Today was a really exciting day. We did a work experience at a vocational school! Kevin and I had so much fun.... Well, most of the time. The alarm clock went off at 5 am!!! That is crazy! In the middle of the night. And I am an owl! So when I complain about waking up in the middle of the night that means something...
Well, off we went by bike to the vocational school. There we first had coffee. Coffee is the most important thing in the staff room - that is what we learnt first. That is why all four cans of coffee in that huge coffee machine should always be filled. Otherwise disaster and chaos will overcome everybody. Next to the coffee machine was also a water dispenser. To us it looked more like a shower...
Before our first lesson we had to copy some work sheets. We had to work in a team - it would have been impossible otherwise! How do the adults do it?? Well, Kevin had to manage the buttons of the copier and I had to open the lid. That was really dangerous. I nearly got crashed. And what was Kevin's reaction??? He could not stop laughing... Haha... very funny.
We then had to get the right register from a huge shelf! Luckily we both can fly so after about five minutes we finally found the register for our first class. Well, we found it, but Anke had to take it. It was far too heavy for us.
Then it was our first lesson and we had to do the attendance list. Crazy! So many students were missing. And there were five people who came in late. What a horrible class. If students come late at that vocational school they have to go to a special room, fill in a questionnaire about why they came too late and what consequences their behavior will have and then they have to wait there until the beginning of the next lesson.
In the class room there was also a very cool smartboard and an OHP. But again: We are too tiny, so it was not possible to use them. That is so frustrating.
The lesson was rather boring. Anke prepared something interesting but then she reminded the students that they would have to do a math class test later on that day. The students were all shocked and complained that they did not know about it. Then Anke showed them a huge calender which hangs in the classroom where it obviously said: 28th May: Math Class Test. Oh dear... Then Anke had to do a revision of all the math things and the students knew next to nothing. Oh dear.
In the break we had to use the telephone to call all those students who did not appear at school that day. What a wonderful break... It is not a break really when you have to work all the time. Well, I dialed the numbers and Kevin tried to talk to them. It was a bit difficult because he could not hear and speak well at the same time and had to jump back and forward to manage.
Then Anke introduced us to the school's secretary and we were allowed to sit in his hood. We also met the facility manager and hugged her.
All in all a was a very cool and interesting day. But I don't want to become a teacher...
