I will be teaching 4th grade at the International School of Augsburg. The school is fairly international in the staffing. I will be one of the only Americans among English, Aussie, Kiwi and German colleagues. The students are almost all German children whose parents wanted them to have an international education in English. The class size is capped at 15 students! Woohoo! I've already talked to my fellow 4th grade teacher, Sarah, and she is an experienced teacher who sounds absolutely wonderful.
I will be living in lovely Augsburg, Germany, the third-largest city in the German state of Bavaria. Augsburg is only 30 minutes outside of Munich or München which is home of Oktoberfest. No worries that I may become a non-stop party animal as I tend to run from large crowds of tourists with beer. Augsburg is also 3 hours from Salzburg, Austria which is known for two things: 1. Mozart was born there 2. The Sound of Music was filmed there. Augsburg is also near Switzerland and Northern Italy.
So needless to say I am very excited to work at an excellent school in a great location. I do not know yet when I'm leaving, but most likely sometime in August. In the meantime, I'm frantically learning as much German as I possibly can!So for now, Auf Wiedersehen!
3 comments:
I am SOOOO excited for you. It sounds wonderful!!! I can't wait to follow along on your adventures. When do you leave, then?
That is wonderful, it looks so beautiful there. My uncle was stationed in Germany and his kids went to school there. They loved it so much.
Jen--not quite sure when I'll leave. Probably sometime in August.
Laura--that so cool! I've heard lots of good things from people who have lived there.
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