29.4.08
Cape Windjammers candidates for Tall Ship Race 2008
please check out this unique window into the lives of several aspiring South African individuals who would all like to be part of that life-changing experience of sailing on a tall ship with the help of Cape Windjammers this summer. These are some people who are serious about serving their community, country, and globe and they can use all the support we can give. Be sure to vote for one of them at the end!
Team South Africa joins Tall Ship Race 2008
27.4.08
Antwort auf ein t-shirt
„Sonne macht albern“ stand drauf und es war schwarz, tiefschwarz. Im Kontrast dazu der Träger, bleich, totenkopfähnlich gestylt. „Aber nein“, möchte man ihm sagen, und freundschaftlich auf die Schulter klopfen. „Sonne macht geil. Was Geilsein mit dir anstellt, nun - deine Sache. Aber laß’ doch bitte die arme Sonne aus dem Spiel.“
23.4.08
A day in the life of K
The lesson went pretty well, almost uneventful - I was somewhat surprised however, that with minimal preparation I was able to pull off 90 Minutes of input-intensive teaching. Oh well -you either have it, or you don't. Directly afterwards I sat together with a group of teachers wracking their brains as to what to do about a certain mobbing situation that keeps rearing its ugly head - and we did, halleluja, come up with a soon-to-be-implemented plausible strategy over the course of 1,5 hours of pedagogic discussion.
Lunch was pretty regular, in fact, I don't even recall what I ate, which at least is not a bad sign... The preoccupation with food, however, would take up the first part of the afternoon, as I prepared a test-version of an improvised recipe for a visitor of a certain importance soon to be entertained - and the second part was spent trying to stem the blood flow from the nose of one of my students I had accidentally hit with a fast served curveball, delivered straight to the nose. The real shock was when he told me, in a semi-comatose state, that he was actually a hemophilliac, a small trifle of a fact that I probably should have been made aware of when I took him on that trip to Israel last year, don't you think? Oh well, life is full challenges. We did manage to save his life due to the help of massive amounts of ice and the expertise of our school nurse, and I just hope that he won't hold that incident against both me as coach in particular and baseball in general.
The teacher's conference I am not going to comment on, being a good, law abiding staatsbeamter, but let me tell you, all clichés are true, and it's even worse than you can imagine.
The day continued with a prolonged session of letting myself be humiliated in the swimming pool by the ever-better technique, style and speed of certain underage readers of this blog, and ended with the serving of the trial-version of that afore mentioned three star meal to one of them. She continues to enjoy life in good health, by the way.
As I cleaned up my kitchen and went off to bed, I could not help thinking, that, all in all, it was not exactly a day badly spent.
20.4.08
Die Hochbegabten und das Klischee
Kerner spricht mit Anouk und Martin
hier gibt es 24 Plätze für hochbegabte Schüler.
Ein Schnappschuß aus der deutschen Bildungslandschaft des Jahres 2008.
15.4.08
On happiness
So what exactly is it that we call ‘being’ happy?
Perhaps to realize the need others may have for us? Or, is it the same as saying ‘I am content with my life as it is’, or knowing that others fare worse?
No.
It’s the genuine feeling of nothingness. Of experiencing maybe only once (but far better on a regular basis, of course), that you can lay back, and fold your arms behind your neck.
That you can then look up, and wonder how wonderful life can be, and that you are actually there to experience it.
14.4.08
Zu Gast bei Kerner
12.4.08
Spitzenplatz fürs LGH
Gerade mal im vierten Jahr, hat sich das LGH unter den besten Internatsschulen Deutschlands eindrucksvoll etabliert. So belegt unsere Schule für Hochbegabte in der aktuellen Studie der 'Welt' einen guten Platz unter den Top Ten. Ich würde sagen: Respekt! Und: Schön, an diesem Projekt teilzuhaben!
HIER geht's zum Ranking der 'Welt'
8.4.08
7.4.08
Looking for a catchy title
My dear friends and readers,
as many of you might know, I have used the Easter holidays to make some final adjustments on my first attempt at longer prose, a novel about the experiences of a German exchange student in Cape Town. The manuscript has grown over a period of by now eight years, and has seen several make-overs including a translation form English into German. Now that this huge project is at least finished (the final version clocks in at around 100,000 words), I am sending it out to agents and publishing houses... so that hopefully, in the not so distant future, it might just be sitting on a book shelf in a store near you. Ah, dreams...
One vital thing is missing though, I am still turning several titles around in my head, all of which have their charms and their problems. So, once again, I should like to employ your help and guidance in conducting a vote. Which of the following titles (in German) would be the most likely to make you pick up a book and read it?
a) Gute Hoffnung für Kap Sturm
b) Die Suche nach Kapstadt
c) Gute Hoffnung auf Kap Sturm - Eine Suche nach Kapstadt
d) Am Ende des Regenbogens - Eine Suche nach Kapstadt
e) Yebo Cape Town!
5.4.08
A taste of Ulfi...
Sie schmecken nach Zimt!
Hm, Zimt! In Ihnen liegt ein feuriger Geschmack, wie man ihn von mexikanischem Essen kennt. Nicht umsonst bezeichnet man diese Geschmacksrichtung als scharf! Sie sind ein leidenschaftlich und impulsiv, und wenn Sie kreativ tätig sein können, dann sind Sie mit voller Begeisterung dabei! Mit Ihrer Spontaneität wittern Sie überall ein Abenteuer, und mal ehrlich – wie man Spaß haben kann, das braucht Ihnen niemand zu erzählen! Mit Ihrer Meinung halten Sie niemals hinter dem Berg. Wenn Ihnen etwas unter den Nägeln brennt, raus damit, denn Sie gehen stets nach Ihren Gefühlen und leben im Hier und Jetzt. Sie schmecken so berauschend und intensiv, dass viele davon gar nicht genug bekommen können!
Sounds pretty accurate, as we probably will all agree. Oh yeah, by the way, my aura is amethyst-purple. What to do with these bits of utterly useless information? Beats me.