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And one more thing: They are always sold out very fast but are sold afterwards on the internet, still cheaper than the standard price of the train ticket. In my calculations with my! But you are right, that discussion is old and can be influenced due to liking. Comment h h, I assume that your calculations do not factor in the general costs of owning a car including depreciation, tax, insurance Of course that is only one way of looking at this question When I was young ;- the exits of the service areas at German motorways have always been full of hitchhikers in summer.

When I was on a motorway and had some free space in the car I used to drive through the service areas to pick up some of them. As I said, I prefer the train but occasionally I can still be found on motorways and I got the impression that hitchhiking has become much less popular recently. Can others confirm that? What about hitchhiking in the US, is it popular amongst youngsters? I even included the highest petrol prices of the last 5 years, new sets of tyres every x kms, the spare parts I had needed over the last few years, But that works with my car because it is old and rather cheap was cheap to buy, has low taxes and insurances I agree that hitchhiking has become less popular.

Years ago you sometimes had to queue up until it was your turn to put out your thumb, haven't seen that in ages. Comment Okay, then you have a really cheap car: Another possible reason would be that many young people have more money at hand than, let's say, thirty years ago. Comment I'm not sure whether people got more reluctant to pick up hitchhikers or whether it's the hitchhikers having become more reluctant to hitchhike - security reasons, more parents with enough cars and time to play taxi, more parents with enough money to finance train trickets, more money in the pockets of the youths When I look around it certainly seems to be the case that young people have more money than we had in my time.

Versicherung ist immer Einzahl im englischen, also nie insurances. Wenn schon, dann muss man von "insurance policies" sprechen. In Muskegon hat man gestern Abend 54 cm Neuschnee innerhalb 6 Stunden bekommen. Comment Edmund abgefahren, wie bitte nochmal Nicht das, was sie zu dieser Jahreszeit eigentlich erwarten, aber immerhin etwas. The book came out on Tuesday Believing the lie. It has pages epub. If I were you I'd wait until the paperback is out.

On page I said "meh" and the feeling stayed. I had a read on Goodreads and a lot of people seem to have liked it, but I prefer a good Lee Child. Sorry for being a nuisance, Goldammer, but my love for having the last word is still bigger than yours, I guess. I appreciate the effort of conducting a survey on the usage of "meine Schule" vs. However, I am not too much convinced by your results: Teacher B is the only one specifically commenting on Robert's original sentence You showed the original sentence to all three teachers, I assume?

In summary, I am not sure what to make of these statements. In addition to that, 3 is a very small sample — even too small to put it to a statistical test. I am also not sure, whether or not you were suggesting that the answers from the three teachers were supporting your view. In science, it is always a good idea to double-check one's results. I could have done this earlier, I admit, but I did it only tonight, so, here are the results of two Google searches: Differences may be due to pupils being more frequently represented on the web than teachers or schools; differences may also given a North-South difference result from a higher web representation of the North than the South.

I leave it to you to figure out the details. Why did you use an emoticon in 48? Is there anything emotional about such issues? Comment Yesterday was a very lovely day. Blue sky, sunshine on end A grey sky and snow! Not sure if I am happy. I thought I had skipped this nasty part of winter. But the snow looks really pretty. I've watched too many horror films to go hitchhiking or pick up hitchhikers. Comment I just realised that I'm also reading an Elizabeth George at the moment I'm not really a fan, so the name didn't immediately click.

But then Linley turned up and I knew I'd heard the name before. She does go on a bit, doesn't she? The exact details of this undertaking don't become any more relevant later, either. I also, like Dixie, think she's laying on the Britishness a bit thick. I don't find her dialogue very idiomatic, it's trying too hard, and she seems to be quite in awe at the fact that her main character is titled.

But it's all right, I've read a lot worse, so I'm not really complaining. Edmund abgefahren, wie bitte nochmal I can't work this out at all. What does it mean, what does it refer to? I did go back several posts to look for a connection but I still can't make head or tail of it. Comment " Muskie gone"?

Tut mir leid, war ja sowieso lahm. Ja, George ist von allem britischen m? Die zweite Fortsetzung episode? Obwohl das wohl derselben Grund ist, weswegen? George das Einparken so liebevoll beschreibt: Es ist ja auch nicht Wal-Mart, sondern Cheyne Walk! Comment Kennt Ihr die "Star Alliance"? Star Wars und Star Trek zusammen gegen Twilight. Vielleicht kommt Edmund abgefahren daher. Weg mit den Glitzvampiren, her mit richtigem Science Fiction.

Heute werden neue Fenster installiert. Im Moment lese ich Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Comment Eats, Shoots and Leaves. Isn't that a pun with a koala bear or something? I can't quite remember? What's the book about? I can't even begin to guess.

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Muskie gone , yes, I got it!! Still took about 5 minutes, but wait long enough and even my brain gets there. Jetzt ist das Komma dran. Und ja, es gibt einen Witz - nur mit einem Panda. A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down and orders a sandwich. After he finishes eating the sandwich, the panda pulls out a gun and shoots the waiter, and then stands up to go. You just shot my waiter and you didn't pay for your sandwich! Eats shoots and leaves. Gibson, es klappt wohl nicht einmal, weil Muskegon wahrscheinlich total anders ausgesprochen wird, keine Ahnung eigentlich.

Comment I feel the joke is about the panda's poor knowledge of punctuation. He is trying to live up to the entry in the dictionary, and, unfortunately, he is getting it wrong Comment And I thought everyone knows "Eats, shoots and leave" as it was impossible to avoid the book when it came out and all the follow-up books. I have to say Cheyne does not make me think of vornehm-britisch.

Just a name of a street, but thinking of the street names here I get where you are coming from. I find it interesting that today a lot of businesses were closed. When I lived in Washington everyone worked apart from public service and banks but here all the big companies are closed. I did not expect this is a state-by-state thing. Comment Thanks for the information about the new George, Dixie. I certainly will wait till the paperback is out - and if it is only to buy the hardback then for a few Euro more but still at the half of the regular price.

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I do that occassionally, because the hardbacks really get considerably cheaper as soon as the paperbacks are out, but often the print quality of hardbacks is better so they're easier to read. First day at work today. I am so nervous, because I don't know the students, who they are, how much they already know and can do, I am not totally familiar with the material, I had to do my own lesson planning again, which I never had to do in China, so I am not sure if things will work out alright etc etc.

I feel like I want to run away, hide and look for a new job already: Comment Come on, Jools. I'm sure your preparation was perfect, your students are all nice guys - who are probably as excited as you are about the new situation - and after 5 minutes in the class you'll wonder why thoughts like those in your message here ever came to your mind. Comment Don't worry Jools, everything will be alright.

And after a few weeks maybe you will like to plan your own lessons because you are more flexible. I have do prepare a presentation and a final report for my internship. But I am so glad that I'm home again that I really don't want to think about it any more. I want to sit at home enjoying my free time before I begin to work in an university institut next month.

I want holiday for at least two weeks where I do not have to think or to care about anything Regarding Elisabeth George, I have tried to read one of her books in English, but that is too difficult for me. So I just read them in German when one of them falls into my hands. Comment Jools, you have shown so often that you can cope with new situations. Wouldn't you agree that China was a good training for you? It may happen that your presentation is not perfect actually it would be strange if it was but there can't be much doubt that it will be good.

And if some minor parts go wrong, try to laugh them away and learn from them. You need not be perfect and you will be more than good enough! Comment I feel like I want to run away, hide and look for a new job already. Halt die Ohren steif, das wird schon. Der beste Rat, den ich als angehende Lehrerin erhalten habe?

Der Name Elizabeth George sagt mir nichts. But I am so glad to be home that I really don't want Das liest sich besser als "that Comment Das sind wir wohl beide, Amy. Elizabeth George kenne ich auch nicht. Komischerweise habe ich keine Buchliebhaber-Freunde. Jools, ich bin mir sicher, dass das heute gut laufen wird. Comment Never mind, Amy and Lara. I guess she's simply not so well known in the USA as she is in Europe. I often feel quite philistine here too, when you talk about authors I never heard of. Little correction for Lara: Schon vor Tage n Guess I should join you in your Spanish class.

I met a guy who's mother tongue is Spanish a few days ago. A friend asked me to bring along some stuff he had for him. When giving it to him - who, as I knew, speaks Italian too - I actually wanted to tell him in Italian from whom it is and happened to use the Spanish phrase instead I don't actually speak any of these languages apart from some words and phrases.

But that few words caused a stream of words in Spanish by him, so I had to stop him after two sentences I only almost got to tell him that I'm not really speaking his language. We ended up speaking English then ;- Unfortunately the offers for language classes are very limited in a small village like this here. We had some Italian classes years ago, but since the teacher was the same guy who was not able to teach me English and German proberly I was not too eager to share those. I read them in German as well - even if, if I remember right, there should be one in English somewhere in the shelves as well, bought somewhere cheap but never read.

Maybe I should have a look for that one, must have been one of the earlier stories. When you're going through hell, keep going. I think the "as well" in " read them in German as well" actually should be a "too". What I wanted to say was that I read them - as Jepito does - in German. After re-reading it now it seems to me that "as well" would imply that I read them in both languages. Is that assumption correct? That's a great quote!

You don't want to be stuck in hell, do you? In the end it was a bit like you said. At least now I know the group and know what they are capable of and what I can do with and expect from them. They know already much much more than I expected, so I need to raise the bar quite a lot. But knowing that will help me with my lesson planning. Because I need to improve that, too. But when she published a new book she can generally be found on display on one the "Grabbeltische" and I am sure the shops don't like me calling them in the big book stores. I actually found out about her new book because she has a reading of her book in my local Books Inc.

Lara, why do you have nightmares before you even start studying? You are doing it more for fun, don't you? So, you should look forward to it and see any exam as proof how brilliant you are. And I don't think a lot of the German readers are aware that George is actually American, so she's part of the genre. It's hard to explain. I just don't get a sense of future in them. It's just people like me, only they have space ships and sometimes look funny. But no feeling of a different society, a different sense of morals, cultures I'm not into aliens I don't believe we can imagine something alien enough for a real alien , I'd like to read about what kind of development our society might take, what influence the Internet, technology, cloning, overpopulation and these things might have.

The plot that comes up in Star Whatever is basically the same plot that John Wayne had to face, just with ray guns. Don't get me wrong: I loved the old Star Wars although I could never warm towards Kirk , I must have seen them twenty times between the age of 16 and 25, it's great entertainment.

It's just not my idea of 'proper' SF. I've also seen one or two Star Trek films, but never got into that. Not into Star Trek, not into Next Gen or any of the other spin-offs.

It's, like Gibson says, nothing new and too much moralistic finger wagging for my taste. Two of my closest fans are mild Trekkies though, meaning they have every episode ever aired on DVD, put their newborn into a StarTrek suit and wanted to take him to the StarTrek exhibtion a year later.

Star Trek is the only topic we cannot talk about, since I don't know anything about it other than it exists and there is a Shakespeare actor for captain, a big black guy with a funny forehead talking in a newly developed language for which dictionaries and probably evening courses exist and a human like android, who used to be a "Vulcan" with a funny haircut and a special handgreeting and who was able to kill someone just by pressing one finger in the neck of that someone.

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However those two friends convinced me to watch an episode of Eureka. And I have to admit, I quite like that show. It's nothing special, but at least it's set in this time and on this planet and all the scientists are real people, with very human and real quirks. And I like the fact that they placed this non-scientist Sheriff in there, who never understands the sciencenese everyone talks like me and for whom they have to explain everything that's going on as if explaining it to a toddler.

I wish my science, physics and chemistry classes in school had been like that. It would have made the whole thing so much more enjoyable - and understandable. Comment Jools, you have close and not so close fans? I have to check out Eureka, then - if a dedicated non-SF fan likes it, it should be good ; I've never heard of it, though. I'll go and google a bit. Jools, you're mixing up a little bit, the android wasn't a Volcan before, there was a Volcan Spock in the original series, whom you described, and there is an android Data in the Next Generation. Seems I've got to out myself as another "very mild" Trekkie ;- I think the ideas of the stories are nice because you don't know exactly what to expect.

Of course "we" the humanity finally are the good ones and the ones with the right ideas and the highest morality most of the time, what isn't really so futuristic, but I still prefer these stories to some other series "love soaps" where I always have the feeling to be able to tell the next three lines to come in advance. Eureka is nice too. It just seems to be slightly more difficult to understand watch them all as original versions. There is no Kirk in Star Wars. Comment Mal ein allgemeines Korrekturito: I don't know Elizabeth George kenne sie nicht i. Das war sogar mal hier im CC ein Thema, wer das vertragen konnte und wer nicht.

Aber George liest man ja nur zur Unterhaltung, also sie hat nichts mit Banausentum oder Nicht-Banausentum zu tun -- wer sie mag, darf es, und wer nicht, muss sie nicht kennen. Und diesmal ist es DaF statt Englisch, habe ich das richtig in Erinnerung? Aber hoffentlich ist das nicht der Fall und ihr lernt sogar schneller als in der high school. Es spricht sich 'veme' aus und bedeutet 'schau mich an. Aber ob sie wohl die ganzen britischen Aussprachen nachahmt?

Comment What I like about Eureka is not so much the science stuff, although that is quite funny as well, but more the really quirky scientists and the average-joe sheriff. But I haven't seen that many episodes yet. Yes, I am only teaching DaF "German for the job" so far. Ooops, sorry for the double posting. Must have done something wrong in my first edit. Robotik sounds very acadamic to me, so I'd call it Roboter That's actually a fun idea, hm. But I missed her. Comment Since it is in the school context, academic isn't bad, is it?

Comment I would have loved to work on the roboter in your picture, Goldammer Comment I would choose between "Roboter AG" and "Robotik AG" dependent on the age of the pupils and the amount of prefabricated components used as well as the time spent soldering. I am just not sure at what age one should change from "Roboter" to "Robotik".

Comment I'd say it depends on what this "AG" actually is about. Is there planned to build a robot-like engine or is it more theorecital about integrating natural movements into technical components, maybe with trying to create a simple gripping device or something like that? Only in the first case I'd use "Roboter" otherwise to me "Robotik" semms to fit better.

Comment I think both names can be found frequently and are more or less interchangeable. Obviously those are only examples after a short Google search. It seems to me that Robotik-AK is the slightly more frequently used name. Edith was fast enough. I had written in German first LOL. Vielleicht sollte ich mir dieses Jahr ein Wettbewerb anschauen. Danke, das ging schnell. Comment doorlet for Amy-MiMi: Vielleicht sollte ich mir dieses Jahr ein en Wettbewerb anschauen.

Tja, mehr kann ich nicht. Das Buch, das wir benutzen, geht davon aus, dass man schon woanders Vokabular und die Basics gelernt hat Auf dem Deckel steht "Improves your grades in 30 days, guaranteed! Das ist kein Fernseher. Das ist eine Katze.

Comment If any of the AE-speaking snails feels the urge to enrich the thread related discussion: Mucho gusto en conocerte de nuevo. Y en el este de los EE. Umso besser, wenn man eher herausgefordert wird als gelangweilt. Und wieso unterrichtet Amy jetzt Robotik? Ich habe wohl etwas verpasst Comment Ich geb's zu! Ich musste Google fragen, was du da alles gesagt hast, hm ;o Stimmt, "neuve" war ein Tippfehler. Wir waren insgesamt vielleicht 25 Teilnehmer.

My poor cardboard version wouldn't lure any dog from behind the stove [6-gear]. It's about young teenagers being killed, and most of them are mixed-race. I'd be very interested to know how that was translated; I remember several discussions on LEO but no satisfying solution. Nothing with 'Rasse' would work, of course, 'Mischling' sounds like a dog I have no idea what the 'official' German term would be. Comment Sorry, Gibson, have missed that one.

There's a "Leseprobe" on the German website of George, but of course it's only part of the prologue and the first chapter and by a peek at it it seems not to be in these parts. In the summary they say "farbige Jugendliche" but in the story there's probably another word. Im Buch Seite 37 Hineinblaettern Eines der drei frueheren war schwarz, die anderen beiden eindeutig gemischt-rassig. Schwarz und asiatisch vielleicht. Schwarz und Gott allein wusste, was. I had to type it.. Great for my eyesight. Robert, do you agree with this author? Comment Nein, ich unterrichte Robotik nicht. Da fehlten mir einige Vokabeln.

Zwei oder drei andere Beispiele sind auch nicht so eindeutig, als Menand meint. Man findet sowohl "Printers'" als auch "Printer's" von Experten. Denkt Menand, dass Truss eine Stimme hat oder nicht? Comment me1 and Robert: I hope this apostrophe mistake was intended by the author of the article: Comment Gibson, there will be a new Gibson on February 2nd Distrust that particular flavor.

Because in my BE understanding it should be "Truss' ". Comment Jools, here is a long and in parts controversial discussion on that topic: Comment And there is at least one discussion in Leo: Genitiv-s und Wortende ein "S". I didn't know this has changed. Wie sollen sie denn auch wissen erraten? Entschuldigung, das ist aber nur so was von einem pet peeve von mir. Haben wir hier schon mal Geraldine Brooks besprochen?

I spent all morning running from one Amt to the other, trying not to get annoyed by all the rude and demotivated bureaucrats working there. But I found it very astounding when I went to the tax office to get a new tax number, and the clerk who helped me out, told me, I would now get it "somewhen". And when I asked if he could narrow down this "somewhen", he just answered very bluntly: Maybe I should have done an apprenticeship at the city council after school And I spent my afternoon lesson planning.

Another lesson about feelings and emotions and how to express them correctly. Not so easy, but I think I had some good ideas. It just drove me mad that my printer stopped working now, of course, and I couldn't print my procedure plan or my materials. I bought a new cartridge yesterday and it worked fine all day yesterday, when I printed a test page. Now it's telling me something is wrong with the cartridge, but doesn't tell me what. On a positive note, I was given several lessons next week to which I am really looking forward to, because I am so much better I reallz would like to see the Maggie Thatcher film adn "The Artist".

Also because I can't stand watching dubbed films. It just feels so very very odd. Unfortunately, as usual with great TV shows in Germany, it started almost at 11pm and I fell asleep halfway through. Why can't they air it at a decent time, after the news? At least in this regard, nothing has changed. In letzter Zeit, begeistern mich die Filme nicht so sehr, dass ich ins Kino fahren und ggf. Kennst du den Film "Office Space"? I just know The Office Comment Das wird wohl eine Druckermeldung sein: War das nicht, als Amy im Literaturseminar war und einige von uns mit ihr den Postmodernismus halbherzig durchgemacht haben?

Comment Hey, I'm still here, even if I don't have much time to write. It is scaring to read the oppinion, that this cruel man had a really crappy childhood which leads him to kill children I want to say that the bad childhood makes it explainable that he got how he is now. Comment 'decent smell' is the obvious solution to me, but I don't dare to go there and make this suggestion in view of the fact that the German counterpart is not "dezenter Duft". Comment hm We must indeed have spoken about Geraldine Brooks and "People of the Book" in here, because I bought it on your recommendation a few years ago.

I confess, however, that I never got round to reading it so far, it is still on my Unread Books pile. Manchmal, wenn ich einen Vorschlag mache, der sofort von anderen als unidiomatisch o. Diese Woche war lang und anstrengend. Comment Correcturitos for Lara: I know, I know, but what can I do? Comment Thank you very much for that info, harambee - there's been a new Gibson quite recently unfortunately a sequel to the one before, which was my least favourite of them all , and as he doesn't write very much, it wouldn't have occured to me to check if there happened to be a new one.

It's non-fiction for a change, something I hardly ever read, but this one I have to try, I think. Thank you, too, me1, for finding the quote and taking the trouble to copy it by hand. So they do use -rassig. But I won't start linking all the old threads, hm, never fear. Geraldine Brooks doesn't ring any kind of bell, so I'll join the other Banauses ;. Who or what is a 'haggada'? Talking of medieval reminds me: I heard somewhere, quite a while ago, that there's supposed to be a second part at some point to 'Wolf Hall' four more wives to get through, after all - does anybody know something about that?

Does anybody know anything? Wie sagt man eigentlich 'impostor'? Und es gibt ziemlich viel Gewalt und Grausamkeit; so ist nun mal die Geschichte der Juden in Europa und gar nicht erst seit dem Von Hilary Mantel habe ich nichts Neues mitbekommen, aber ich lese auch nur sehr gelegentlich Rezensionen Besprechungen?

Unter 'lamentieren' steht im Pons 'to moan, complain', in der anderen Richtung 'lament - beklagen, bejammern, trauern, wehklagen Comment The Lowlands of Holland Oh hold your tongue my daughter dear, be still and be content. There's men enough in Galloway, you need not sore lament. Oh there's men enough in Galloway, alas there's none for me For I never had a love but one and he's drowned in the sea.

Betonung liegt auf der lezten Silbe. Ich dachte, letzteres ist in Irland Oder sind die Lowlands vielleicht eine Band? Emil, bist du etwa ein Fan von keltischer Musik? Not to my knowledge. There are several versions of it. The verse quoted above because it contained 'lament' is from the Steeleye Span version. Other versions give a better idea of how the young man that drowned became a sailor: The name may stand for some Dutch colony. Generally, I don't think I am suited for a fan.

I've got quite a lot of records by Rory Gallagher and I won't stop posting this link http: Finally, how can a song compare to an and-1 hook shot made? Comment I saw a cardigan today on whose label it said: I didn't know that there was a whole bunch of us out there ; Some body should have known better. Comment Just sliming in quickly for a bit of good news: It's a friend's birthday today, and he just posted on facebook: Just made me smile so much I had to share, since there's enough of bad news around.

Gibson, will you be so kind and share the meaning? Google is very unhelpful, starts with Oregon and then has things like Indian Pensions - I don't think you are referring to any of these? But enjoy your cardigan. I can't believe I've been around for 60 threads. That must be years. Comment Hollands gibt es mehrfach in den USA http: Ich kann mich nie daran erinnern. Hat jemand ein Ersatzgehirn? Die hatten wir mal, oder? Comment Can you see who is online, Amy-MiMi? Or why do WK an bluesky of all snails get the honor of being waved at and getting ein en Bussi?

OROP sounded vaguely familiar to me, but I didn't remember the meaning, either. Who donates a round of substitute brains for us? Happy New Year to all whom I hadn't been in touch with before this year. Sorry, Goldammer, I hardly have enough brain for myself and certainly none to spare. But you are welcome to a peck anytime, so you don't have to feel second-rate! Perhaps we can give the song a whole new setting I've just been doing a crossword - my brain hurts Ich wolle niemanden beleidigen.

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Galloways gibt es nicht so viele. Alle sind "unincorporated", also bestimmt klein. And a Happy New Year to you! Comment Tomorrow may be a crucial day for Kenya. I just hope that the country will remain calm whatever the decision may be. If you are interested in the potential consequences of the decision you may want to read this article from the Daily Nation: Ich hoffe, dass alles in Kenia ruhig bleibt. Einige Klausuren unter ein Sitzkissen steck.

Comment Obviously too many people probably many from Kenya are trying to connect to the website of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. All I get is the message "Server is too busy".

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Comment Just a quick hello with a little correction: It's "ein das Bussi" waving everyone and back2work. Comment The verdict is out, four of the six will have to face trial, among them two potential candidates for the upcoming presidential elections: Comment Oh, danke, Sachs. Und wie steht's mit Gassi in Gassi gehen? Comment afaik, "Gassi" doesn't have a gender; it only exists in that phrase.

In der Nacht gab es ein Gewitter mit Donner und Blitz. Das dachte ich auch. Duden doesn't give it a gender: My great grandmother had a saying: That referred more to thunderstorms in spring, before the trees come into leaf, but it came into my mind. Comment I could imagine some sort of baby talking by an elderly aunt to a little child, saying something like "Schau Susi, da kommen das Hundi und das Herrli durch das Gassi Comment Hello again, well I hope that the winter isn't over yet. I will have some free time in February and I hope for snow.

In March or April I will have a french Buddy here. My university offers a program called "BeBuddy" which wants to give every forein student which applies for it a german student to make it easier to start a live in Germany or just to now when to go where what for. This french guy will be my second Buddy, last year I got to know a turkish student. It was very interesting, but sadly did not improve my english skills because that girl spoke german very well.

And this french guy will also be able to talk german very soon, as he told me that it is his second mother-tongue Comment So so so tired. Today I taught for 8hours straight, with only a 30min break. And I am already beginning to doubt if this job really is for me. Not so much because of the 8hours straight, but because the whole politics around it. Teaching at this school is so very different than what I did in China. Again, not so much because of the students, but then again, yes, because of the students. When I started at this school, I was promised small homogenous classes, but in fact the students are on very different levels and yet, all have to pass the same test in a few weeks.

The principal made it very clear that they expect most students to pass, although I don't see how. And because I was thrown into this class right in the middle of the course, it's really hard for me to find out how much the students really know and can do, and time is of the issue. One of the better students already told me, my class is really bad and boring and useless and a waste of time yes, she used exactly these words, in front of the whole class, right after my first lesson. Also, I was given the course material, but no information or instructions on how to use it or how it works whatsoever and I can't ask anyone, because everyone expects me to know how to work this.

So I am still struggling trying to form lessons out of material totally foreign to me. After week one I am so very frustrated, I am not sure how much longer I'll do this. Teaching used to be so much fun and now I am just totally stressed out, can't sleep anymore the nights before a class, already get nervous and anxious when I am just thinking of going back there. I started this whole thing with a great lot of enthusiasm and motivation, and by now already, all this is almost completely gone. I've never heard it. But then again, I never thought of the original meaning of "gassi gehen".

I wouldn't say "der Bussi" is wrong. To me "das Bussi" sounds peculiar, though I know many use it like this. To me that's language for old aunts kissing their dogs and unwilling nieces and nephews. Comment Jools, I would ask that student for a word before or after the next class and explain to her nicely but firmly that you welcome criticism, but not in this way - would she please come and see you in private or, if she wants a class discussion about the lessons, have some constructive suggestions ready about what she would like to do [ and if she ever did that again, you'd throw her out of the window ].

I think you might also need to talk to the school and tell them about the different levels and that you can't guarantee everybody's passing the test if they don't sort them into better groups. The school probably knows that anyway, but you don't want to be left taking the blame for something you have not control over. Ultimately, the only thing to do with a class you don't get on with is to drop it, in my experience you hate it and they don't learn much.

I understand that you're not in a position to do that yet, but you're back in Germany, right? Apply to as many schools as you can, especially to smaller companies, and sooner or later you'll have a handful of people you can work with, who support you and value you, and then it'll all be great ;. Amy, this is what I associate with ' der Bussi' see above. Comment [Can I just have a quick rant and moan?

It's from a list. Why is the concept of context so difficult? Should that be part of the curriculum? It's driving me crazy. How best to translate 'thick as a brick' I asked 'Can you post the whole sentence? Oh, I understand now. You woke up one morning, and there on your nightstand was a piece of paper with a list. It wasn't there the night before, no one left it, it isn't part of a book or article, it was just there.

Of course, since you don't know where it came from, what it is part of, who wrote it or even what the possible topic or purpose might be - there is no context. Or did you find it lying in the street with no one around, and now you simply have to know what those strange words on that piece of paper mean?

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You poor thing, no context whatsoever. Englischlehrer haben es schwer. Comment Very good indeed, Emil. Now you have to explain what Fender is Thank you, Gibson, for explaining OROP I generally don't mind the missing context but then I don't answer that many translation questions. I mostly take it as: Maybe I am just jaded. Yesterday Monday, so some here it was the day before yesterday was the Chinese New Year. Es tut mir so leid, dass deine neue Stelle nicht so einfach ist. Du bist sowieso mit der Arbeitsbedingungen unzufrieden.

Was sind die Auswirkungen davon? Das manche wissen, dass du mit der Arbeit nicht zurecht kommst? Wenn du aber mit jemandem redest, dann wissen deine Kollegen, dass du dich anstrengst, dich zu bessern. Vielleicht ist das schon der richtige Ausdruck. Dem wollte ich bestimmt keinen Bussi geben.

Dann noch every foreign student who applies for it. Wo ist unser hm -- us? Re thick as a brick: Wahrscheinlich hat der eine Platte von Jethro Tull irgenwo aufgetrieben. I am impressed you made the connection to guitars! Off to spotify for some Jethro Tull Comment Wie bitte, besoffen unterm Tisch? Ich muss doch sehr bitten! Dann die Sorten von Fragen analysieren und nur auf ein paar Kategorien konzentrieren, bei denen sie die beste Chance haben, ihre Leistung schnell zu verbessern. Comment besoffen unterm Tisch: Tut mir leid, dass mir ein E entgangen ist.

Comment I really like Robert's context comment! Comment Thank you for your comments. I already talked to the other teachers and the "paedagogische Leiter", but they basically just told me: I've already begun to look for other jobs and send out applications. This situation is really not as expected and I know if I do this any longer it'll make me very ill.

Sad, but I guess "that's how it is". Comment Right you are, Jools. And as soon as you have found another place somwhere else, I believe you will really enjoy quitting your old job at once, with the exact words "That's how it is - deal with it" Sad especially for the pupils, I think, who came there willing to learn, paid good money to learn and to pass a certain test, and find such circumstances that makes it almost impossible for them to achieve their goal. Robert, that's almost exactly what I thought when I read Gibson's rant. But even "I found this list on my night-table, no idea how it got there" would be some context.

I wonder if the problem lies in the word itself. Since it's con text , many people previously unaccustomed with the concept believe only what is written around the word is context, everything else is, dunno, circumstances, and would only distract Maybe we should complement the thread related discussion: Comment that's how it is - deal with it Na, toll. Am besten schnell eine andere Stelle finden. Unter solchen Bedingungen musst du nicht arbeiten. Eigentlich sollte keiner solchen Arbeitsbedingungen ausgeliefert sein.

Comment Dear all, back from the holidays Haven't had time to read everything you wrote, you were very productive! But I hope you are all well! Our holidays were great, two weeks of sunshine. Twice we went to the beach, where we sat in the sun all day. The water was of course to cold to actually swim in, but my daughter was happy she could take her shoes off and dip her toes in. My husband and me also managed to go and see three movies, thanks to my dear father-in-law who was always available as a babysitter Also, we tried to help the Spanish economy by really enjoying the rebajas!

I just did not manage to read as much as I wanted to, but well Comment Encouraged by you, I gave it a shot: Being notoriously insecure, I would welcome feedback Abertawe, that sounds great! I'm afraid I have forgotten: Where was it again you went for that holiday? Anyway, it seems like you had a very relaxing time, good for you! How old is your daughter, may I ask? Comment Very good, indeed, wi-chan. I especially like the passage "ich habe das aus dem Telefonbuch". But I really like your explanation around lists and how there can be some context, too. Comment I also like your explanation, wi-chan, especially as its friendly.

As much as I sometimes want to strangle the context refusers, I don't think it's helpful, so a calm, nice voice of reason is what we need. Comment May I vent my frustration too? We still have power outages here crews hope to finish restoring service today to about 12, customers. It's odd, our power lines are underground, we have several outages during the year.

My sister lives approximately ten minutes from our neighborhood, their power lines are overhead, but they experience fewer outages. My husband had to get up at 2: Oh well, we'll survive. Jools, your reverse culture shock thread is interesting. I wanted to write a few comments, but everything went dark.. I'm glad that I was able to go back for one year; it made my decision to live permanently in the US so much easier. I have no regrets. We lived in a small town, Americans weren't too welcome at the time. My son spoke German with an American accent.

When he asked the other children if he could play with them, they usually asked, bist du Amerikaner?. After his answer, the usual reply was, 'verschwinde'. Perhaps this is only a small-town phenomenon. I agree with Gibson, it is a concise, courteous explanation. LOL I used to participate in the other forums, but I just don't like the atmosphere anymore.

Perhaps, it's old age.