Thursday, September 20, 2012

Analysis of a Teacher

My teacher dresses very formally in a dress shirt, pants, and shoes every other day of the school week. He's quite a bit younger than most of my teachers and perhaps because of this he is more laid back and jokes with us; is very outgoing. He can easily tell us short stories about his family that relate to German or a topic that someone was talking about. He keeps a very organized desk and has a detailed schedule of what we're to do everyday and what he is to teach. When he thinks no one is looking or not paying attention, he takes a sip from his water bottle. Sometimes he scratches his nose, absentmindedly rubs his arm, or fiddles with a shirt cuff when he's teaching.
     In his classroom there are lots of different sized German flags on the walls or by his desk. There's a SMART Board on the wall in front of a white board, an old map of Europa (1) to the side of it, and a bunch of fotos (2) and posters of German cities and foreign exchange students on the walls. A black television is suspended from the ceiling in the corner. Deutsch-Englisch Woerterbuechern (3) are on a set of shelves, a stool is by a rolling counter by the board. An old cane with a rounded handle the teacher sometimes uses as a pointer hangs from the marker sill on the white board. A rolling cart of Apple lap tops are by his desk as well as an old overhead projector (4). You can tell he really likes teaching and his students as there's pictures of every class in each year he's taught since coming to our school. By his desk on the wall are colored pieces of paper with all the seniors he's taught in every year. Next year there will be a picture of me up there along with a small handful of others.
     I think everyone who's ever had him as a teacher will agree with me in saying: "We love you, Herr Mitchell!" (5)

KEY:
(1): Europa means Europe in German.
(2): fotos mean pictures in German. Photographs are Fotografie or Photographie.
(3): Deutsch-Englisch Woerterbuechern means German-English dictionaries in German. Deutschland is Germany. Deutsch is used both for the language and class at school, same with Englisch. oe = o umlaut and ue = u umlaut.
(4): Now, since SMART Boards were invented by Smart Technologies, overhead projectors are not widely used in most schools.
(5): Herr is Mr. in German. Frau is Mrs. or Miss in German. Also means husband and wife respectively. 

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