I Want You

I'm cracking up over this and want to write it down.

I'm sitting in biology class watching a video and the teacher walks up... so I pause the video.  He hands me a work sheet and says, "I want you..." I wait for a few seconds waiting for the rest of the sentence.  I assumed he would say "...to work with" or "...to work on", but no, that was all he said before saying it's a Bob Dylan song.

... Ok???

Then I just laughed because... like seriously, what was that about. haahahahaha^^

fun stuff

:)

Hair cut for Gallafest

Granted this video really doesn't have anything fun in it... but I figure some day down the road I might want to watch it.

Today

I woke up

I showered

I went to language school from 8-1:15

I went home, stopping by school to talk to Ulrik

I made pasta

I worked out

I showered again

I played video games

I walked to Anne Mangles house

I went to an AFS meeting

I came home

I ate 2 rolls

I typed this blog

I fell asleep

Such is my average day

AT again

So, we have AT again.  It is very difficult for me to do AT because it is a synapsis on a particular subject and I don't know how to write a synapsis, especially a danish one.  So I have been spending all of my time in "the tower of knowledge" as I call it.  I have been researching the Spanish Civil War durning 1936-1939.

More on "the tower of knowledge".  It is a large glass box with two stories in the middle of our school, the only second floor on our whole school.  Inside there are free printers and copying machines as well as quite a few laptops out on the tables... about 30.  The nice thing is that it is amazingly quite inside and you can look down on students as they pass on either side.  Since my school doesn't really have hallways you can see almost the whole school from inside.  Fun fun!

Yesterday I put my hand down on a plant that attacked me... it wasn't nor is it now very nice feeling.  I feel now like my hand is asleep and i have little red dots all over it.  Yesterday it burned and itched sooo bad that I had to fall asleep to ignore it.  I asked my friends right after it happened and they said that it was not deadly, so I hope that it goes away soon and I can go back to normal life.

Today I have piano which I am not looking forward to.  I have no way to practice because so often the only piano I can use has a class using it or other students or it is locked up.  All of those things are really annoying.

welp, back to class for a bit

Our Electric Lawnmower +++

First off, I'm tired of all my posts having to be memorable adventures.  I don't do that much that stands out for me anymore.  Here is what is on my plate, and how I think of things here.

I have to do a paper for sprogskole on libraries in denmark.  Only one page should be good enough.

I just sent a package home including stuff I don't need and college forms so I can get those to B-W now.

I need to practice bassoon after dinner, right after dinner and not put it off until it's too late.

I have decided not to join Uffe and the guys at Beerfest this year.  Sorry but 300kr. entry fee is a bit steep even if we do have open bar.  Plus I have no team, and might not know very many people there.

Then I can go to sleep, probably around... 2 am.

Today so far has been really nice.  We ate outside in the back yard on a picnic table we own.   Boris is gone, and I don't really know where, but I have been gone for the last 3 days at Uffe's house sleeping on the couch.

I noticed today that our lawn mower was powered with a cable plugged in.  All I can think is how many times I would run over that cable and electrocute myself if I mowed.  I am not sure if it is good or bad, just an observation that I had never even thought of.  

Well, goodbye

I want to... before I leave... visit some of the surrounding countries.  Including Germany and The Netherlands.  I would love to see Paris also.

I am working on it.

Kyle

School

Danish schools are totally different from American schools.  I think however that Americans get a more rounded education while Danish people learn what they want to learn and what they need to get a job.  I find that the expectations for a danish student are a lot lower, not that they will not reach a lot higher, but if they want to drop out of school it is ok as long as they get a job.

One thing I like about the Danish education system is that you are responsible for your own life.  You have a schedule which gives you free time where you are expected to study.  More work is done out of school then in school.  I will admit that high school in the US does not get that difficult and you don't have to work at home very much, but if you are doing all the work they require here, you will be doing a lot more.  

I like our way of grades better though.  I think it is important to have incentive for getting homework done.  Here if you don't do it you can get away with it because you don't have to turn anything in.

That my answer to Dad's question.  Any other questions just post them.

Galla Fest

Sidste fredag vi havde Galla Fest.  Det er "Prom" i Vejen Gymnasium.  Vi spiste meget mad og vi drikke meget også.  Vi også dans men, dans ikke så meget.  Det var en rigtigt godt aften og nat.  Jeg var hjem igen klokken 6.

One of the reasons the night did not go so well though is because somebody I did not know died on her moped earlier in the evening.  Everyone was very sad and they cancelled the music and everyone went home, except for some people who went to town.  I also went to town and hung out with my friends.

-note:  the order of the pictures are in reverse, the night went:

1)Arrive and watch seniors arrive in their floats, cars, and other things.

2)Drink and socialize

3)Eat dinner

4)Watch the dance/dance.

5)Go to town

The dance performed by the students is a four part danced.  We rehearsed for about a month learning how to all dance at the same time.  First everyone watched the 3rd years dance and clapped and had a great time.  Next many others from the other years joined in the same dance.

Uffe and Claus were my partners in crime for the night.  After eating and realizing the night was not going so well because of the death we decided to go back to Uffe's house before hitting the town.
This is what the first coarse of the meal looked like.  It was a nice first coarse but the service for the buffet was slow and food ran out for about 10 minutes.  Each table had a theme and our class chose Mexican... although Victor, the Mexican exchange student in our class, did not show up for the party.
Finally, me.  I am proud to say that I did everything on my own preparing for the dance.  I picked out what I would wear, found a tie and jacket, and even cut my own hair, all before the dance.  People did notice and told me that I looked good.  I was proud of myself for that.

I hope to hear some responses from everyone!  I also want some questions you guys might have on Denmark.  Don't let me down guys.

Kyle