britain! It still hasn’t hit me that I [...]

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German Wednesday : The Abitur Students go nuts

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Last week was an interesting one in school – it was the last week before the Abitur (basically A Levels) students’ exams, so essentially their last week in school.
Before I go on to explain what they get up to in their last week of school, there’s one thing you should know. Germans, as a [...]

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Schule ist ausgezeichnet! With an extra dose of a Fire Alarm

September 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

So I’ve been to my school a total of six times, three of which were spent observing some of the lessons. So far I’ve observed Klasse 5, Klasse 9 and Klasse 11, in lessons like Biology, German, English and Maths (which went right over my head!)
My school is really nice, but it seems HUGE. I [...]

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Altenberg = Nothing to worry about

September 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Germany

It’s been a week?!
Over a week actually, since I flew to Germany with one kg too many… Right now I’m meant to be going to the Buergersamt to register, but I’ve just made plans to go a bit later!
The induction course at Altenberg was ridiculous amounts of fun, despite early mornings, loads of lesson things [...]

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