Sorry I haven't written for a bit, figured my last entry was long enough that it'd take a few attempts to get the entire way through it!
Anyways thought I'd quickly mention a few differences between Aussie school's and German ones whilst I make my goodbye-party invitations....
1. German's use blackboards, those old projectors that you use plastic sheets of paper with and I haven't seen a single computer in the school! I kind of like that though, it's much more personal and I find that the teachers here are more like specialists in their chosen field...the Science teachers could easily be award-winning scientists in Australia.
2. Germans don't seem to care whether you are late or whether you don't turn up at all. Maybe it's all the security cameras and guards around our school that make that impossible, but truancy is much harder in Australian schools than in Germany where you can just go out for a quick smoke....
3. There is no lunchtime in German schools. They have 45min lessons and between every two lessons there is a 15min break. At some point in the day you have a free period and you eat lunch then, instead of a set time for everyone to eat lunch like in Australia.
4. All German students seem shocked that we go to school from 8:40am-3:40pm. "Oh that's so LONG!!" which is usually followed by "But your school is easier than ours." Whilst that is true, it really doesn't need to be said :)
5. In German schools it is ok to kick the little kids (not really). They push you down stairs in their eagerness to escape, they shove you into walls in the corridors, it's enough to make you want to go postal....I refrain...Barely. In Australian schools there will be NO violence...it's all recorded on cameras for later use by the teachers, best to keep your feet to yourself!
6. German schools don't have a school nurse. Instead they have trained students to tackle any problem head on! Laura is one of these people and as far as I can tell, their job mainly consists of putting bandaids on the little kids who have come into contact with too many angry-kicking teenagers.
7. It is ok to leave the school at any point during the day if you have a spare in Germany.
8. Language teachers can often be mistaken for native speakers in Germany. I had to ask Annika's teacher if she was German or British....She's more fluent than I am!
9. My school doesn't have enough toilets for the 1400 odd students. So instead there is always a queue....that makes me angry.
10. You don't buy your schoolbooks here. You get them at the start of the year and give them back at the end. Only extra books like novels and things are bought individually.
As you can see...my differences are getting less and less.....
Anyways thought I'd quickly mention a few differences between Aussie school's and German ones whilst I make my goodbye-party invitations....
1. German's use blackboards, those old projectors that you use plastic sheets of paper with and I haven't seen a single computer in the school! I kind of like that though, it's much more personal and I find that the teachers here are more like specialists in their chosen field...the Science teachers could easily be award-winning scientists in Australia.
2. Germans don't seem to care whether you are late or whether you don't turn up at all. Maybe it's all the security cameras and guards around our school that make that impossible, but truancy is much harder in Australian schools than in Germany where you can just go out for a quick smoke....
3. There is no lunchtime in German schools. They have 45min lessons and between every two lessons there is a 15min break. At some point in the day you have a free period and you eat lunch then, instead of a set time for everyone to eat lunch like in Australia.
4. All German students seem shocked that we go to school from 8:40am-3:40pm. "Oh that's so LONG!!" which is usually followed by "But your school is easier than ours." Whilst that is true, it really doesn't need to be said :)
5. In German schools it is ok to kick the little kids (not really). They push you down stairs in their eagerness to escape, they shove you into walls in the corridors, it's enough to make you want to go postal....I refrain...Barely. In Australian schools there will be NO violence...it's all recorded on cameras for later use by the teachers, best to keep your feet to yourself!
6. German schools don't have a school nurse. Instead they have trained students to tackle any problem head on! Laura is one of these people and as far as I can tell, their job mainly consists of putting bandaids on the little kids who have come into contact with too many angry-kicking teenagers.
7. It is ok to leave the school at any point during the day if you have a spare in Germany.
8. Language teachers can often be mistaken for native speakers in Germany. I had to ask Annika's teacher if she was German or British....She's more fluent than I am!
9. My school doesn't have enough toilets for the 1400 odd students. So instead there is always a queue....that makes me angry.
10. You don't buy your schoolbooks here. You get them at the start of the year and give them back at the end. Only extra books like novels and things are bought individually.
As you can see...my differences are getting less and less.....
Hope all is well.
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