Survived my first week at school

9 november 2018 - San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten

Test                                                                                                                                My first day at school started with a test to determine my level. This meant a short speaking test and a 50 minutes paperwork on reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar. I had to think of my 1st graders when I took their CITO tests.. Although the teacher was very relaxed and calming and even though I'm here completely voluntary, yet I felt a bit nervous: " do I know this, how much time do I still have, am I doing right or bad..?" Okay, that's me..

Class                                                                                                                            The next day we got our results and it turned out that I was in level 10 on a scale of 1-10. That sounds maybe like I can go home already but no, I've a LOT to learn! And I'm very motivated. We mentioned our personal goals and mine are speaking and pronouncing, using the right tense and expand my vocabulary. And o, we have such a funny teacher! I love to go to class. We get homework all day and if we do, we get a STICKER :)) See, I'm really like my 1st graders, awesome:) And he goes the whole morning like: " yay, Marieka, your turn, yay", "perfect, yay".                                           

Hanging out                                                                                                                      In my home I 've met a nice Swiss girl, she arrived at the same time and we are also in the same class. We like to shop, to cook and eat together and yesterday we had a lot of fun in the ESCAPE ROOM! We formed a team of four: with another Swiss student and the lady who is organizing the events at school. We were locked up in a dorm room of a college student who hacked the system and we had to find the code to get out within 60 minutes. In Dutch it's already hard to solve the puzzles, let alone in English.. So we asked for a clue..and another one..and another one..haha, but yes we escaped with only 5 minutes left. Yay!:)

Note: Thanks everyone for your comments, I like reading it and to stay in touch!

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12 Reacties

  1. Yvon Heuvel ten:
    10 november 2018
    Marieke, your blog shows that your enjoying the experience . Great. 😘
  2. Arian:
    10 november 2018
    Soooo nice! Klinkt alsof je enorm aan het genieten bent :-)
  3. Sanne:
    10 november 2018
    Lekker bezig mams!
  4. Annemarie van Seventer:
    10 november 2018
    Super leuk!!!
  5. Christel:
    10 november 2018
    Level 10; very good!
    Glad to hear that everything is alright. And that you are enjoying yourself.
    Bye; Christel
  6. Kathy:
    10 november 2018
    Marieke it sounds like you are off to a great start!! thank you for sharing the journey with us! peace to you, dear!!
  7. Amber:
    10 november 2018
    Ik bewonder het enorm dat je dit doet! Het leest erg vlot! Kan niet wachten tot de volgende
  8. COR:
    10 november 2018
    Doing a good job! Leuk dat je het zo naar je zin hebt. Mooie herinneringen maken is altijd fijn voor later. Wishing you all the best!
  9. Wilna:
    11 november 2018
    Heerlijk geschreven Marieke. Genieten dus.
  10. Femke:
    11 november 2018
    Tof om te lezen Marieke! Nu is het ècht begonnen 😃
    Geniet en leer met volle teugen!
  11. Michèle:
    11 november 2018
    Dat klinkt goed! Ik zag ook net je prachtige schoolcadeau-fiets, ziet er tof uit (ook voor een tourtje...). Lekker weertje zo te zien, ik verlang al naar Gran Canaria als ik je zo zie staan :)
  12. Marlies:
    15 november 2018
    Jeetje Mariek! Wat spannend en leuk! Heerlijk!! 😘