10/07/2009
drove After class, including samples in the morning we take a bus to Tallinn, a small sample in the side room of the Austrian reading room, then visit the beautiful hall and briefly instruct. 
The event was called "Theater is fun and it should Theater posts by Grimm, Schiller and Goethe are shown - 
interesting mix! Just before I was told that I should be not only a member of the jury, but their spokesman. The jury was clear from representatives of each school, either teachers or students. So we had to formulate positive criticism, because this event was held for the first time, and it would have been inappropriate to criticize the students for their efforts negatively. Therefore be constructive words (beautiful costumes, beautiful spoken, interesting production ,...).
The contributions were mixed, from the 4th K-12 Class of "Cinderella" and
"Bremen Town Musicians" to "The Sorrows of Young Werther," a scene from "Faust" and "Turandot", with and without music, colorful costumes and black-clad actors and actresses, different levels (German-language secondary schools of the 12th grade and C language - pupils who are learning German only 2 years). So a colorful mix of 9 groups. Also "my" school fought bravely, even though I was not quite satisfied. But the "Cinderella" was well received and given the fact that they had received the text only a week ago to face the students and has no stage experience, the performance was okay. And then I could still find the final words for the event.
10/08/2009
in time for the trip to Parnu, a popular tourist destination of the Estonians, perhaps the seaside resort on the west coast, was adopted by the gruesome weather and it should be a wonderful fall day with lots of sun (it was also time - with little envy I had been following in recent days, the hot spell in Austria).
Krista had Angelika, the Austrian colleague in the private school Rocca Al Mare, invited, and so it went on the mostly straight and rarely traveled main road 150 km towards the sea.
endowed At 11 we clock the newly renovated Pärnu Ülejoe from high school a visit. A German colleague, Eevi Palu, she is deputy and a good friend of Krista, met us for coffee and then showed us their beautiful school. Once again, to note is that a lot of money flowing into education - a lot of money because the equipment is also very well.
After lunch in the cafeteria, we had an appointment in the School Psychology Center of Pärnu. The confirmation of what I had heard and seen: This work 8
some psychologists and social workers. They are for 6000 students responsible which makes a ratio of 1:750. Of this we can only dream of. This means that responsibility for every major school is a psychologist and virtually always present. may have given it even a social worker who is the liaison to the families and helps where the school can not act. The fact that at any one doctor or a doctor or at least is a nurse, I have already mentioned. Well, there are some special-education teachers work. In addition to some small groups, the course makes paid in several ways - socially, in terms of performance, group dynamics ,.... While the main problems in Austria (especially Vienna) of the partially high proportion of migrants (or their lack of handling and in the past neglected [language] promotion) and the increased violence among some schools, there are social problems here. Some of them are caused by the gross income gap, which is why many parents their children in Estonia with the grandparents or let alone back to earn money for months in Finland. Also, pregnancies of girls are found increasingly. These are but as so much support that we have here called as a class to life, could abolvieren in the 15 young mothers graduate - flexible lessons, even at night, etc. - We want some Directors that they leave school!
led after this 1 1/2-hour experience and Eevi and Vaike by Pärnu yet, so we did a little of the charm that exudes this 40,000-inhabitant city announcements. We strolled through the pedestrian zone, saw the main
building, visited the city museum and then walked to the sea where there is a separate women's beach. And in fact, was an old lady bathing - heraußen about 8 degrees! 
We arrived before 8 clock back in the evening, were still at Krista to a small snack and a glass of wine and invited then drove back to the mini-bus to Tabasalu. Thanks for the nice day!
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