2. We are nice surprised of the responsibility and the
autonomy of our host sisters, and of all the students
and the school in general.
3. The welcome to the school was great and
formal, and the Christmas concert at school was
also incredible, something that seems impossible
to organise in our school (the choir was an after
school activity).
5. We noticed some differences between our school and
John Brinckman Gymnasium. For example they call the
teachers Herr (Mr.) or Frau (Mrs.) and their surname.
6. The man who gives
his name to the
school, John
Brinckman was so
magnified. There was
a sculpture in the
entrance, a bust in a
corridor and a picture
of him in the
auditorium.
8. The building was old but beautiful and clean. The corridors were wide
and with exhibitions of some work of art students
At the break we could listen to a girl playing the flute in the middle of
the stairs.
Classrooms were cosy and had comfortable chairs and carpet floor.
They had smartboards only in the computer room, and blackboards
were expansible, a very useful feature.
9. There were not some restrictions in the classrooms:
Some students drank, ate and saw their mobile
phone, but obiously without getting
distracted.
*we don’t know if it was only during the
Comenius lessons, that were special
10. Students were respectful with other students and with us.
They were responsible and they were able to choose more
subjects, like French, Russian or Spanish.
Students could go out of the school during break times,
because the doors were opened and there wasn’t any fence.
11. Autonomous classes
Respectful, responsible and motivated students
Functional classrooms
…
Lessons lasted only 45 minutes, so after 6 lessons
and two breaks we could have lunch earlier than in
Catalonia (they started school at 8 and finished at
13.15).
12. All the Comenius students were divided into 3 work groups:
Brave New World, Phrasebook and Questionnaires.
We didn’t have much time, but we all worked a lot and students
had creative and interesting ideas.
At the end we did a presentation about what we did and learnt.
13. On Tuesday we went to Rostock, where apart from visiting the
Christmas market we went to the Darwineum, a new place of the
zoo of Rostock about the evolution that was good because it was
related
with Brave New World.
14.
15. Obviously we noticed other cultural differences in Germany, but the
most shocking thing was the weather.
It was difficult to adapt to the meteorological conditions. At half past
four it was completely dark and we didn’t see the sun in all the trip.
We only saw a bit of light among the fog sometimes.
16.
17. Meals were also a bit strange: they were not
structured by a first and a second courses
and the dessert, but in some meals we only
ate a piece of pizza, a serving of spaghetti...
And they usually drink sparkling water!
