One Week!

So it has officially been one week since I have arrived here in Cologne, although it feels like much much longer. Today in class I took over the last part and reviewed parts of the body with the year 6 students. Evelin wanted me to review the parts of the body with them and then attach verbs to what each part of the body could do. When we got to the leg, one student said that when you smoke a lot you can get smoking leg and have it cut off. Hilarious. This is why I love middle-schoolers. Class went well though, the students have a tendency to talk constantly, which is not uncommon for this age. However, in the short time I have been here, I have also noticed that teachers do not discourage talking as much. When I was teaching, there was no way I was going to stand for the students turning around and talking to their friends while I was up there. I was a little harsh on the students about this point because it just isn't respectful, and even if their teacher doesn't crack down on them for that, I am going to because it is my personal philosophy that students shouldn't be talking to each other when the teacher is trying to teach them something...I'm just saying.

Anyway, after class I came back to my dorm and fixed some lunch and watched some tv. Then Kyle and I met with Evelin back at the school to go over our schedules and the grading scale they use there. We found out that we have a 4 day weekend in February, so I am definitely going to plan some kind of trip for then, not sure what yet though.

After we met with Evelin, I came back to my dorm and took a nap. For some reason, I did not sleep very well last night so that nap was nice. Kyle and I met two of our British friends for dinner and then went to an Irish Pub for drinks. I just got back to my dorm but the night was really fun. We met up with Vicky and Tori at like 6:30 and we didn't know them that well so that was really nice.

Not sure what tomorrow holds, but I'll keep you posted.