Friday, September 27, 2013
Storytelling is like a giant secret being whispered faster and faster
In Block B on Thursday, September 26, we went to Storytelling in Mrs. Friant`s English AP class.
Storytelling has a long tradition in Upper East Tennessee and it`s appreciated by many folks and teachers at DB.
Librarian, Mrs. Cynthia Ryman, introduced us to the heroes` journeys in three very different stories.
The Six Swans by the Grimm Brothers is about a girl who wants her six brothers to be turned back into humans. To achieve this aim she has to suffer and go through six years of silence.
Mutzmag is about life in the Appalachian mountains.Mutzmag, the protagonist, has to fight against an evil witch and get rid of a dangerous giant. By using a jackknife and her wit she eventually gains gold and personal independence.
The third story that was told to us, Savitri and Satyavan(India), deals with devotion and persistence, life and death, happiness and sadness. Savitry follows the God of Death to the “land of dead” and masters both her secure life and the world of uncertainty.
We really liked the stories and appreciated that we had the opportunity to listen to this interesting presentation.
“Myths inspire the realization of the possibility of your perfection.”
Daniel, Sebastian, Jonathan, E. Schwarz
David Crocket vs. Dobyns Bennett
Saturday, 9/21/2013
To support our High School football team we went to an away match against David Crocket High School in Jonesborough. When we got there the Stadium was stunning. Even on an away match the tribune was full of Dobyns Bennett fans. As soon as the match started the band was playing motivating and exciting songs to support the team. And it worked! Right in the beginning the team got a huge advantage with a big yard win. Dobyns Bennett football team was dominating during the whole match. The half-time score was DB 61:0 David Crocket. We saw some great catches and tactics by the team which resulted in a huge score. The final score was 61:7.
We learned the rules of American Football and what is happening on the field to understand the way teams are playing.
We had a great time visiting and supporting our team. The way a High School football match is going on is really exciting and as soon as you are in the fan block you are already involved in a spectacular game.
Mikail
Mountain Dew Monday
We visited classes today. I went to the Culinary Art Class from Ms. A. Knott in the A block. She was very strict to her students but not to us Germans. They usually go to the kitchen but not on Mondays. After that, we met for Home Room in the library. We exchanged experiences, that we made in the different classes. I went to the Mandarin Class in C block. There were only 4 students in the class, but it was still a lot of fun. I learned the numbers from 1 to 99. In D block, I went to the Fiber Arts class. They did a lot of practical things there. We don't have that in our school :(. I think it's more interesting than our German Arts classes. After school I went to Taco Bell with my exchange student. I really like the price game there. It works like this: you have to throw a dime or a quarter onto a plastic platform. If you can do it, you get a meal for free. I like especially like the Mountain Dew from Taco Bell. I wish we would have that in Germany. After that my exchange student had to do homework, so we hung out at his house. We went to an Italian restaurant in the evening, because it was his mum's birthday. The food was good, but not as good as the German Italian food.
Jonathan
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Welcome to Fiber Arts - prepare to dye!
At 6 a.m. I took a shower and ate my sweet cereals. Then we got into the car and picked up the friend of my host Harmony. We arrived at DB at 7:45 a.m.. We had 5 more minutes to be on time to Harmony's English class. My "Fiber Arts" class started at 7:45. I love this class, because I met really nice people, the teacher is very easy-going and we don't have these kind of classes in Berlin so it was really interesting for me. Today I dyed my sweatshirt with the "spiderweb" technique. Frau Wolf also decided to attend that class. She first watched us and learned about the different ways to dye the fabric and did her own Shirt after that. After Fibre Arts I had Philosophy which was pretty interesting. We sat in a circle and talked for example about what beauty actually is. Everybody introduced themselves which was really kind. It is called "Southern hospitality". In Block C I bought my lunch and went to the library. Obviously you can read a book, use your laptop but also classes like the computer course use the library. In Block D I went to ROTC with some other Berliners. ROTC stands for Recruit Officer Training Corps and in this course the students tak about military plans, learn about important military people, learn how to march and they also workout in every course. Every Monday the students have to wear their ROTC uniforms. I finished school at 2:45 and me, my host and some of the Fibre Arts students went to an icecream parlour.
Jagoda
Making "Spaghettieis" in the World Language Club
An ice-cream that looks like pasta with tomato sauce and a meatball on top? That must be a German tradition. It is! Wednesday afternoon about 45 students came into the World Language Club to try this strange German-Italian desert that has been invented in Mannheim in 1969 and everybody seemed to really enjoy it.
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