The principal told us he is very happy that we were here and like Mr. Denefleh and Mrs. Humrich he said that everybody should support the program because it is a great opportunity for all of the students. Also the German students planned a small program with a video where every German tries to say the word "squerrel". And it was very funny for us and for the americans to see this because nearly nobody could pronounce it right (except Mr. Denefleh and Mrs. Humrich ) and you could see a few situations during the presentation where everybody is laughing because it sounds so great.
Furthermore we made a power point presentation where every student has had a page and said a few words for saying goodbye to their family. Some students were very emotional and others made it in a funny way that everybody need to laugh. But I could not really enjoy it because in my head I just thought about leaving tomorrow, saying goodbye personally and crying when we have to make our final step into the bus tomorrow and wave our hands a last time.
That is an awful imagination but hopefully we (my hostfamily and me) will meet in Germany or maybe somewhere over here again.
I am confident that most of you will travel either to the US again or the CC students to Germany some time in your futures because of the impact of this exchange.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am very passionate about kids learning a second (or more) language (we should start in elementary school and continue into high school as well) and of course I feel German is perfect because of the role Germany plays in Europe and because of the German heritage many of us have who live in northeast Iowa. Learning German is just great, and I hope to learn more every day for the rest of my life.