Praktikum!
Posted on | November 17, 2009 | No Comments
So, it’s been a really long time since I posted. Almost a month! What has happened since then? Classes… Lots of classes. A trip to Neuschwanstein, a Halloween Party, a few Stammtisches, a lot of Nintendo Wii playing and Soap Opera watching, and a german movie.
Most exciting news first: I think I found a Praktikum! And an awesome and amazing one at that (if I get it). http://www.mpipsykl.mpg.de/en/research/groups/binder/index.html Check it out. If I get that (I had one other offer as well) it would be amazing. Cause I absolutely love the subject and it’s 20 minutes away. The head went to Emory for her Phd, so I’m assuming my bad German is okay. The other offer I have is an hour away working on Neurological Migration. Although interesting, but not quite exactly what I wanted like the first group is. So we’ll see where this goes. I just got an email saying that they should have stuff for me, so I’m kind of jumping the gun by being super excited. But I can’t help it.
Less exciting news… Classes. I’ve slowly settled into a routine. It’s hard to settle into a routine when you only have class once a week (except for German which is twice a week). I have Philo/Soc of Tech on Monday which is interesting but the teacher is really hard to understand and he makes jokes a lot that go over my head. We have no exam and I can do all the homeworks in English. So I’m happy. Tuesday is German (just ended). Wednesday is free day. Thursday is 8am French, level C1, and then Spanish, level A1. C1 means we focus on a subject and just talk a lot and there’s no grammar instruction except for homework and when you’re being corrected. For example, we have been discussing electronic books (aka Kindle) and Telescopes. A1 Spanish means we’re learning Tener and Querer, but it’s a fun class and it helps me learn German, so I don’t want to move up. Friday is lots of classes. Genomics then German again then Genetic Development of Animals (which is fascinating but my energy levels usually putter out at that point and I’m half asleep) and finally my Neuro class. My Neuro class is fascinating but way over my German levels, so thankfully the slides are in English otherwise I’d have no idea what they were saying.
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