just another personal blog of a bisdak
After months of hard work, girl finally got her head on the right track and received the recommendation for Gymnasium. It is a German school system I suppose where kids are segragated based on their capabilities. It is NOT a perfect system in my opinion because kids especially boys could be late bloomer and then…
From Grade 5, English is mandatory as 1st foreign language and they need to decide which 2nd language they want to learn also: latin/french/russian. In the coming months, a decision needs to be made on which school the girl will go next for grade 5. Wish us luck! These choices on languages made me wished…
My girl kept telling me that her Sachunterricht book in school is hunted or cursed. Not understanding what she meant, I went through the book and saw this picture. Coming from Philippines where this topic is a taboo back in the 80s, it was a bit vulgarish for me for a school book. I do…
Grade school 1 to 4 in Sachsen has a subject called Sachunterricht. This covers a mixture of science, social, economic and historical topics of our region. For this month, kids are currently learning what school was like in the old days so they have been visiting museums as well as learning how to read and…