While visiting One of German Realschule in Ludwigsburg, I was quite surprised by how much the German education system differs from the one in the US. Children in Germany essentially get assigned a certain career path, based on their scholarly inclinations. Hauptschule gets students prepared for vocational training, Realschule provides a broader general education, and
After getting about 100 hours of sleep and finally overcoming my jet lag, I started to collect my thoughts about our trip overseas. This is a little overwhelming as words cannot accurately describe all of the feelings and emotions that have built up in my head over this past two weeks. One prominent feeling that
We are hiding from the rain at one of the cozy Italian places in downtown Stuttgart. It’s Friday night and the streets are full of people. They are drinking beer, having fun, and seem to not care at all about the pouring rain (Germany endured record-breaking heat this past week so everyone is relieved to
Cultural Humility in the workplace. What does it look like? How can we learn to be more humble with our culture as well as other cultures? These questions are what drive individuals to become more culturally sensitive. Both of these questions are connected and can be related back to self bias. We all have biases.
When we talk about Caring Leadership, whether in an office or school setting, we are most often referring to the way in which a leader (boss, teacher, principal) cares about their colleagues or students. We might also be referring to how all the employees or students treat one another. What we often forget to
While leaving the hotel today, I was bombarded with an unexpected feeling of sadness. Yes, I am excited for the non-sparkling water and air conditioned bliss of the United States, but I will miss the ongoing whats app conversations and exploring Germany together. This past week I learned so much and got to know a
Going to the Bosch Foundation was an enriching experience. We were able to have an employee that had worked in multiple areas of the foundation. She was very helpful in answering our questions about their mission and its relation to education in Germany. Before going on the excursion site, I was fearful that I would
In German, there are two words for education. The first is erziehung and refers to the education that a parent helps instill in a child…sit when you eat, say please and thank you, and generally know how to function in the world. We might call this type of education manners. The second is bildung, which
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