Archive for April, 2006

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

more about the education system

Thank you all for your comments on the previous post (Is it really this bad?) … lots of food for thought!
I wanted to summarize what I come away with and how my understanding is shaping in reply to your comments, which might be a rather lenghthy reply. So I thought a new post might be [...]

3 Comments » - Posted in English, education by franzie

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Is it really this bad?

Reading Christina’s blog has shocked me from time to time.
No, she doesn’t write anything obscene but reports about the German school system and its shortcomings and the poor ranking Germany got in the PISA study as well as Vernor Munoz’s critic of the German School system. Being a German myself I’m quite distressed to read [...]

14 Comments » - Posted in English, education, expats/immigrants by franzie

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

No time to say hello

… goodbye! I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!
My husband brought this book home from work for me and well I’ve been sitting in front of the computer ever since, having no time at all!!!!
I was looking for books I can read and everybody had great suggestions, but this book was the first that came my [...]

7 Comments » - Posted in English, books, chit-chat by franzie