After the midterm break things have definitely picked up in schoolwork (and in fun). We have two research papers coming up, and outlines were due this week so everyone was either very freaked about it, or completely forgot. The program here is weird, in that our classes have basic content that isn't difficult to digest, but the professors don't understand how to teach it or engage students, and the FU-BEST program requires a 10 page research paper for every subject course, regardless of the teacher's desires. Anyways, I've finally focused my topics for both papers (Austrian Holocaust memory and music in female-led Weimar cinema) and am really excited to be writing them.
Random Bits and Bobs
On Sunday after getting home from Paris, I went to the symphony with a ticket from FU-BEST. I was so tired from my trip home I basically watched the whole thing asleep, unfortunately. School was relatively uneventful; on Thursday my German class took a field trip to interview strangers at 9:30AM about the history of their area. This went about as well as you would expect, we spoke to multiple Americans and no one knew any of the answers to our questions. Afterwards, we went to the Graffiti Museum. It was pretty small and nothing really stood out to me, but it was good checking it off the Berlin tourist list.
Sachsenhausen
The long awaited field trip to Sachsenhausen on Friday morning was meant to begin at 10:15, however I didn't double check the time when getting ready, and was pretty late. There were other students running late, and as we were on the longest S-bahn ride of all time I GOT FINED FOR NOT HAVING MY STUDENT ID ON ME. The one day of the entire program I didn't have my card on me is also the one day the BVG security are checking. So as I'm running late to my field trip at a CONCENTRATION CAMP, I get fined SIXTY EUROS. It was a rough start.
The field trip itself was really interesting, we had a walking tour of the grounds which are partially recreated and partially original remains. It was incredibly humbling, more so I would say than Treblinka. Being able to trace where a person would go in a day, what structures were enforced to keep them imprisoned, as well as how they were killed and buried, was moving. When you read history so often, it's easy to distance yourself from the reality of the past.
Other Things Also Happened
I had a little adventure afterwards to pick up my package from America (THANKS MOM). I was really nervous about navigating customs in German, but there was actually very little speaking. That night I went to see the new Joker movie which was very good and very disturbing. On Saturday morning my friends and I tried to make bagels from scratch, and I would say it worked like 70% but we ate them anyways.
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It took me two weeks to put this up somehow! That might give ya'll an actual idea of how busy I am. I finished one ten page research paper, and will be working like crazy this week to get the other done before my trip to London on Thursday. Hopefully my next update will be coming soon!
Random Bits and Bobs
On Sunday after getting home from Paris, I went to the symphony with a ticket from FU-BEST. I was so tired from my trip home I basically watched the whole thing asleep, unfortunately. School was relatively uneventful; on Thursday my German class took a field trip to interview strangers at 9:30AM about the history of their area. This went about as well as you would expect, we spoke to multiple Americans and no one knew any of the answers to our questions. Afterwards, we went to the Graffiti Museum. It was pretty small and nothing really stood out to me, but it was good checking it off the Berlin tourist list.
Sachsenhausen
The long awaited field trip to Sachsenhausen on Friday morning was meant to begin at 10:15, however I didn't double check the time when getting ready, and was pretty late. There were other students running late, and as we were on the longest S-bahn ride of all time I GOT FINED FOR NOT HAVING MY STUDENT ID ON ME. The one day of the entire program I didn't have my card on me is also the one day the BVG security are checking. So as I'm running late to my field trip at a CONCENTRATION CAMP, I get fined SIXTY EUROS. It was a rough start.
The field trip itself was really interesting, we had a walking tour of the grounds which are partially recreated and partially original remains. It was incredibly humbling, more so I would say than Treblinka. Being able to trace where a person would go in a day, what structures were enforced to keep them imprisoned, as well as how they were killed and buried, was moving. When you read history so often, it's easy to distance yourself from the reality of the past.
Other Things Also Happened
I had a little adventure afterwards to pick up my package from America (THANKS MOM). I was really nervous about navigating customs in German, but there was actually very little speaking. That night I went to see the new Joker movie which was very good and very disturbing. On Saturday morning my friends and I tried to make bagels from scratch, and I would say it worked like 70% but we ate them anyways.
Backdate This Post
It took me two weeks to put this up somehow! That might give ya'll an actual idea of how busy I am. I finished one ten page research paper, and will be working like crazy this week to get the other done before my trip to London on Thursday. Hopefully my next update will be coming soon!
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