tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152754455347622862024-02-20T01:29:52.701-08:00University of Washington Honors and Education 2015: Re-enacting German and American IdentitiesHonors Program & College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle. Julie Villegas & Manka Varghese, in collaboration with Humboldt and Jena Universities, Germany. Summer A term. Juliana VIllegashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405340162130538160noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-84614431087799661002015-07-18T03:37:00.000-07:002015-07-19T01:03:17.038-07:00July 16th and July 17th (More pictures added later)<div style="font-family: HannotateSC-W5; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Since this is the last day of the program, we didn’t have a lot of activities. We left Jena in the morning. Everything went quite smoothly today. Besides that it was a little breathtaking when we rushed to catch the train. But our group were so organized and everyone was calm so that we arrive at our train two minutes before it came. After two hours trip, we finally came back to Berlin where we spent three weeks. We have some free time in the afternoon before the group dinner. For me, I spent all of my time in the apple store to repair my laptop. It is very lucky that I finally got a spot at Genius Bar. At first, I thought it was battery problem. It finally turned out that my battery just run out of power and my charging cable was mal-function. But we found out there was software issue in my laptop so I have to purchased a external hardware disk to backup all of my data and then reinstall an operational system. I lost all of my programs but it is still better than cannot use it. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The group dinner was so great. We went to Baraka, which is an Egyptian style restaurant. This is my first time to try this type of food and it is surprising delicious to me. Our lovely instructors Julie and Manuela gave a final conclusion to our program. Just like what Julie said, “it is bitter happy.” Even though the program ended, its impacts on us never came to an end.</b></span><br />
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Our first full day in Jena was spent interacting with American Studies students and listening to their presentations on Karl May and the idea of “Indianthusiasm” in Germany. I can tell you right now, it was so strange. Essentially, Karl May was an author in the 19<sup>th</sup> and early 20<sup>th</sup>Century, who was famous for his adventure novels, set in the American Wild West and the Middle East. However, the focus in his books was much different than what Americans associate with Wild West fiction. Instead of idolizing the cowboys as the saviors and the Native Americans as the savages, such as the American Western films we all grew up with do (think John Wayne), Karl May idolized the Native Americans themselves. Karl May, and the subsequent literature and film areas that grew from this infatuation with Indians, emphasized the “simplicity” of the Indian lifestyle, the idea of the “noble savage” and the close connection to the Earth. By the mid 20<sup>th</sup> Century, Indian Clubs were a popular hobby in Germany. “Karl-May-Spiele” allowed Germans to fulfill their dreams of “being an Indian,” by dressing up as Indians and performing powwows (note: the Karl-May-Speile still happens today). The division of Germany during the Cold War led to complications in the Indianthusiasm community, but the still the hobby lived on and is sill popular today.</div>
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After our long, but informative day in class, we were given a small city tour of Jena followed by a pub crawl organized by the student council at Jena. It was fun to finally get to know some the students at Jena in a more informal setting. One girl I talked to said she really enjoyed going to school in a “university town” like Jena, as she had the opportunity to focus on her studies without too many distractions, and knew that any young person she came into contact with was most likely a student. Going to school in Seattle, a much larger city than Jena where the University is not the center of the city, I found this perspective refreshing on what students look for in their education.</div>
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Oh boy. Today was a long one. We awoke early to catch a bus to Radebeul, a small town about two hours away from Jena, and about 30 minutes from Dresden. It was here we visited the Karl May Museum, an estate previously owned by the beloved author converted into an informational center. The rooms were filled with first editions, antique furniture, and animal skins, a tribute to their noteworthy owner. However, behind the house stood a log cabin that now stands as an exhibition of different native cultures. What we were told was the first exhibit you see when entering the cabin depicts the stereotypical Indian life, as is described in most Karl May novel- Plains Indians with feathery headdresses, women in long braids, tepees, spears, horses, buckskin, etc. You get the picture. But travel further into the museum and you see that there is an attempt to express the vast diversity that exists among Native Americans, from the Northwest Coast to the Southwest to the Plains and everything in between. However, all displays used real artifacts on extreme caricatures of Natives. I’ll be honest, I was extremely uncomfortable looking at the displays, as I felt the information and artifacts really only scratched the surface on the cultures that exist among Native Americans, and the way it was presented seemed that these cultures were just another thing to put on display. I’m not alone in saying I was a bit disoriented by the experience, especially as German school kids ran around me with face paint and feathers in their hair, making stereotypical Indian sounds, and listening to stories from a German man in a wig outside of a tepee. </div>
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It’s strange to think our whole
program woke up in different areas of Europe and had to navigate our way back
to Berlin this morning. Karinne, Michaila, Anna and I woke up in Krakow,
Poland, however others of us woke up in Prague, in Italy or in other areas of
Germany. I was excited to go back to Berlin; although Poland was one of the
best countries I’ve visited, and the sites we saw were some of the most
incredible things I have ever seen, traveling is such a pain and I just wanted
to make it back to Berlin. Berlin now almost feels like home – it feels safe
and comfortable, and it’s a relief to know relatively where everything is and
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The four of us went to breakfast at
a restaurant in the large, old square found in the middle of Krakow that had
huge churches, open aired markets, and carriage rides that were about five US
dollars a person. Krakow is almost the complete opposite of Berlin; although
there are tourists throughout the city, most of them were from other parts of
Poland or from more local EU countries as opposed to the thousands of American
and Australian tourists you can find in Berlin. The streets of Krakow are shut
down during the day, so pedestrians and carriages can wander through the
streets without worrying about cars. Our program has consistently reflected on
how laid back the lifestyle seems in Berlin and the importance the culture
places on free time to relax and I was very surprised to feel like Krakow had
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Krakow also seemed a lot smaller
than Berlin. The four of us decided not to buy a public transportation card and
instead spend the weekend walking around the city. The farthest we ever walked
was about twenty minutes when we visited the former site of Oskar Schindler’s
factory that now stood as a historical museum highlighting the events that took
place in Krakow before, during and after the second world war, it was
incredible. Krakow itself seemed small, but as it turns out there are an
immense amount of things to do in and information to learn in and around the
city. We spent Saturday on a day trip to Auschwitz and its multiple camps but
we met multiple other tourists who had visited the salt mines outside of the
city instead. Overall, it was an incredible experience and I would love to
visit Krakow again sometime in the future, and I can only hope the other
members of my program had a wonderful time where they visited as well. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today was another day of early
traveling as our program made our way to Jena, a smaller university town in the
former GDR. We all somehow managed to pack our lives back up in our suitcases
and leave Die Fabrik for the week. Every time I travel all my items seems to
expand ten-fold and my suitcase seemed to grow to an almost unmanageable size.
However, made it aboard our train in time and traveled two hours south of
Berlin to Jena. Traveling through the German countryside reminded me of the
time I’ve spent in Bavaria and the hours spent driving through valleys that had
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We all received a warm welcome from
Caroline (the director of the North American studies department at Jena) and a
couple of her graduate students who took us from the train station to the Mensa
where we grabbed lunch and later on met the rest of her graduate students we’d
be spending time with while here. We made our way to the senate room, in which we
were welcomes to Jena and had our first lecture of our visit by Dr. Thomas
Kramer on “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The German’s Image of Native
Americans between Karl Marx and Karl May</i>”. In his lecture we were
introduced to the romanticized ideas of Native American in the United States
that were rampant throughout East Germany in second half of the nineteenth
century. These ideas of the romantic Native American and the role that media
and popular culture play in constructing stereotypes of other nations were a
little hard to digest. To me, it always seems like discussing Natives Americans
is sometimes a taboo topic due to the atrocities taken against them in early
United States history but there are still many people in Germany that
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Great Bear” </i>a GDR made film that emulates the stereotypes of both Native
Americans and their white counterparts in the Wild West. Throughout our time at
Jena, we were already berated with a plethora of American stereotypes both
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movie showed Americans as drunks that only cared about money and were willing
to kill to get what they wanted. Outside of the movie through our coffee breaks
and other interactions with German students, we heard assumptions that all
people from San Diego torture animals like they do at Seaworld or that we could
cure our homesickness by visiting McDonalds. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That night we all had a group
dinner at Daheme, a restaurant with local German and Jena food in which we
mixed up our groups and again spent time mingling with Caroline’s masters
students. I sometimes find myself having to limit how much I participate in
conversations with people from other nations, especially around United States
politics. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a political science major,
I can sometimes get caught up in the details of politics and the nuances of the
American political system and can misconstrue the opinions given by people who
focus more on of the big picture and buzzwords of American politics. I’ve
realized that students I’ve talked to in Germany love to discuss 9/11 and the
theories of blowback that emerged in the weeks following the attack and the
changing international views of the American system. Although sometimes it is
frustrating and I occasionally disagree with some opinions, it is refreshing to
hear a different point of view and I suppose it adds into the construction of
our American identity. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s1">Today is the first day of our free long weekend after a week of preparation for yesterday's presentation. Many of us chose to leave Berlin and explore more of other places in Europe. I was fortunately to have the chance to see Rome and Florence in Italy. The weather was extremely hot and much more tourists than in Berlin as well. We visited </span>Colosseum, <span style="text-align: center;">Imperial Forum, </span><span style="text-align: center;">Pantheon, and </span><span style="text-align: center;">Trevi Fountain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> Early in the morning, departure! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: start;">First stop: Colosseum! It was impressive and amazing, and also many tourists as well. Colosseum is well preserved while we can also see many evidence of damages from those war years. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Street artist imitation of <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: start;"><i>Het meisje met de parel</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Authentic Italian food in Eataly</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Trevi Fountain under construction </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Famous ice cream store: Giolitti.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;">July 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">We visited Vatican City in the morning.
Although I have heard so many things about this religious country, it was still
amazing and exciting to explore it by myself. Once we got to St. Peter Square,
I almost wanted to leave when I saw that many tourists waiting in the line
trying to get into </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano. We decided to hire
a didactic guide so that we can skip the line.We visited</span><span style="background: white; color: #252525;"> St. Peter
Basilica(</span><span style="color: black;">Basilica di San
Pietro in Vaticano), Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. In the afternoon, we
went to Castel Sant'Angelo to have a great view of the whole city. It was
hot and long stairs to climb up, but the view was definitely worth it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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always on time; however, our trains were precisely on time or departed even one
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We had the wonderful opportunity to meet an artist, Catherine, and learn about her background as an immigrant to Berlin. She has lived in four different places, each having an influence on her art. While she studied art in Finland, Catherine did a lot of activist art, such as working with others to hang plastic bottles in a city center to make citizens aware of water waste. At times during her discussion with us, her raw vulnerability matched the experiences she had being a “foreigner” in a country. </div>
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One thing I found interesting about the talk with her is that because of her experiences moving around, Catherine considered herself a European and not any particular nationality of a country. This is an interesting identity formation, one that I have never really considered. I think of myself as an American from California, but not really a Californian or North American for that matter… so it’s hard to draw parallels with someone who identifies herself with an entire continent. Although Catherine did say that the European Union does make moving around a lot easier, there were certain instances in which she felt discriminated against. Overall, she was a truly brave individual with an interesting background that helped provide the group with another perspective on identity formation.</div>
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Before the meeting with Catherine, some of the group members and I went to visit the Neuss museum on Museum Island. While it was intriguing to see ancient Egyptian and Roman artifacts (my favorite was the jewelry pieces and coffins), I find it extraordinarily odd that this place in Berlin has all of these historical and valuable artifacts. At what point do we as societies take ownership of the past and who has the right to present this past to others? We all felt after visiting that it is a very colonialistic mindset to have this museum on display, but at the same time feeling that the U.S. has taken similar ownership to things not exactly “owned” by the country. Despite our moral dilemmas with the way in which past meets the present, it was a cool museum and seeing extremely old artifacts dating back to 3000 B.C. is pretty mind boggling.</div>
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I have the lucky opportunity to blog about presentation day. While it was definitely frightening to walk into Humboldt’s Senate Room and see rows and rows of chairs in addition to a stage with a podium, I am thankful for this opportunity to have our presentations in such a historical place. </div>
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Despite some technical difficulties, the presentations went off without a hitch. My group presented first and I thought all of us did a nice job showing the evolution of our projects and how we came to our conclusions at this moment in time. I felt myself relax as I began to unfold my own presentation. It is nice to share with a group of academics your own personal frustrations with arriving at knowledge because in more ways than not, every person on the study abroad ran into the same types of issues. What matters most from all these presentations is that we are reflecting and continuing to ask questions that dive further into the program themes as well as our own personal attachments here in Berlin. I enjoy how everyone has a truly unique approach to their research and am excited to hear how everyone’s projects go beyond our time in Germany.</div>
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As we head into a three-day weekend, I am looking forward to a trip to Poland and then heading to Jena with the group! I can’t believe how fast this trip has gone. </div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This summer program, a collaboration
between the University of Washington, Seattle (Honors Interdisciplinary and College
of Education) and Humboldt and Jena Universitats (American Studies Departments)
has a focus on identity politics and identify formation, individual, cultural,
national, and what is involved in this production in Berlin, Germany and
comparatively in Seattle, U.S.A. The program uses a comparative
interdisciplinary model to learn about topics including:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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movements in both Germany and U.S. and also East and West Germany identity
complexities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their project write ups through August while back in Seattle, posting
their final write ups to their blogs, located on the program blog. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may find more information here: </span><a href="http://germanyhonorsuweduc.blogspot.de/"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://germanyhonorsuweduc.blogspot.de</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Juliana VIllegashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405340162130538160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-82915551557097095462015-07-08T15:10:00.000-07:002015-07-17T07:51:02.549-07:00Neukölln<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Juliana VIllegashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405340162130538160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-7845317168501763632015-07-07T09:05:00.001-07:002015-07-07T09:05:39.365-07:00Daily Diary Days 21 & 22<br /><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">
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After a sweltering
weekend (one hundred degrees on Saturday and Sunday—ouch!), I was glad that it
was only eighty-one degrees today, which meant that I could venture outside the
reach of a fan. I started off with a walk around Kreuzberg after breakfast, then,
donning a new hat that I had bought in the heat of the moment (haha), I decided
to go on an abenteuer (adventure). <o:p></o:p></div>
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I took the U12 and the
U5 to Alexanderplatz (love the U-Bahn, always on time!), but instead of
venturing into Alexanderplatz’s vast shopping district, I headed to the
opposite direction and wandered around the older parts—“old Mitte.” I saw the
old palace, some old churches (dating back to the late 1600s) and the rathaus
(town hall). The area had a very medieval aesthetic to it, and was quieter than
some of the other parts of Alexanderplatz. There was also another reason for
wandering around Alexanderplatz: finding Marx and Engels. I had gone with Mira
and Kendra last week to find the giant statues of these historic beings, but
nobody we asked seemed to know where they could possibly be. Some people even
went as far as to claim that they didn’t exist. It was an extremely victorious
moment when I stumbled upon Marx and Engels, and after patiently waiting in the
queue for a photo, I had proof of their existence. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I ate a sandwich on the
U-Bahn to Friederichstrase, then switched to the U2 to get to
Oranienburgstrase. Here, I went to the Neues Synagoge—the “New Synagoge.” It
isn’t really new; it has just been rebuilt recently after being destroyed. I
went inside the synagogue and walked up to the dome, where I had a pretty
decent view of Berlin. The outside of the synagogue was spectacular: the domes
were encrusted in gold plating. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Afterwards, I headed
back to Friederichstrase where I ate a persimmon for a snack. This is extremely
significant for the sole reason that persimmons are usually only available in
the United States from October to early December. THEN THERE ARE NO MORE
PERSIMMONS. And I become a very sad person because persimmons are my favorite
food. You can only imagine my surprise and gastronomical delight to find out
that in Berlin, persimmons can often be found at Kaiser’s or at U-Bahn grocery
stores in the middle of summer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Persimmons were not the
sole reason for going back to Friederichstrase: I went to Humboldt University
and sat in on Professor Klepper’s American History course. The lecture was
about the Civil Rights movement, and it was fascinating to see both the
students’ reactions to the injustices African-Americans faced and to see the
differences in how classes are conducted between Humboldt and the University of
Washington. Professor Klepper showed excerpts from the PBS documentary “Eyes on
the Prize,” and I could see many students shaking their heads and looking very
disturbed at the footage of African-Americans being denied services or brutally
attacked by the police. I wondered what they thought of Americans after
learning about this: were they shocked? Relieved that Germany never had Jim
Crow Laws?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was very surprised at
the atmosphere in the classroom. First of all, most of the students arrived
fifteen to twenty minutes late. I cannot think of a single professor at UW who
would be alright with this. Many of the students talked to each other instead
of listening to the lecture, even though it was a small classroom (twenty-five
or so students). Some of the students
would make comments in very authoritative tones—there was less hesitancy, less
hedging. I was taken aback by the abruptness of some of the students’ comments.
I had also expected the students to be more engaged (or at least on-time). One
highlight from the course was meeting a girl who had done a yearlong exchange
to the United States while in high school. Of all places, she had ended up in
Camas, Washington, which is a small town right next to Vancouver, Washington,
where I hail from (to be exact, my house is a five minute drive to the
‘official’ Camas boundary). It’s a small world after all!<o:p></o:p></div>
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After the course, I
headed back to Kreuzberg, bought some fresh fruit and vegetables, dropped stuff
off at the hostel, and then headed to the Badeschiff (swimming area on the
Spree). We were meeting up with Manka and her kids for a final “hang-out.”
Juice drinks in hand, we played hangman in the sand and enjoyed being near the
water. Some people decided to swim, but a few of us headed back to the hostel
and then ventured out for dinner. A group of three other girls and I had a
somewhat overpriced meal at a restaurant near the hostel and then got some ice
cream/sorbet pops. After a busy and adventuresome day, it was now time for a
cool shower and getting work done (research project and readings for our trip
to Jena). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today was HOT, although
not as bad as last weekend (I doubt anything could be worse than last weekend).
After breakfast, I had planned on exploring Berlin before the heat set in, but
back in my room, I flopped on the bed and slept for another hour. Oops. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I ventured to Humboldt
in order to conduct more research. I interviewed six more students and
Professor Isensee from the American Studies department. The students I interviewed
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-A girl from Italy
studying in Germany because “Italy does not put instruction or education in
first place.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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-A guy studying German
language who told me that “In Germany, we say at the end of studying the German
language that you’ll end up a taxi driver.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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-A guy studying history
who was very interested in my research project and talked to me far longer than
anybody else. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-A girl from China on a
yearlong exchange in Germany. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-A girl studying dance
science. I didn’t even know that was a thing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-A guy studying
American Studies, who had gone back to school as an adult (he was 33 years
old). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Many of the students,
when asked if they cared about making a lot of money after graduating, told me
that they didn’t because of the “new lifestyle.” I asked Professor Isensee if
this was actually legitimate, and he told me that among the younger generation,
it is more popular to have a vocation that will allow give you more free time.
The “American Dream” is being replaced by a “European Dream.” According to
Professor Isensee, “Americans live to work. Europeans work to live.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe I ought to follow
the “European Dream”—here I am, at a café, furiously typing away! Oh well,
alles gut! And tomorrow is only supposed to be in the low seventies (with a
chance of rain!). I think I might head back to the Lindt store tomorrow to
celebrate a return to tolerable temperatures. Tschuss. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Complaining about the weather seems to be the running theme
of the week, and I am not one to break with tradition. So, as the temperature
climbed into the high 90s/low 100s, sticking to U-Bahn seats became a real problem,
ice cream an acceptable meal substitute, and air conditioning a sought-after
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On Saturday, some of us managed to brave the heat and head
out to Schlachtensee and Wansee, a couple of lakes just southwest of Berlin. While
some of the U-Bahn trip and the walk to find a shady spot on the shore was
nearly unbearable, the scenery was beautiful. Locals and tourists alike were
out enjoying the day in boats, swimming around, or biking around the lake. The
better outfitted among us took a dip in the water, making the acquaintance of
some friendly fish and the occasional giant floating beetle. It almost felt
like a quintessential Fourth of July celebration (by the way, Happy Fourth!). Without
the weeklong lead in of sale promotions, shady firework dealings, and patriotically
printed napkins, it nearly slipped my mind. Still, we managed to get a little
more traditional with a dinner of burgers and fries. Go USA. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This Sunday was projected to be the hottest day during our
time in Berlin, and it most certainly lived up to expectations. After planning
on spending the day hiding from the sun, I joined a group ventured to Mauerpark
in Prenzlauerberg for the weekly flea market. We were dripping with sweat, and
I maintain that if I were less sun-dazed I would have made fewer impulse
purchases, but the day was enjoyable nonetheless. Much like the lakes, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Flohmarkt </i>seemed to draw a bunch of tourists.
The vendors were also equally diverse, and I heard many different languages during
our walk through the stalls. If you’re looking to purchase anything from
handmade jewelry and antique furniture, to bottle caps and some random’s beat
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An aside to round off the weekend of heat-induced madness:
we are 110% sure we saw Michael Cera, of Juno fame, at the flea market. After
some initial stalking, and a quick powwow with a group of British girls who had
the same idea, we knew it was him. The bravest of souls, Natalie, managed to
say “hi” to him as we casually walked by, to which he gave the shortest, most
annoyed “hi” back and speed walked in the opposite direction. That happened.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262318250473080098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-76286702915905703132015-07-04T12:41:00.003-07:002015-07-04T12:41:38.780-07:00I'm Melting Over Here | July 2nd and 3rdMight as well cook me up and fry me. I was beginning to enjoy the nice cloudy, rainy, Seattle-esque weather that was becoming the norm here in Berlin during the beginning of the program. It's really one of those things where when it was rainy and cloudy you wished it was sunny but here we are nearing 100 degrees in this dry, scorching weather. Now we wish it was ice cold and snowing. Preferably while we're stilling wearing our t-shirts and shorts so we can bathe in the melting ice a bit.<br />
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On July 2nd, we had some class time but a lot of time to pursue our projects. Since my particular project involves me analyzing lots of data that I have collected on the laptop, I get to enjoy the nice weather in solace out here in the courtyard of the hostel. However, towards the evening I got ready to attend a pretty cool event that Humboldt University holds a few weeks before the ending of their second semester. It is the summer festival where you can enjoy bratwursts, delicious smoothies for pretty cheap, and some amazing Belgium waffles (I'm still drooling over them over here). Not only that, we got to see a pretty fantastic trapeze artist perform right in front of our eyes. Although it was a bit... hard to watch sometimes (as in I was so worried for her safety, but she performed everything perfectly and didn't fall).<br />
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One of the most amazing times I've had here in Berlin is what follows. After the sun went down and we had some time to relax in our hostel after a pretty long, dreary day (the sun really sucks out all your energy) we grabbed some drinks and headed to the river. We let our feet hang over the walls holding back the massive river, and enjoyed the fantastic view of the Berlin skyline. Although it still can't compete with the Seattle skyline, we sat and talked about our experiences till the early morning hours, enjoying every minute of it. What better way to close out a long day than to spend it with some amazing people all accompanied by an amazing view. We even had some Berliner friends sitting nearby on each side to enjoy the view along with us.<br />
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July 3rd made me realize how hot it really is outside. We really spent pretty much the whole day outdoors in the sun and I came back to the hostel pretty much drenched. This day I really wanted to explore Alexanderplatz (the shopping district) in its full entirety. Although the mission was relatively impossible and still was not accomplished, a lot of ground was covered. You really don't realize how huge shopping malls and department stores can be until you've visited this place. You really could spend the whole day in a single shopping mall and still have lots more to visit around the area. Although, sadly, I did not leave with any purchases, it was really intriguing to see the fashion that is available and popular in Europe. Items such as long, thin t-shirts, knee length pants, and really low-cut sneakers were pretty much in every store and worn by every person. Afterwards, we headed to the Zoologischer Garden Street stop for the U-Bahn and explored the area while some people in the group had to go to the Apple Store to get their computer fixed. One of the places visited served the most amazing Gelato in a cone with the shape of a flower. (Which reminds me, lemon mint flavored Gelato has to be one of the most amazing flavors ever)<br />
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By this time we were tired and exhausted. The sun was even hotter than the previous day and it didn't help that we were standing around and walking the whole time. (Most of the time getting lost in the area, trying to find our way around the confusing streets with the friendly help of locals) We went back to Kreuzberg and searched for a place to eat. We still have to take a look at every restaurant that is relatively close to the hostel and we decided to take a chance with a Thai place that was nearby. Thai seems to be a popular type of restaurant here in Berlin, you really can't go far without seeing a Thai restaurant or two. The best part is that they are really good and you can't really go wrong anywhere. What is interesting, however, is that these Thai restaurants have a wildly different style than we are used to seeing in Seattle. This isn't necessarily bad, but it was an interesting observation to take note of.<br />
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This was an amazing two days in the program and inspired me to get some lighter clothing for the upcoming scorching sunny weather.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-37309509315278214542015-07-02T12:58:00.001-07:002015-07-02T12:59:30.034-07:00Day 15 and 16<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So far in the program it has been a bit of a tradition for some of us to go to a bar close to our hostel, Madame Claude's, and play music trivia on Wednesday nights. We happened upon it our second night here and had a great time. The second week our performance as a team Which much more impressive, so we went into this week ready to win. We were thoroughly disappointed When we got there. We did not know many of the songs and the person running the game Which not very engaging and needless to say, we were not even close to winning. We were sad indeed are trivia night was not what we had photoshoped, but we will be back next week to enjoy our last Wednesday in Berlin! </span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-27451224095314526542015-06-29T12:13:00.001-07:002015-06-29T12:13:53.447-07:00Days 13 and 14<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was sunny yet again today so it looks like it's finally summer in Berlin! In the morning, many of us spent time at Salon Schmuck doing research. Salon Schmuck is this cute little cafe with decently priced food and good WiFi. I got a good number of little errands and emails done, so that was productive although boring.</div>
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In the afternoon/evening things livened up. I went and visited Checkpoint Charlie with a few other people from our group, which was informative. Checkpoint Charlie is a former Wall checkpoint that the Allies used to get into East Berlin during the Cold War. I had heard various opinions of Checkpoint Charlie (which is also a museum), one opinion being that it's a tourist trap. To be fair, this statement was well supported. Two men dressed as American soldiers stand guard at the former checkpoint, and for only two euros you can get your photo taken with these fake soldiers. Because a giant wall dividing a city where people died in attempts to cross are totally what I want on my Christmas card. The shops around the checkpoint definitely catered to this tourist mentality as well. None of us actually went inside the museum but I plan to do this sometime during the week to see if it can make up for the petty exterior.</div>
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After Checkpoint Charlie, I made my way to Friedrichstrasse for a planned group boat tour around Berlin. Everyone in our study abroad group boarded this cute little boat for a tour around the river(s). It was a very peaceful ride-- I really enjoyed it. We got to see a lot of iconic places in Berlin such as the cathedral, Museum Island, the Reichstag (my favorite building in Europe), and the chancellery which was a huge hit among us Angela Merkel fans.</div>
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Today was a relatively uneventful day for me. A few people in the group visited a German high school in the morning to learn more about the German education system. I opted to get some research and writing done in the cafe. </div>
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After that morning work session, I headed to the Topography of Terror in the afternoon. It was a very informative experience, especially with regard to the more nuanced details of WWII. What I found to be particularly interesting was the post-WWII information the museum presented-- like how certain individuals in the Nazi part were prosecuted for their crimes. In addition, I learned that during the war the United States also had work camps for Germans. This was completely new information to me. The museum stated that working conditions were obviously much better than those of Nazi-run work camps, but obviously it was still forced labor. It's not like there was only one camp either-- there were quite a few in the US (see map below).</div>
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<i>A map of concentration camps for German prisoners in the US (above).</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439832420233272026noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-7252040058228549952015-06-26T01:55:00.001-07:002015-06-26T01:56:43.610-07:00Days 9 and 10 in BerlinDay 9 -- June 24th, 2015<br />
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Happy Wednesday! Today, we started off our day by journeying to Humboldt for class. We discussed our reactions to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp and transitioned into a conversation about the way that Germans confront their past in a productive way, whereas in America, we tend to hide it or ignore it. Many comments were mentioned about the recent Charleston, SC shooting and the push to ban confederate flags from personal use-- which brings up the question: where is the line between individual rights and the unity and health of the community? I thought this was a very interesting discussion, and something I had been thinking a lot about on this trip as well as in previous classes. We transitioned our discussion into talking about our changing impressions of Berlin and German identities based on our experiences in the city as well as visits to museums and other places. A couple of my peers mentioned that when visiting the school on Friday, they learned that the students wouldn't say that they're "German," but rather "from Germany" or "of German ancestry." I think this is interesting, since "I'm American" is such a common phrase and I don't feel particularly odd saying it, even though I don't necessarily have a really strong connection to or pride for the USA. So why is this different for German people? Is it indicative of a larger disconnect to the country and national identity, or merely a semantic nuance?<br />
<br />After a short break for coffee, we got to hear Rhissa Rhaba, a former occupant of the refugee camp in Oranienplatz, talk about his experiences with being an immigrant and the ridiculous contradictions of the German immigration system (being forced out of the country one month before being able to apply for citizenship status). His talk was very eye-opening, as there are a lot of narratives concerning Africa and the living conditions that are thrown at Americans; Rhissa said that most of these stories are not true (he has never seen the poverty that is implied as permeating every African country). I think it's very important to hear this from someone who has lived in these places, since especially in America, the majority (white people) tend to talk both over and for the minority (people of color), and this leads to misinformation and a lot of skewed perspectives.<br />
<br />Lunch was at the Mensa at Humboldt. I dined with Kendra and got rice, potatoes, and meatballs, all of which were very tasty, however very expensive. Navigating new dining halls are always stressful for me as I never want to stick out or mess up the intricate flow of cafeterias, and this feeling was only increased in a foreign dining hall. However, we were successful and dined like real Humboldt-ians. After lunch, we headed to the Stasi museum and learned more about life in East Berlin. Our tour guide grew up in East Berlin and had a lot of her own pictures to show us and little anecdotes about her friends, which was really interesting to hear about. We walked around the whole museum after the tour and enjoyed the lens into life back in divided Berlin, with listening devices and secret cameras... we all agreed it was very "1984."<br />
<br />After the Stasi museum we were free to go back to the hostel or around Berlin for dinner. I went back and did some blogging, and then ventured off on my own for dinner. Currywurst is always a delicious choice, and walking around Gölitzer Park on the nice evening. Since it was Wednesday night, a group of us went back to Madame Claude's for music trivia! Our team, Cascadia, got 3rd place and generally dominated. We hope to come back weekly and maybe even host a trivia night in the future!<br />
<br />Day 10 -- June 25th, 2015<br />
<br />We started off our day with class where we discussed Rhissa's talk and Manka and Julie offered some statistics on immigration and education in Germany. After lunch, a professor in the American Studies department, Markus Heide, came and lectured on film studies and portrayals of Turkish people in German films. He showed us various film clips and we discussed some of our impressions of the representations of immigrants, as well as how these representations have changed over time. I really enjoyed this talk, as media studies and representation is something that interests me back in the States.<br />
<br />We had a bit of time to ourselves before going to the Reichstag, so Kendra, Mira, and I walked towards the Brandenburg Gate and snapped some pics of the iconic structure. Lots of selfies were seen being taken, and lots of selfie sticks were used as well. What a world. We walked around the Tiergarten and saw a memorial to the Roma people who were killed during World War II as well as a memorial to the Soviet soldiers, written entirely in Russian. There was a really nice secluded fountain and benches that we found and sat down in the shade for a bit before heading to the Reichstag. The Reichstag tour was really interesting! I'm not super into politics or history, but the tour guide was really great and engaging. The architecture of the building was really cool too-- most of the original building was destroyed in the war, so it was a mix of new and old and I love that juxtaposition. There was also preserved graffiti from Russian soldiers who wrote their names and dates on the interior walls after invading Berlin, and that was a really awesome piece of history to see. After the tour we walked up into the dome, which provided a great view of Berlin from above.<br />
<br />My German friend, Leonie, came to Berlin for the weekend and I met up with her after exiting the Reichstag. We haven't seen each other for 2 years so it was a great reunion! We went to Hackescher Markt and wandered until we found an acceptable place to eat, then walked to a park and had a little picnic on the grass. We got ice cream shaped into a flower afterwards, which was delicious, and then headed back to the hostel. Leonie hung out in my room and we talked about some of the issues me and my peers had been discussing, and it was really interesting to get a German youth perspective on identity, immigration, and German history. I look forward to hanging out with her more this weekend and having more enriching conversations.<br />
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cloudy day. In the morning, we gathered at our hostel at 8am and went for our
World War two Underground Tour. This bunker was unique in the way that it was
not bombproof as the other bunkers, but it was kept because of the railway
station above it. Since we were not allowed to take pictures inside the bunker,
I took some notes during the trip. As we entered the bunker, some of us felt
quite uncomfortable due to the lack of oxygen even though we only had around 20
people at that time. It was hard to imagine what the situation was like during
the war, when hundreds of people needed to stay there. The first area we went
to was a women’s restroom. The toilets we saw was rebuilt after the war since
the original ones were already destroyed. The tour guide told us that this was
the only private place that people could have at that time, which was also the
place where many women committed suicide after they lost everything during the
war. Then, we went to one room where there were several benches. According to
the tour guide, people waited in this room when there was bomb outside. In
normal cases, the room could only accommodate around 50 people. However, the
number of people mounted to several hundred during the world war two. The
increasing number of people in the bunker caused the lack of oxygen. In some
extreme cases, people even confronted the dilemma when they were going to
suffocate due to the lack of oxygen, but they couldn’t go outside because the
war was still going on. This underground tour was a special experience, which
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project, some immigrants from different countries are invited to decorate a
room in their own way, reflecting their cultural backgrounds. We were assigned
into a group of 2 or 3 to each room, and need to find out some information
about the person based on the decorations or stuff in the room. After the
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Concentration Camp tour. We met at our hostel at 8:30am today, and travelled
together to the concentration camp. It was quite surprising that Sachsenhausen
Concentration Camp is located in a small and peaceful town. After several
blocks of walking, we arrived at the camp. I knew we were there when I saw
those walls made out of stone, which gave me a feeling of heaviness. The tour
guide showed us the buildings where prisoners used to live. In a pretty small
room, they had more than 100 people living there. Just as our tour guide said,
there were some nice people trying to help each other out in the room. But since
all the prisoners came from different cultural and religious backgrounds, it
was inevitable to cause conflicts. After I saw how those beds were arranged in
the room, I could not stop but imagine the tension between those prisoners’
relationship since they didn’t have any privacy for themselves. The last place
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Juliana VIllegashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405340162130538160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-80546171865223822002015-06-23T10:45:00.002-07:002015-06-24T13:33:13.288-07:00Days 5+6<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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day started with a group breakfast in our hostel’s cute dining area. We met
Manuela in the lobby and started our walk through the neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The air was crisp and cool: perfect
walking condition. Our first stop took us to the edge of Kreuzberg where the Berlin
Wall once stood dividing East and West Berlin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An untrained eye might have missed the landmark because it
was simply a change in brick patterns to form a line in the sideways and
streets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Manuela’s story about
being welcomed into West Berlin was heartwarming. I can’t imagine the amount of
excitement in the air when people were able to pass freely between the Wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throughout the walkthrough, there were
incredible street installations and graffiti images that caught my eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since my research project is on street
art, I’ve found myself being very aware of the presences of the art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then made our way to the Soviet
Memorial where 7,000 Soviet soldiers were buried after World War 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The memorial was incredible. Huge trees
bordered the long grassy stretch of burial grounds and 16 reliefs, which
represented the Soviet’s 16 states, depicted a story leading up to a giant
statue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far, the memorial was
my favorite part of the city. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today’s class period was great. It was nice getting to just talk
about how we were feeling about Germany and our overall adjustment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went around the room and shared one
thing that we were surprised by, one thing that we appreciated, and one thing
that bothered us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said that was
extremely surprised by all the wonderful food here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can walk into any restaurant and the food is diverse and
delicious! I also appreciated how trendy and active Berliners seem to be.
Everyone is always biking or walking which is very cool to see. So far, the
only thing that I’ve been moderately bothered by is the fact that nowhere accepts
credit or debit cards. Everything is cash only, which makes me a little
uncomfortable because now I have to carry cash around the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall, people talked about how
friendly and open the people of Berlin have been and how much they hated
walking up for 5 flights of stairs to our rooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Manuela then shared her experience of coming to the US for
the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told us that
she traveled for weeks by herself, just enjoying her own company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt like I could connect more with
her story now that I know what it feels like to be traveler in a foreign
country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>After class, I also felt like I had a better grasp on what I need to
focus on for my research project. It was nice to get designated time to just
talk with my group about our next steps. I’m currently writing up survey
questions to present to a class of students at Humboldt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As a group, we ended our day with an international student mixer at
a bar near the university. It was a cool space where Berliners and
international students could meet and talk. Everyone was so nice and they
really appreciated when we tried to speak German with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with that marks another incredibly
busy but successful day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Today we visited a German secondary school and I can honestly say
this was one of the most eye opening experiences I’ve ever had about
education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got to learn more
about the tracking method and how students are placed within the system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The school we visited was called the
Heinrich-von-Stephan Oberschule, a school that combines both the Hauptschule
and Realschule, or the lower two tier, tracks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Karin Jaegar, a teacher, showed us the methodology and
philosophies behind their program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were then able to sit in a class and watch a typical German
class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat in on a group of
younger students in a math class. The class was taught in German, but most of
the students spoke English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
language barrier made it difficult to completely understand what they students
were doing, but it looked like the start of algebra because they were working
with graphs and shapes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The class
seemed to be organized in a more casual style than most US classrooms. Students
were clearly given freedom and trust from teacher, which was really cool to
see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within the class, the
students got a math test back and the teacher explained that they had an
opportunity to raise their grades on the spot if they were able to apply their
math skills to a real world situation. The teacher was very patient with his
students, even though some seemed to be a little bit of troublemakers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m really grateful for this
opportunity to glimpse inside the German education system because it is
something I have never come across.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Juliana VIllegashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405340162130538160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-89406877511197006562015-06-18T08:59:00.003-07:002015-06-18T08:59:55.327-07:00Days 1 and 2 in Berlin, Germany Day 1 June 16, 2015<br />
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Juliana VIllegashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405340162130538160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-74435090441007030552015-05-14T12:03:00.001-07:002015-05-14T14:03:39.118-07:00 Rainer Forst speaks on Toleration and Democracy (Video)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"One doesn’t need to explain these days why toleration is an important issue,”<br />
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Juliana VIllegashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405340162130538160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-615275445534762286.post-37239474277375719442015-05-12T14:28:00.000-07:002015-05-12T14:28:20.015-07:00Rift Forms in Germany Over Asylum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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TUTZING, Germany — A bronze statue of St. Joseph, bending protectively over the Holy Family, stands at the center of a bubbling fountain outside the St. Joseph Church in this Bavarian village.</div>
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Across a cobblestone courtyard, parishioners show up regularly at the Roman Catholic church’s community center to teach German and math to asylum seekers and refugees. During a recent weeknight service, Ali, a young Afghan, demonstrated his progress, reading aloud a prayer for peace to the congregation.</div>
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This tranquil place is also the backdrop for a bitter debate between <a class="meta-loc" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/germany/index.html?inline=nyt-geo" style="color: #879cb4; text-decoration: none;" title="More news and information about Germany.">Germany</a>’s government and its Roman Catholic and Protestant churches over the fates of hundreds of migrants they are sheltering.</div>
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Just before Christmas, to stave off their imminent deportations, Ali and another young Muslim moved into the two-room guest apartment on the parish grounds, invoking a Christian practice of seeking protection within a church, a form of asylum known in German as Kirchenasyl.</div>
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