Today was my second day of school, and I love it! The students are so friendly and are anxious to learn from us. They are very good at speaking English, though some of them are still shy to speak in front of us.
During most of the classes the last couple days, I have just been introducing myself to the students and learning about them. I had them each write 5 questions in English that they wanted to ask me, and then we went around the room and they each asked me a question until they were out of questions. They had some really good questions! They asked what the difference was between our schools and theirs, whether I liked Norway, why I wanted to be a teacher, and many other things that they wanted to know about me. I was really impressed with their creativity. One of the questions that I asked them was what we should do while we are in Norway…I got some really interesting answers! One of the classes wants me to make a check list and cross them off when I do them and they say I’m not allowed to leave until I do them all haha. They think I should try cross country skiing, go to one of their soccer games, try sheep head (yuck!), go to each of their towns where they live (most don’t live right in Rosendal), climb a mountain, swim in the fjord, try their brown cheese (which I heard is very good!), go to Bergen and visit the aquarium, science museum, stadium, and go shopping, go hiking, and go to Oslo and see the opera. I’m not sure we’re going to be able to accomplish all of this while we’re here…but we’ll try! I asked the students what their favorite food is, and a lot said pizza and tacos..apparently that’s popular here too!
Their school is very laid back, which is pretty nice. The teachers wear jeans every day and they let the students call them by their first name. No one goes by Mr. or Mrs, not even the principal. The students are really well behaved, but the teachers don’t seem to be that strict. I feel like the students seem to have a lot of respect for their teachers so that’s why they behave so well in the classroom. They seem to get along with them and the teachers act like they really care about their students, it’s great! The students are also really good at participating and they aren’t nervous to try to use their English even though they know they aren’t perfect.
We're all trying to learn some Norwegian too...which is pretty funny! It's hard to say their words because they talk from the back of their throat more than we do. So far I have learned my numbers, some of my colors, and a few other phrases. The students try to teach us stuff at school...and then they think it's hilarious when we completely mispronounce it! oh well!
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