This week has felt like my first real week at GFS. Teachers have put a bit more trust in me, and have let my creativity flow...I have just finished my first proper lesson, where I was in front of the kids on my own for 1 and a half hours. I had the time of my life! It was the 8. Klasse, making them all about 12 or 13, and they know their English irregular verbs to a tee! For none linguists, this is something that we didn't get introduced to greatly until we hit sixth form, and even then it was barely tested. Anyway, I played lots of little games making them run around the classroom (inadvertently testing their English!), and then made them write funny little dialogues about having a 'problem' in New York. They were so excellent! I am feeling overly confident about everything now, all my fear has depleted, which could potentially be a bad thing. I have just one more lesson this week, and that's my next one on London with 7. Klasse. What an excellent week in GFS! And having Friday's free makes life just that bit sweeter =)
School aside, my week hasn't been particularly jam packed! Beginning tonight, my life here in Diepholz should stop being as sleepy. It's the long awaited Diepholz Grossmarkt tonight, and for the rest of this weekend! I am warned that it is not very big, but in all honesty, I am just excited that there seems to be something, some spark, in this otherwise very quiet town! Svenja, my friend who works at the local Sparkasse, and I are going to go check it out tonight, and have a Bierchen or so. Then there's a bigger group of us all going together on Friday evening, after 'vortrinken' (love that Germans have a word for prelash too!) and some food. And then on Saturday, there's a few of the staff from here at GFS who have asked me to go along to the Grossmarkt with them. All in all, I have a feeling I may be sick of the Grossmarkt by Sunday. But we'll see!
Back to this week...I went to see Marcello Marcello this week, which is an Italian film, but this was dubbed with German. I strongly recommend it! The story is as follows- little Italian island in the 1960's, where it is that once a girl turns 18, the young men of the village must bring a gift to the girl's father...the one with the best gift, 'wins' a date with the daughter. It sounds corny, I know....we then meet young Marcello, who finds love at first sight with young Elena. He thus does everything he can in order to get the perfect gift for the girl's father, and along the way he encounters all sorts of mishaps, that make the film so very charming. Suprisingly (or not), Marcello finds the perfect gift, him and Elena are united (then split apart, then reunited), and all is happy on the island. As I type, I can tell I am describing the sort of film I normally find ever so slightly lame. Maybe it was the mood I was in, but it really was such a cute little film, with really stunning scenery. Oh, and (some of) the male characters were absolute stunners, which always helps!
I apologise that this blog post is of little substance. As the weeks pass by, I have more and more upcoming adventures to excite me and entail. Berlin is the first, two weeks tomorrow, and I cannot wait! Especially as our dates coincide with the Tag der Deutschen Einheit. Hopefully, a brilliant time to be partying in Berlin! It'll also be brilliant to see all my other assistant friends again. Sometimes, there ain't nothing like a friendly face!
Also, I fell off my bike this morning. Spectacularly. I had to document it somewhere, because it really upset me! Especially as one of the students saw me do it, and didn't even flinch. Or ask me if I was ok! Pfft.
Until next time!
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