Now that the march has begun, I think it is appropriate for time to tell you an incident number from the end of January: "Orientación de Mitad de ESTADIA (Midstay-Camp)
In general, our other service abroad (ADiA) about a year. In addition to the actual years, a two week preparation seminar (VB), eine Halbjahresorientation sowie ein Nachbereitungsseminar (NB). Waehrend man normalerweise denken koennte, dass all diese Pflichtveranstaltungen aeusserst zaeh und langweilig sein koennten, so muss hier ein differenzierendes Licht ins Dunkel des Vorurteils gebracht werden.
Die VB beispielsweise war inhaltlich manchmal durchaus einschlaefernd. Dies wurde aber aufgehoben durch die Freundschaften, die mit anderen latino weltwaerts-Leuten geschlossen werden konnten und noch bis auf diesen Tag bestehen. Denn das gleiche ungewisse Schicksal hat viele zusammengeschweisst, auch wenn es selbst bei uns zu Cliquenbildung kam.
Der naechste Abschnitt war das Arrival-Camp, was dann aber irgendwie ausfiel, weil wir nicht ordnugnsgemaess und zum rechten Zeitpunkt arrived in Paraguay. There was then a camp for the FSJ'ler and exchange students to Steffi, Nic and I were not invited, however. At first very annoyed about it, I thanked late for all my heart, that I was not yet called. Just because these days I was haunted by an evil miasma that tied me to the bed or the toilet and not so quickly let go.
was also so that the next hurdle the Midstay mandatory camp. While it was originally supposed to take place in late December, the date of AFS, a couple of times moved back and forth to each of pleasant travel plans to be carried for January in the locus. Especially Steffi thereof can sing a long and rich plaintive song. While they certainly to suffer most from the incompetence and arbitrariness some organizers had, yet many other of us can do at least take over the vocals. Finally, the camp was
the Days 27-29. Scheduled in January.
Normally, this really is a semi-annual orientation camp, for which one is a nice hotel or motel booked and a few days during the day and evening workshops were added until late in the night of fun and stories told or abfeiert simple. So it was time for me at least in the U.S. and in the VB. Here, the whole situation was a little different because we were only three of them and also all live quite close together. Because of the official part began at 9:00 each clock in the morning and went until 16:00 pm. The first two days were at the Hotel Portal del Sol "instead of what I came in handy as it is located just 15 minutes walk from my house. Nevertheless, my host father drove me out on the first day to show me the way to the area around our house, so about the Colegio Goethe "(read" getter "), go to my Gastbrueder and even the supposedly best school in Paraguay is. It teaches English in here with some subjects in German and in other English. Personally, I can say that with the schools in which I usually do not work is to compare. It looks almost like a university with pedantic trimmed lawn and the shining facade. Most educational institutions here can be happy if they intact windows have.
Anyway, after the orientation started, we were initially two and a half hours about the history of Paraguay informed. Not necessarily the hit, especially since we had learned this many times during our stay abroad and I personally explained to each of Paraguayo get older, I do not steer immediately to another topic. But after all, was our instructor, Maria-Jose or Majo, a history student who rueberbrachte the fabric as possible enthusiasm. For lunch we went to "La Vienesa", combines an excellent bistro, European cuisine with Latin American influences most delicately. Nevertheless, I felt something in the U.S. JimCrow-time Segregation back, as the guests were almost exclusively Caucasian.
There we met our first of four guest speakers who provided us with information about the education system in Paraguay, while we feasted ourselves to the gastronomic delights at the expense of AFS. His name I forget, but he was quite young and was, interestingly, also prefer to speak English with us. When I still converses in English with him, he grabbed the still not bad. Just my observation, if we could wait until the issues are not after the meal, attracted a general lack of understanding at the table. Overall, he was quite well informed and had through my partially intentional deceitful questions (I was still somewhat angered not to be able to eat in peace) not to bring calm. Finally, I engaged him in a conversation about the legal system of Paraguay and the United States. Just as I am for the really interested in what he had to say, but again we had to go to the hotel. I gave him my email address to me concerning the answer some questions. He has never answered me. He may be so European and speak as much English as he will, you realize where it comes from his upbringing. The time now is really not meant as bad as it sounds. It just happens to be part of this culture to not take everything literalness. Since most Germans are very very different.
came after an extended break in the afternoon, another speaker, the development of the personal and the phases lectured and demonstrated by means of different activities like, and whether we have already changed. Overall, I found the presentation very interesting and extremely well carried out professionally. This person was definitely not an AFS staff. On the contrary, they told us, lived long time in New York and studying alongside Paraguay in Oxford sociology and education to have.
[we deepened when working with the second officer] ;-)
The next day it was with a former professor of the prestigious American Emory University, who gave us an extended lecture on learning including, but exact Errors made, which he denounced in his statement at the most: the unilateral swaggering instead of active integration to the teachers, talk to us. However, he was an intelligent and interesting lecturer.
Finally, we were still entertained by a fourth speaker who presents to us a monotonous PowerPoint presentation, the contents of which I now could not because of its redundancy at that time determine and, therefore, unfortunately, can not play anymore. I had to urgently go to the bathroom and he would not let me.
The end of the last day there was the possibility a personal interview with an AFS volunteer to lead, because if you wanted. I did not and went to the PC in order for For quite some time again to write a blog article. The
reproduced here were Day 1 and 2 For the finals we went on a little trip to Paraguay, which I think deserves a whole article. So, is there! :-)
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