Hello Alexander-Jordan Clan. I certainly hope everyone is having a nice spring. In Leipzig the sun is not so sure if she (feminine in German) wants to come out yet. We'll have one nice day of weather and then rain/snow or whatever. Make me wonder if Global Warming really exists (he he). Anyway, I am finishing up my second PhD year here in Leipzig and am probably going to continue back in Tucson in August. I am having one of those Graduate School.."what the hell am I doing all this for" phases. Oh, well...this too shall pass. Along with what I am doing for the Uni, I am working on a side project developing tests for business English. So far I have been developing scripts for listening comprehension tests and writing instructions for the writing portion of the exams. All that along with the occasional translation project. All in all, I have enough to keep me busy.
German Winters are pretty depressing, and this one was particularly hard on me. Being from the desert and seeing the sun almost 300 days a year has that effect on me. Things are turning around, however, and I look forward to rinding my bicycle to the lake and possibly getting some sun....who knows.
I have a blog of my own on Blogger called "Ruminations of a Desert Rat," unfortunately I haven't updated it since October. I have no real excuse for it, I just find it hard to blog. I guess that is why I have never kept a journal.
(By the way the picture is me in Prague...neat town)
Anyway, enjoy the spring and hope to read something from you all soon.
til then
Casey
4 comments:
Thanks for the post, Casey! I've been teaching English for 13 years myself.... if you come up with some challenges, let me know... maybe I can offer some advice.
Auf Wiedersehen,
Elton
and if you send me the address to your blog, casey, i will post it here.
elton
hey, you're the future Phd-- maybe you could offer me some advice...
elton
Not sure what advice I have to give...I think your experience trumps my focused training in German culture and literature.
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