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feuervogel) wrote2014-02-10 05:12 pm
feuervogel) wrote2014-02-10 05:12 pm
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Day 1
I've gotten settled in here in Mannheim. The rest of the people in my WG are nice, and I made a pot of curry for dinner last night, which we shared.
I had my first day of the Hospitation today, in an A1 (first level) class. Tomorrow I'm going to an A2 class, then B1, A2, etc. I only have a day (8:30-1) in each class. Because I didn't start until about 10 am today, I need to make up about 2 hours of instruction-observation time, so I'll have a couple times when I go to an evening course, which serves a different population. Should be interesting.
The teacher today let me help out in class, which was neat. She had me go around during group work. Not everyone will, so I don't really know what I'll be doing the rest of the time, other than observing and taking notes about how the course progresses.
In school-not-related stuff, (I just started writing this sentence in German) I bought some tea that is really nice from Teekanne, Spanish orange. Kind of like Celestial Seasonings' Mandarin Orange Spice.
It is also apparently extremely difficult to find normal stick deodorant in this country, or at least in dm. They had a ton of roll-on, which counts as a liquid, which means I'd have to throw it out in 2 weeks when I leave, because it won't fit in my 1-quart zip top bag (which is already full). I found three sticks, one of which wasn't also anti-perspirant, so I picked that up for like €1.50. I can shove it in my normal toiletry kit.
Now I should get off the computer and flip through the books tomorrow's teacher uses so I have an idea of what she'll be doing.
I had my first day of the Hospitation today, in an A1 (first level) class. Tomorrow I'm going to an A2 class, then B1, A2, etc. I only have a day (8:30-1) in each class. Because I didn't start until about 10 am today, I need to make up about 2 hours of instruction-observation time, so I'll have a couple times when I go to an evening course, which serves a different population. Should be interesting.
The teacher today let me help out in class, which was neat. She had me go around during group work. Not everyone will, so I don't really know what I'll be doing the rest of the time, other than observing and taking notes about how the course progresses.
In school-not-related stuff, (I just started writing this sentence in German) I bought some tea that is really nice from Teekanne, Spanish orange. Kind of like Celestial Seasonings' Mandarin Orange Spice.
It is also apparently extremely difficult to find normal stick deodorant in this country, or at least in dm. They had a ton of roll-on, which counts as a liquid, which means I'd have to throw it out in 2 weeks when I leave, because it won't fit in my 1-quart zip top bag (which is already full). I found three sticks, one of which wasn't also anti-perspirant, so I picked that up for like €1.50. I can shove it in my normal toiletry kit.
Now I should get off the computer and flip through the books tomorrow's teacher uses so I have an idea of what she'll be doing.
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I've been wandering about Mannheim a bit since I got here. I've shared photos on facebook and some on tumblr (I'm easy to find if you know my full real name, I think, not the initials I use on Twitter). Mannheim is cute, I guess, very small. I spent Sunday afternoon wandering around Ludwigshafen with a handful of Germans I'd never met before playing Ingress. (It's an Android game that's basically Capture the Flag.)
I have afternoons mostly free, so I can get groceries or wander around. I might pop down to Speyer this weekend, unless the Ingress guys are going out farming again. It's pretty cheap to get there on the S-bahn.
Sometimes I think living in a WG would be a lot of fun, then I remember I hate drama and sharing things with people. This WG is nice, but I don't know if I could do it long-term.