By far my favorite academic excursion we did was the visit to the German Realschule in Ludwigsburg. Before the visit, I was quite confused by the German tracking system when Pierre first discussed it with us. The way his presentation sounded, it seemed like a school caste system: you get placed into a school based
Before leaving for Germany, I was warned by many to be on guard and to not smile at anyone. Germans don’t smile on the street and everyone will hate that you don’t speak German. Germans are strict and harsh; you won’t find any room for error while there. This was even addressed at my excursion
I found this motivational speech by Simon Sinek, a British-American author, speaker, and organizational consultant while surfing YouTube, and it made me think about the meaning of leadership in the modern-day society. In the past, a leader was viewed as someone who held an authoritative power and whose decisions and directives had to be followed
The concept of time is known to be fluid and flexible. Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity states that “time is an illusion.” During my stay in Germany, I learned that this very well may be true. My days here are seemingly twice as long as they are in the US. This can be due to
When we had the chance for some free time today, a few of us ventured out into the ADORABLE medieval town of Esslingen to explore. I think I can safely say that after spending five hours there, I could easily drop everything and move here in an instant. The town is beautiful, kind of like
During excursion day, my INEMA partner’s focus was on how our organization helped refugees. While we experienced some cultural differences towards how the organization ran their advocacy programs, we agreed that one of the most important parts of helping refugees was forming a sense of community within their populations. Yes, of course economic assistance and
Today’s lesson really stuck with me, as it did with the other Education people I believe. One of the other classes I am also in right now is Classroom Behavior Management and one of our tasks was to observe professional educators’ management styles. I enjoyed Chris’ style, as I’m sure his students do, too; Chris
During my three-day stay in Stuttgart, I had the pleasure of meeting many people from various corners of the world. This truly has been a unique experience as I was able to participate in multiple discussions and learn multiple perspectives from my fellow students at U of R, as well as our INEMA counterparts. As
I walk into the Headquarters of Daimler AG, a well-conditioned and beautifully-designed building located in the center of Stuttgart. Immediately, I feel that everything here is cleverly designed to spark the creativity process for employees of one of the global leaders of the automotive industry. From large double glazed windows you can see the Mercedes-Benz
Today was our last day with the INEMA students and I am so grateful to have met all of them and been able to experience 14 difference cultures and hear about 14 different countries perspectives because most people in their lifetime will never even go to that many countries yet alone meet people from there.