On Wednesday, I could visit and Verena a school in Portsmouth. The woman was the professor, who last semester at the College, taught there and had invited us to dinner at our joint.
Nick Meriwether So we went to school on Wednesday morning and that was really an experience! It started when we could not enter the building. Unlike Germany, the doors are not open to everyone and when I told Mr. Meriwether that difference, he even said something bad, "Well, since you truly been no attacks by terrorists. Otherwise, would you protect your schools better, "Hmmm ... Well. So we
rang at the door and were then admitted. In the entryway hung a poster with the pace notes, "In God we trust "and the entire school building, numerous flags were hung. Overall, there was again of patriotism of the Americans. Only one thing I do not understand quite. Since there is in America a very strict separation between religion and school (eg, there are also no religious instruction) and then hangs in the entrance of the school, a poster with the motto: With God all things are possible. Huh?
Verena and I then received visitor badges and were led to Mrs. Meriwether. Overall, we were allowed to attend 4 classes and it was super special to me as a prospective teacher interesting. The school was for 5-8. Graders and from principle ago about how a comprehensive school. This means that all pupils are taught in the same school building, but there are a performance division into three groups. So the fifth graders 5.1. equivalent to high school students who 5.2.er with real students and 5.3.er with secondary school students.
Unlike Germany, a teacher shall, however, not according to level, but by age. This means that a teacher teaches only every 5, whether high school or secondary school. However, what I found very enviable is the fact that available in all 3 classes, so the main classes, always a social worker to the actual teacher to the side. And the class size is much smaller than in Germany - on average about 20 students.
As you would know from the movies, has his own spin and every student to lunch to all students frolic in the cafeteria where there was on this day Chicken McNuggets, beans, half a tangerine and Kaba. Very healthy;)
And if you wanted to see the full meal plan: http://www.valleyls.org:81/lunch/
Overall, the teaching was relatively similar from those in Germany.
is excluded from the Sociology-hour in the 7th grade, because all 7.Klässler at the school have led a small laptop with the teaching. This page has been set up which is constructed rather like Facebook, even looks very similar, and post the teacher so only one job to the bulletin board has working the students then the hour. The most of the class is then just sat in front of the laptop, teach an actual by the teacher does not take place. Even the answers need to gather together the students independently from the Internet and then upload their responses to a given time on its side. From there they will be graded by the teacher and posted the next question. Throughout the school year, the 7.Klässler then also still equipped with iPad and the plan is that in 5-10years in each school each student with their own laptops equipped!
How crazy is that? I was really shocked when I came out of the classroom! Why do because then the students come to school at all? And how should create a classroom community where everyone just sits in front of his laptop? Oh man, I really hope that is not well established in Germany!
In another class wrote a math test, which consisted in part of multiple-choice questions. After students had worked out these tasks, they took off on a kind of teacher's desk calculator. In this they were trying then their solutions, which were then sent automatically to the computer of the teacher, so they had no control over the test. The note was then sent back automatically to the students.
my opinion, useless stuff. The money could have been put in much more important things, but that's just typical again America! The entire school has
top. Each classroom has several computers, some classrooms have Smart Boards, are available in every room projector, DVD and video players and of course television.
But even apart from seeing the classrooms look different than in Germany. Except Riess large American flag that hangs in every room are papered with posters against this quasi bully, etc. and now at Christmas time are in some rooms even quite kitschy decorated fake Christmas trees. Total
was the day at the school really very interesting. And although I would have liked a bit more as seen from the school day, I finally came to the conclusion that I am happy to teach in Germany!
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