Hey everyone,
so finally here is a new post! And as most of the time is just normal and the weekly Posts therefore would be boring, I decided to start a new Topic: USA vs. Germany. For this Topic, I will compare these two countries in different things like Food, honor code etc.
Today, I will talk about classes.
So here at MHS, I'm taking five classes of the size from 4 (Latin) to 15 (Us History). We have all the classes four times a week.While the class has a classroom and the teacher are changing classrooms in Germany, here in America, the teacher have their classrooms and so you Change classrooms after each period. As the classes are that small, you speak in class a lot more! We get homework every day and we get grades on all of our homework nearly every day. But while the grades in Germany are more based on right/wrong, here at MHS, your effort often Counts more. For example in Math, our teacher only Looks over it to see if you tried to solve very Problem and bases our grade on this.
In Addition to These homework grades and participation grades we - of course - also have tests and quizzes. Quizzes are short and they do not have to be announced before, while tests are about more Topics and have to be announced. Some teacher make quizzes after each chapter in the textbook, so that we already had three tests, other teachers didn't make any tests at all so far.
I personally prefer the system here at MHS, as I personally don't like the "quizzing" of only one Person, as I know it from Germany. Additionally, all teachers teach with such big enthusiasm here!
Love,
Sophie
Donnerstag, 9. Oktober 2014
Montag, 29. September 2014
Pictures...
Hey everybody!
As I'm having a free period now, I'm finally posting a new post!!! :)
Last week, nothing really Special happened. The weeks here pass by so fast... It starts with Monday, the first day of getting-up-early and the day ith the most homework. And then - clap clap - it's friday! The homework is much but it's definetely okay. At the Moment, we have two to three tests (bigger and announced) and around five quizzes (some announced, some not, but only about the homework).
On Thursday, the Horizons (a project, which allows us to spend every thursday prenoon in n office, kindergarden, schools and a lot more) season officially started with a site supervisor's tea, but unfortunately my site's Supervisor (a children Center) wasn't there.
This Weekend, I just "made" brownies (baking mix with eggs, oil and water), which where really good! On Saturday, i tried to get some work done and then G's fmom picked me, my roommate and two other Girls up and we went to the apple squeeze, which is like a market. It was so much fun! I ate a lot of Food and afterwards we went to my hostfamily's house, where we all put on Dresses and took lots of Pictures. Yesterday, I spent my whole day with homework and foodshopping! :)
Love,
Sophie
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| German Sweets with my roommate :D |
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| my desk |
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| German cocoa with selfmade Cookies *_* |
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| Prom-Pictures :D |
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| me and my hostbrother |
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| honey with taste (Lemon, raspberry etc.) |
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| cupcake!!! |
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| Baking Cookies in a big kitchen... :D :0 |
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| Pictures... :) |
Montag, 22. September 2014
Pictures of the first two weeks
Hey everybody!
As the wifi finally works in my room again - thanks to the new modem right outside of my room - I'm showing you only some Pictures of my first two School weeks now, as I just don't take Pictures of my normal School day... :)
Enjoy!
As the wifi finally works in my room again - thanks to the new modem right outside of my room - I'm showing you only some Pictures of my first two School weeks now, as I just don't take Pictures of my normal School day... :)
Enjoy!
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| my dorm (I'm not sure if I din't already post it :D) |
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| the stereotype-yellow-busses really exist!!! |
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| my schedule |
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| Volleyball games |
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| Sundae Bar (every Sunday!!! :o) |
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| selfmade crêpes |
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| selfmade cookies |
Samstag, 20. September 2014
Weekends
Hey everyone!
As I already posted a lot about schooldays, I will tell you about my "normal" Weekends today. Here at Miss Hall's, the weekend "starts" officially at 5.30 p.m. on Friday and ends at 7.00 p.m. (Study Hall) on Sunday. During this we have some advantages: the wifi is turned off at 1.00 am, in-room-time is at 11.30 p.m. - instead of 10.00 p.m. - and we are allowed to wear sweatpants, yogapants and distressed jeans all the time!
As we don't have Study Hall on Friday, I normally don't do all my homework after my last period on friday, but just go to Tennis (4.00 - 5.30) and then to dinner.
Every weekend, we have a different program that we know since the wednesday before. It includes lot of different opportunities, such as mall trips, Dances (nearly every weekend), trips to little shops, movie nights, visiting Festivals and a lot more! From wednesday on, we can sign up for everything, we want to do - we don't have to do something. Some of the trips are free and some aren't, some are at school and some are out of the campus. After dinner on friday, this program starts. All the girls, who have not signed up for anything on friday, can just do what they want to. Yesterday, for example, I only signed up for making Crêpes (really yummy!) and afterwards, I watched "Brave" (German Name: Merida) together with some other girls, which was really fun! :D
On Saturday, there are always soccer and volleyball games, other programm and the Dances. I have been at the Dance last weekend and it was really cool, but I won't go tomorrow as I don't need it every week... :)
On Saturday and Sunday, we only have brunch from 10.30 to 11.30 and dinner from 5.30 to 6.30. And every sunday evening we have a sundae bar, before we are having normal Study Hall... And then the week starts again! :/
Love,
Sophie
P.S. If you have any ideas or wishes for other posts, feel free to write a comment!
As I already posted a lot about schooldays, I will tell you about my "normal" Weekends today. Here at Miss Hall's, the weekend "starts" officially at 5.30 p.m. on Friday and ends at 7.00 p.m. (Study Hall) on Sunday. During this we have some advantages: the wifi is turned off at 1.00 am, in-room-time is at 11.30 p.m. - instead of 10.00 p.m. - and we are allowed to wear sweatpants, yogapants and distressed jeans all the time!
As we don't have Study Hall on Friday, I normally don't do all my homework after my last period on friday, but just go to Tennis (4.00 - 5.30) and then to dinner.
Every weekend, we have a different program that we know since the wednesday before. It includes lot of different opportunities, such as mall trips, Dances (nearly every weekend), trips to little shops, movie nights, visiting Festivals and a lot more! From wednesday on, we can sign up for everything, we want to do - we don't have to do something. Some of the trips are free and some aren't, some are at school and some are out of the campus. After dinner on friday, this program starts. All the girls, who have not signed up for anything on friday, can just do what they want to. Yesterday, for example, I only signed up for making Crêpes (really yummy!) and afterwards, I watched "Brave" (German Name: Merida) together with some other girls, which was really fun! :D
On Saturday, there are always soccer and volleyball games, other programm and the Dances. I have been at the Dance last weekend and it was really cool, but I won't go tomorrow as I don't need it every week... :)
On Saturday and Sunday, we only have brunch from 10.30 to 11.30 and dinner from 5.30 to 6.30. And every sunday evening we have a sundae bar, before we are having normal Study Hall... And then the week starts again! :/
Love,
Sophie
P.S. If you have any ideas or wishes for other posts, feel free to write a comment!
Dienstag, 16. September 2014
A normal schoolday
Hey everybody!
So today, I would like to show you today, how a "normal" school day looks like for me (Monday and Tuesday).
So every morning (besides of Wednesday and Friday, look at my last post for more Information about it :)), I normally get up at 7:00 and then just get ready for start of school. At around 7:30, I'm normally going down for breakfast and taking my backpack and all my school stuff with me, as I don't have to hurry that much then. After having breakfast (cereals, fruits, eggs or lots of other things), I already have to go to the Classroom wing and to my Book locker, to get my books and my binders for the next period. And then, School starts! :) On Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, I'm having all my courses and Wednesday and Thursday "share" the courses, so that we have two or three on one day, which is really comfortable!
I'm taking 5 courses, which means that I have two free periods every day. (I'll post a Picture of my schedule soon.) Then, between 11.20 a.m. and 1.25, I'm having lunch. At which time Im having kunch also depends from my schedule.
My School day Ends between 2.00 a.m. and 4 a.m. Afterwards, I'm having sports (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) from 4.00 a.m. to 5.30. a.m. and then I'm immediately going to Dinner (which is from 5.30 to 6.30). After the lunch, I'm mostly already going to my room to have some time to check my phone and to Chat with friends. At seven, Study Hall starts, which is for me, a "upperclasswomen" in my room for the first two weeks and afterwards, I'm allowed to go to the library or other olaces as well. These two hours of learning were enough for me so far, but I'm sure that it'll get a lot harder throught the year. But now I can tell u a Little bit about my classes:
I'm taking Latin IV, US History, Chemistry, Algebra II and English II. In my smallest class, Latin, we are only four Girls (me included), which means that you will be asked a lot of questions, but I really like this class and on Thursday, we are spending our Latin class in the Dining Hall and therefore we are all having breakfast while we are talking about LAtin, which is really comfortable and lots of fun!
All the other classes are a lot bigger (10-15 Girls) but still lots of fun! :)
And although it's only the first week of School, we already had Little test (Latin, Algebra and english) and will have lots of them this week (Reading Test in History right now and Hístory and Chemistry tests on Friday. These tests are another difference to Germany: Here, in the States, you are having a Little test about the homework or the lesson before around one or two times a week and bigger tests 2 times a month. While the teacher in Germany ask questions to ONE Person at the beginning of class, nobody does this "Kind of testing" here!
There is so much more that I could write about, but I have to go to my last two classes for today! :)
Love,
Sophie
So today, I would like to show you today, how a "normal" school day looks like for me (Monday and Tuesday).
So every morning (besides of Wednesday and Friday, look at my last post for more Information about it :)), I normally get up at 7:00 and then just get ready for start of school. At around 7:30, I'm normally going down for breakfast and taking my backpack and all my school stuff with me, as I don't have to hurry that much then. After having breakfast (cereals, fruits, eggs or lots of other things), I already have to go to the Classroom wing and to my Book locker, to get my books and my binders for the next period. And then, School starts! :) On Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, I'm having all my courses and Wednesday and Thursday "share" the courses, so that we have two or three on one day, which is really comfortable!
I'm taking 5 courses, which means that I have two free periods every day. (I'll post a Picture of my schedule soon.) Then, between 11.20 a.m. and 1.25, I'm having lunch. At which time Im having kunch also depends from my schedule.
My School day Ends between 2.00 a.m. and 4 a.m. Afterwards, I'm having sports (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) from 4.00 a.m. to 5.30. a.m. and then I'm immediately going to Dinner (which is from 5.30 to 6.30). After the lunch, I'm mostly already going to my room to have some time to check my phone and to Chat with friends. At seven, Study Hall starts, which is for me, a "upperclasswomen" in my room for the first two weeks and afterwards, I'm allowed to go to the library or other olaces as well. These two hours of learning were enough for me so far, but I'm sure that it'll get a lot harder throught the year. But now I can tell u a Little bit about my classes:
I'm taking Latin IV, US History, Chemistry, Algebra II and English II. In my smallest class, Latin, we are only four Girls (me included), which means that you will be asked a lot of questions, but I really like this class and on Thursday, we are spending our Latin class in the Dining Hall and therefore we are all having breakfast while we are talking about LAtin, which is really comfortable and lots of fun!
All the other classes are a lot bigger (10-15 Girls) but still lots of fun! :)
And although it's only the first week of School, we already had Little test (Latin, Algebra and english) and will have lots of them this week (Reading Test in History right now and Hístory and Chemistry tests on Friday. These tests are another difference to Germany: Here, in the States, you are having a Little test about the homework or the lesson before around one or two times a week and bigger tests 2 times a month. While the teacher in Germany ask questions to ONE Person at the beginning of class, nobody does this "Kind of testing" here!
There is so much more that I could write about, but I have to go to my last two classes for today! :)
Love,
Sophie
Montag, 15. September 2014
How a normal week looks like...
Hey everyone!
Here it finally is: my first weekly blog post! I'm really happpy about this decision (only two write one post per week) because we already got lots of homework... And it's only the first week!
First of all, that's how a normal week Looks like:
Monday and Tuesday:
7.15 getting up
7.30 breakfast
8.00 School starts
(Then, I am having between three and six 50-minutes periods and some free periods)
11.20-1.25 Lunch (either ´during F-Block or G-Block)
4.00 - 5.30 sports
5.30-6.30 Dinner
7.00-9.00 Study Hall
10.00 In-Room Time
Wednesday (definetely my favorite day here):
9.45 getting up! :)
10.00 breakfast
10.25 - 1.25 School
1.35 Lunch
4.00 - 5.30 sports
5.30 - 6.30 dinner
7.00 -9.00 Study Hall
Thursday:
7.30 getting up
8.00-8.50 Latin (in the Dining HAll --> Breakfast during latin :D)
9.30-12.30 Horizons (a volunteer program, where every Girl spends the whole time in a office or other place to work there, for me it's a children center! :))
and afterwards some more school and study hall, but no sport!
Friday:
8.10 getting up
then like Monday and Tuesday but no study hall! :D
Saturday and Sunday:
changes from weekend to weekend; including trips to the Mall or cities, watching movies, cheering for games (soccer and volleyball), cooking and sooo much more!
Love,
Sophie
Here it finally is: my first weekly blog post! I'm really happpy about this decision (only two write one post per week) because we already got lots of homework... And it's only the first week!
First of all, that's how a normal week Looks like:
Monday and Tuesday:
7.15 getting up
7.30 breakfast
8.00 School starts
(Then, I am having between three and six 50-minutes periods and some free periods)
11.20-1.25 Lunch (either ´during F-Block or G-Block)
4.00 - 5.30 sports
5.30-6.30 Dinner
7.00-9.00 Study Hall
10.00 In-Room Time
Wednesday (definetely my favorite day here):
9.45 getting up! :)
10.00 breakfast
10.25 - 1.25 School
1.35 Lunch
4.00 - 5.30 sports
5.30 - 6.30 dinner
7.00 -9.00 Study Hall
Thursday:
7.30 getting up
8.00-8.50 Latin (in the Dining HAll --> Breakfast during latin :D)
9.30-12.30 Horizons (a volunteer program, where every Girl spends the whole time in a office or other place to work there, for me it's a children center! :))
and afterwards some more school and study hall, but no sport!
Friday:
8.10 getting up
then like Monday and Tuesday but no study hall! :D
Saturday and Sunday:
changes from weekend to weekend; including trips to the Mall or cities, watching movies, cheering for games (soccer and volleyball), cooking and sooo much more!
Love,
Sophie
Sonntag, 7. September 2014
Campus Tour
Hey everybody! :)
Welcome to a fabulous online-tour around the Campus of Miss Hall's! :)
Let's start and enjoy your tour!
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| - The tour guides - (Me and Betty from China) |
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| - The front circle - the main "pick-up-place" for day students and the "face" of MHS. But now... Let's go inside! :) |
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| - The main stairs - to the Nurse in the 1st floor or to all the dorm. Now, let's turn left. |
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| - The living room - a more formal place to hang out, to Chat or just to wait for Food :) |
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| The other side of the Living Room :) |
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| - The Sun Room - a always bright place to make your homework :) |
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| - The library - the place where we will have Study Hall |
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| - The Senior Garden - |
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| - The Student Center - a place to watch TV or just relax with all your friends |
- DOWNSTAIRS -
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| - The School Store - |
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| - The Laundry Room - |
-OUTSIDE-
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| - Grose - The Senior and Junior House |
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| - The Pond - my favourite place so far |
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| - The Klein (Arts Center) - |
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| - The Greenhouse - The place, where Horizons takes place for the Freshmen |
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