Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Blogging
Very boring title for a Blog post. Right? I know. But honestly, that is what I'm thinking about at the moment. Every time I get on to post something, my head full of thoughts of all the crazy things happening around here, and then I start typing and it either leaves my mind or I suddenly become too lazy to describe it all. Well, dinnertime, more later. Buh-bye!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Hello, America
Here I am in Germany. I've been here for almost two weeks now, which is amazing to me. I no longer have to try twelve times to get the punctuation right on the German keyboard. The kids are getting used to me. The parents are getting used to me. I'm getting used to them. And I'm finally blogging.
As soon as I get pictures on the computer, I'll post some. But first I\ve got to get them there. I have stories upon stories. I'm tired. It's 9:57 in the morning here. It's 1:57 in the morning in Brigham City, Utah. I stayed up until midnight last night- 0:00. Which is cool.
These kids are crazy- and crazy smart. They know English and German- and speak them both, amazingly. I've spoken to them in both languages, but sadly enough their knowledge of the German language far exceeds mine. I can say 'Was ist das?' And they end up teaching me.
It's amazing. They speak German as easily as English, and it astounds me every time I hear them speak it. I catch a few words. I try to figure out the meaning of the sentences. The paragraphs are lost to me.
It's and interesting concept. If you learn two languages when you're young, you know both of them better than you would if you learned them each alone, and you exceed farther in new languages than you would if you didn't know two already. The more you know, the more you have the ability to learn. How amazing is that?
The applies in all of life. I was always a musical person. My life is made up of a combination between the Arts and all the other Arts.
I remember when I was small, I would listen to my older sister play the piano and I would play the songs by listening to her play them. That was my gift, I suppose. I excel at learning and playing music by ear.
I didn't start sight reading until recently. But as I began to sight read, my learning by ear increased in measures formerly impossible in my mind. My vocal skills shot forward and things difficult became easy. Things easy became second nature. I continue to learn my music, which black dot belongs on which black line, and my writing ability increases, my math ability increases... and I learn more German.
I have the oppurtunity to excel further than I ever expected of myself here. I have the chance to exceed all expectations. To broaden my mind and my horizons. To become what God intended. And will I do it? Once recognized, I think it would be sinful not to.
As soon as I get pictures on the computer, I'll post some. But first I\ve got to get them there. I have stories upon stories. I'm tired. It's 9:57 in the morning here. It's 1:57 in the morning in Brigham City, Utah. I stayed up until midnight last night- 0:00. Which is cool.
These kids are crazy- and crazy smart. They know English and German- and speak them both, amazingly. I've spoken to them in both languages, but sadly enough their knowledge of the German language far exceeds mine. I can say 'Was ist das?' And they end up teaching me.
It's amazing. They speak German as easily as English, and it astounds me every time I hear them speak it. I catch a few words. I try to figure out the meaning of the sentences. The paragraphs are lost to me.
It's and interesting concept. If you learn two languages when you're young, you know both of them better than you would if you learned them each alone, and you exceed farther in new languages than you would if you didn't know two already. The more you know, the more you have the ability to learn. How amazing is that?
The applies in all of life. I was always a musical person. My life is made up of a combination between the Arts and all the other Arts.
I remember when I was small, I would listen to my older sister play the piano and I would play the songs by listening to her play them. That was my gift, I suppose. I excel at learning and playing music by ear.
I didn't start sight reading until recently. But as I began to sight read, my learning by ear increased in measures formerly impossible in my mind. My vocal skills shot forward and things difficult became easy. Things easy became second nature. I continue to learn my music, which black dot belongs on which black line, and my writing ability increases, my math ability increases... and I learn more German.
I have the oppurtunity to excel further than I ever expected of myself here. I have the chance to exceed all expectations. To broaden my mind and my horizons. To become what God intended. And will I do it? Once recognized, I think it would be sinful not to.
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