School

So every weekday I've been here, I've risen at 630am to go to school. It's been a struggle but the total immersion in a classroom where the only common language is German has been enormously helpful. Today was the final day of the class I've been doing, A1. We got back our test results, got our certificates and had a food party with all the other classes. Everyone paid a little fee for the food and all the money we made is being donated to Haiti. There were a few performances: one girl played her violin and two people from my class were supposed to do a funny dialogue. The girl who was meant to be in it was sick and really late so I ended up taking her place. It was rather terrifying performing in German in front of the higher level students, but fun too!

We had a written test, which included listening, reading comprehension and grammar and writing. The speaking test was on a separate day and included introductions, simple questions and a dialogue on a random topic. My partner and I got clothing shopping, which was the best topic we could've got. I came out of both tests feeling simultaneously relieved and apprehensive. After the speaking test, I went for some recreational shopping and ended up using some phrases from the clothes shopping dialogue in a real shop which I enjoyed. My results ended up being awesome, if I may say so. The teacher said that I came top in the class which I did not expect but was happy to hear.

I'm beginning to miss school-school, though. Although this 'term' has just finished, there's no break between the end of this class and the start of the next one, so next Monday morning I'll be up bright and early like any other day.