I´m now since 44 days in my new home and i did pretty well adapt. At the beginning it was kinda hard to make new friends because in the american School-system you don´t have like a class instead you can choose your own courses which means you are pretty much doing everything on your own. But you have everyday the same schedule so that makes it maybe a bit easier to get connected to others. Anyhow, after this 4 and a half weeks of school i got pretty used to how it works. My schedule is kinda though but it´s alright. I´m trying to understand as much as possible. Normally i´m understanding everything but for example in my math course the teacher is talking just that fast that i´m understanding what she says but then i have to note and understand it and that´s kinda hard. Also very negatively surprising were the amounts of homework i get everyday. But therefore no details ( it is not too exiting). Maybe i just list my everyday schedule that you can kinda imagine:
- Medical Terminology (just learning of some medical terms)
- Homeroom (Morning announcements, chilln and grilln)
- Chemistry (don´t know .. we just did some random stuff)
- Biology (right now DNA/RNA ...)
- LUNCH (normally lunch but i´m joining a theater class which is really fun. Every member writes his own story .. we act it out and getting help from professionals ... also improv and fun games while we are eating our lunches )
- History ( America in the late 1800´s early 1900´s .. kinda fun because if you do your homework or read the book pages the teachers assigns you, you know almost everything. So i do and got an A !!! I´m sooo happy .. my first good History grade (Mrs Haack, that does not mean that the teacher here is better, noway, its just an easy course i chose.) But i mean our history does anyhow differ too much from the american so doesn´t matter.)
- Math - Pre Calculus ( What we do ... we are powering everyday a new sub chapter the assignment two days later and every week a test on each big chapter )
- This the way where i always have to run and also got my first tardy.
- Power Systems ( Right now my easiest class because we are taking an engine apart and try to put it back together, but we are not yet finished with the info's so...)
- Sophmore - English ( We just finished our first novel " The great Gatsby " which was kinda hard with all the assignments and vocab and stuff but the story is very interesting - bit too much love but whatever)
- Soccer Training ( Since Monday )
Talking about school it is in so many ways different from ours.
It is so much bigger.
You ain´t got breaks like we are used to but a full lunch hour,
school starts at 7:15 and goes until 14:38,
everyone got a locker,
they got police all over the building,
they have about 5 minutes between each hour and in the last 30 second there is played some old music from the 70`s and 80`s,
during class you have to sign out to leave the room,
if you are not seated when the bell rings you are marked as tardy,
the cafeteria food consist mainly of nachos, burgers and french fries,
they got classes for almost everything, and much much more,
the schools are also more violent,
in math they use point instead of "komma" and "komma" instead of points (1,000,000.937)
Oh i also wanted to thank you all for your wishes and congratulations ... i´m 16 now !!
alright i think i covered school, oh no, i don´t know why but on my school i have another German student which is kinda cool but also kinda unhelpful by improving my English. But alright .. I´m joining beside the soccer team another club called the international club. It is a club for mainly exchange students and others who are interested in nationalities (or free pizza :P).
So soccer training is really cool, the first days were the hardest because i had no condition and because of a bad game on my second day (where i surprissily could participate) we had to run allot on the third day, means i was really messed up this week. But i got to try sloppy Jones which are basically burgers with hacked meat sauce on it ! I also watched my first High-School Football- and Volleyball game. Both were really funny to watch because the our High-School Football has the best Fan-Curve although we lost and Volleyball was just a very good game.
Next week is Spirit Week which means everyday another topic.So but i don´t know exactly the whole week so .. Monday is movie.Character Day ... Tuesday is Old-man / Young man day ( don´t know how to call it ;)) ... and so on!! Then the coming week is home coming. I´m kinda confused what i really have to do, but whatever i think its gonna be fun, because basically it´s a huge dance ! But we´ll see.
I really like it here and i´m really looking forward to learn more about the american food and culture. I discovered Reese´s (Chocolate with Peanut butter inside). Tomorrow we are doing some community work as the soccer team and our next game is on Tuesday. I´m also looking forward to Halloween and ... Breakfast !!
See ya guys !!
Brownie ;)
Oh, i forgot to tell you today .. i really don´t know why but today a girl ( a 12th grader girl) asked me if want to be her Prom date ... in May !
I said : "NO" .. hahaha just kidding i said "I don´t know " and i act like i don´t understand her. Was kinda embarrassing (she is in the international club). But i have enough time ... i mean ... man .. MAY !
See ya guys !!
Brownie ;)
Oh, i forgot to tell you today .. i really don´t know why but today a girl ( a 12th grader girl) asked me if want to be her Prom date ... in May !
I said : "NO" .. hahaha just kidding i said "I don´t know " and i act like i don´t understand her. Was kinda embarrassing (she is in the international club). But i have enough time ... i mean ... man .. MAY !
