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Reflections as a Foreigner: Shock and Awe
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Reflections as a Foreigner. View my complete profile. Tuesday, March 4, 2008. This afternoon I had a twelfth grade English class. The first time to be with this group, and the regular teacher is out sick. Has been for the past week. So in order to keep the class moving and not have to let it be cancelled, I and two other teachers are sharing teaching duties. Which means no continuity. There seemed only one way out. Overwhelming use of English. Shock and awe. I carried the day.
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Reflections as a Foreigner: February 2008
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Reflections as a Foreigner. A Park Bench Lesson. View my complete profile. Thursday, February 28, 2008. A Park Bench Lesson. So there we were last Saturday afternoon, sitting on a bench in the park drinking coffee, enjoying the February sun, comfortably engaged in one of humanity's favorite pastimes: complaining. It's easy to fall prey to. It's sort of like the annoying little thing that gets in the way of all the nothing you can afford to do," Megan nodded. We both looked out into the park at all the pe...
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Reflections as a Foreigner: Zugspitze
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Reflections as a Foreigner. One missed job opportunity. View my complete profile. Friday, April 11, 2008. Over Easter vacation Megan and I spent a week in the Bavarian Alps on the border with Austria. We spent two days hiking through the mountains, one day in Innsbruck, and another day in Munich. It was such a nice trip and a beautiful area. We stayed in a small vacation apartment run by a very nice old lady. She even gave us some homemade cake one day! April 11, 2008 at 3:57 PM. April 18, 2008 at 7:44 AM.
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Reflections as a Foreigner: Rain?
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Reflections as a Foreigner. View my complete profile. Wednesday, June 11, 2008. I ask him. "I don't think so.". He says, enunciating each syllable of the word slowly and shrugging his shoulders while tipping his head to one side. "Maybe! I guess we'll see," I said, and continuing on my way. The little boy called out at me down the street. "You just never know! Definitely the funniest post! June 11, 2008 at 10:47 PM. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind on it. Learn young, learn fair.
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Reflections as a Foreigner: The Supermarket
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Reflections as a Foreigner. A Park Bench Lesson. View my complete profile. Saturday, February 23, 2008. Well, it's been a while. But recent events nearly force me to write about an entirely German experience: going to the supermarket. If you thought that Germans maintain a civil society, you're right. Unless they're grocery shopping. Then anything goes. The past couple times I was at the grocery store, events happened that I can no longer keep bottled up! Hmm, this bag of chips is actually much smaller t...
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Reflections as a Foreigner: December 2007
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Reflections as a Foreigner. View my complete profile. Friday, December 21, 2007. I think it's time to admit that Germany actually is not the best country in the world. Case in point: postage rates. I keep feeling that I am getting ripped off every time I put something in the mail here. Today, I went to the post office with a few letters to send to the United States and one letter to send to a location in Germany. Maybe it has something to do with fighting the rotation of the Earth.
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Reflections as a Foreigner: Finding Family in Niederaula
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Reflections as a Foreigner. Finding Family in Niederaula. View my complete profile. Saturday, May 24, 2008. Finding Family in Niederaula. Last week we spent in Marburg. I have a relative who lives not too far from there in Niederaula, a small town in rural Hessen. He met my grandparents back in 1980, and two of my cousins in the 1990s. When he was a little boy in the 1950s, he met my great grandparents when they came to Germany for a visit. Now it was my turn. I met Wolfgang's granddaughter and grandson&...
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Reflections as a Foreigner: One missed job opportunity
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Reflections as a Foreigner. One missed job opportunity. View my complete profile. Friday, April 11, 2008. One missed job opportunity. I ran across an ad the other day while searching through some possible translation job opportunities. I really should have replied. This is what it said:. Can pay Escrow if required. Thanks. On the other hand, maybe it's best that I didn't respond. Who knows what might have come up in those letters! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Reflections as a Foreigner: A Park Bench Lesson
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Reflections as a Foreigner. A Park Bench Lesson. View my complete profile. Thursday, February 28, 2008. A Park Bench Lesson. So there we were last Saturday afternoon, sitting on a bench in the park drinking coffee, enjoying the February sun, comfortably engaged in one of humanity's favorite pastimes: complaining. It's easy to fall prey to. It's sort of like the annoying little thing that gets in the way of all the nothing you can afford to do," Megan nodded. We both looked out into the park at all the pe...
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Reflections as a Foreigner: May 2008
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Reflections as a Foreigner. Finding Family in Niederaula. View my complete profile. Saturday, May 24, 2008. Finding Family in Niederaula. Last week we spent in Marburg. I have a relative who lives not too far from there in Niederaula, a small town in rural Hessen. He met my grandparents back in 1980, and two of my cousins in the 1990s. When he was a little boy in the 1950s, he met my great grandparents when they came to Germany for a visit. Now it was my turn. I met Wolfgang's granddaughter and grandson&...
