December 9, 2007
I started this blog series about differences between America and Germany with the major differences I have noticed so far between the food easily available here and that in America. It was a very general topic, I know. This time, I am going to talk about one single item. Definitely a more specific example of [...]
November 11, 2007
First of all, credit where credit it due. Many thanks to Deanna for the title! Here is the full title: “It’s All Foreign to Me, and Foreign = Interesting.” :D Over the last month, I have been discovering that even though Germany is a different country (big surprise there, huh?), it is really only a [...]
October 29, 2007
Wow! Administratively, it is night-and-day different from Missouri State University! This was probably my biggest surprise: I figured that Germany would be at least equally technologically advanced, but my university has no electronic registration to speak of. Some departments don’t even announce their class schedules until the week before classes start. Obviously, this makes the [...]
September 10, 2007
My teaching schedule for this semester is finalized! I’ll be teaching two basic writing classes, two writing 2 classes, and two literature classes. It is safe to say that I am most nervous about the literature classes, because I have not taught a straight lit class before. I think that it is supposed to focus [...]
August 30, 2007
The countdown to our flight leaving for Germany has hit 26 days. And we still don’t know where we will be living when we arrive. We have two simple goals. No long-term contract. Since we won’t be able to check out the place before we move in, we don’t want to be committed to an [...]
August 17, 2007
I think this is going to be an on-going feature here at the RL in DE blog… :) I Will Miss…Dr. Pepper!Cheez-itsFree refills. You pay for each glass you drink of soda over there. NO FREEBIES. I am Looking Forward To…Taking the train everywhere. I think I’ll love getting on the train or bus, reading [...]
