Cindy's first day at school!

Gapp Cindy Daily Report #1


In the morning I woke up at 6 am because we were supposed to leave at 7:40 by bike :) it was so cool!! I haven't gotten a chance to ride a bike since finishing elementary school!! But I wasn't good at it. Two times I almost fell over from the bike and I was nervous to ride my bike in the busy morning traffic having to share the right of way with the cars on the street.
First class we went to was English . The teacher was late for 30 mins I guess because he was showing our teacher the school. Right away he started to talk about oral exam that they're about to have. The teacher was a nice old man who reminds me of Mr. Elderbrock in Kennedy. He is a nice man but I don't like the way he teaches because it doesn't allow me to think outside the box. Students were paired up to have a practice exam in front of the whole class and for whatever reason, I got to practice with them too. I was so nervous. I am not a native English speaker and I don't think my English is much better than the Germans'. The teacher realized that when he asked me to do the oral exam in front of the class. I was so embarrassed because they all expected a real American not a Chinese international student. That was my perception anyways. English was also the hardest because I have to be awake and prepared for his vocabulary questions.

The next class was German with Martin and Willie. The teacher was giving me a hard time in a helpful way of learning German. Clearly, he knows how to speak English but he refused to speak it with us. He was asking me questions and all I know is to say : "I can't understands what you said " in German :) thanks to Tabbi for teaching the most important thing in German. I called him Mr. Uwel but that was his first name! So it was pretty ironic that I called him that... He asked us to take a German book from the library so we can learn. I love that idea! He is strict, but a really cool teacher.

The next few classes didn't really leave any impression on me. The schedule was very confusing and the school was confusing too. I had completely no idea where I should go if I am not following my host sister. Besides that everything is good in Germany!!