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It was hard. Switching from teaching nothing but Spanish for 28 years to French and German was a major challenge. Yes, German is my native language but that doesn't mean one can automatically explain the language to students. 16 ways to express "the" depending on its position in a sentence? I am amazed they were able to grasp 12 of those. Apparently the genitive case is not used much anymore so we only covered nominative, dative and accusative. Reading the classics such as Der Struwwelpeter and Max und Moritz was just too funny. Well, then there was Der Erlkönig, scary...And then there were my French classes. These were highly motivated for the most part and developed the most lovely accent. It made my heart jump from joy to hear my students speak French. We just loved The Little Prince. Acting out the scenes was so cool. I never got that with Spanish. I'm not sure why it didn't seem too important for my Spanish students to develop a good accent. If I ever teach h...

This was an exiting week for our foreign language department. We had the first 6 students to qualify for the Volunteer State Seal of Biliteracy. We are proud beyond compare at this moment. One of our students was even asked to speak at the Nashville ceremony in June. The last few days of school are difficult to get through, but this is a nice way to end this school year. The seniors are out of there after Monday, only to return for semester exams and their senior drive-through, an annual long anticipated fun event fo the underclassment and teachers to watch.