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Welcome back to the 2010-2011 school year! I have a challenging semester full of great activities planned for you! This is my blog – Freizeit mit Frau (leisure time with Frau). Plan to check back here often for interesting facts, trivia, news, idioms & sayings all related to German! If you leave me a detailed comment and use something you learn on here in class, you can receive extra credit!

As a first extra credit opportunity, leave me a comment that indicates your favorite educational technology tool to use in the classroom & why. Some examples are Moodle, Ning, Quia, Glogster, Animoto, Xtranormal, etc., but new ideas are also welcome!

~Frau Campbell

to go Dutch

getrennte Kasse machen

Das Mädchen und der Junge haben beim Restaurant getrennte Kasse gemacht.

Only time will tell…

Kommt Zeit, kommt Rat…

Everything Changes

Alles wandelt sich

 ~Bertolt Brecht~

Alles wandelt sich. Neu beginnen
Kannst du mit dem letzten Atemzug.
Aber was geschehen, ist geschehen. Und das Wasser
Das du in den Wein gossest, kannst du
Nicht mehr herausschütten.

Was geschehen, ist geschehen. Das Wasser
Das du in den Wein gossest, kannst du
Nicht mehr herausschütten, aber
Alles wandelt sich. Neu beginnen
Kannst du mit dem letzten Atemzug.

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Everything Changes

~Bertolt Brecht~

Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your latest breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.

What has happened has happened. The water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again, but
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your latest breath.

Die Liebe zu mir

Die Liebe zu mir

~ Christine Nöstlinger ~

Meine Mutter liebt mich.
Mein Vater liebt mich.
Alle Eltern lieben ihre Kinder.
Von der Geburt bis zum Tode.
Von meiner Geburt bis zu ihren Tode
- und darüber hinaus.
Ich danke auch schön dafür.
Von der Geburt bis zum Tode.
Von meiner Geburt bis zu meinem Tode
- und darüber hinaus.
Nur, ich erweise mich
der Liebe der Eltern nicht würdig.
Meine Hose ist oben zu eng
und unten zu weit.
Meine Haare sind zu lang.
Mein Rekorder zu laut.
Ich habe einen Freund,
der hat schon oft Zigaretten geraucht.
Und einen anderen Freund,
der schaut wie ein Türke aus.
Außerdem spare ich auf eine Honda.
Für meine Eltern bin ich:
Meine Hose und meine Haare,
mein Rekorder
und mein Traum von der Honda.
Ich bin für sie
die Zigarette des einen Freundes
und die braune Hautfarbe des anderen.
Und weil meine Eltern
eine Honda nicht lieben können,
und weil meine Eltern
einen Türken nicht lieben können,
und weil meine Eltern
einen Rekorder nicht lieben können
und meine Hose und meine Haare
nicht lieben können,
fällt es ihnen auch so schwer,
mich zu lieben.
Doch gerade deshalb muss ich doppelt
und dreifach dankbar sein,
dass meine Eltern mich lieben,
denn für sie ist die Liebe zu mir
tatsächlich Schwerarbeit.

a dreamer…

 Hans Guckindieluft

Sie nannte ihn Hans Guckindieluft und heiratete ihn nicht.

(She called him a dreamer and didn’t marry him.)

today’s trivia

What does Hitzefrei mean to German student?

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It means that there’s no school due to a heat wave!!

Germany, France unite on IMF rescue for Greece

Germany and France have thrashed out a deal to involve the IMF in a rescue package for Greece‘s ailing economy, as European leaders sought a strategy to halt the euro’s slide in Brussels.

After bloated Athens debts dragged the currency’s value to a 10-month low, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed, just before a European Union summit opened, to bring in the International Monetary Fund alongside bilateral loans.

That would mark an unprecedented move since the euro was introduced in 1999, for while the IMF has helped EU countries such as Hungary, it has never been involved in planning a financial rescue for a eurozone nation.

According to the German government, the deal, still to be approved by the remaining eurozone and EU partners, will mean a “substantial” component of IMF money being pumped in to fix a €300-billion black hole in Athens’ finances.

A credit-rating downgrade for Portugal – plus ongoing concerns over Ireland and Spain’s swollen public deficits – has further increased the urgency to act, while commentators have spoken of the EU’s worst crisis in a generation.

The euro picked up as hopes rose for an agreement, climbing to $1.3352 in late trade in London, having earlier fallen to $1.3283, with Europe’s main stocks also improving.

For the French, the split in the contribution would be of the order of “two-to-one” in favour of European states.

However, the text of the accord makes it clear that interest rates for eurozone loans will “not contain any subsidy element.”

A European source nevertheless admitted that participation could only rely on principles of solidarity and persuasion, because “you can’t force anyone” to contribute.

Interviewed by French television before the news was confirmed, the head of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, warned that “any sign of a lack of responsibility” for the eurozone is “obviously very, very bad.”

In another departure, the agreement also envisages new sanctions against future wayward eurozone spenders.

According to the French, Sarkozy and Merkel agreed to call for new rules representing “economic government” across the eurozone and which would involve strengthening risk-prevention.

A paper agreement laid out “very precise conditions” under which eurozone countries “could be led to intervene,” the Elysee palace added.

Merkel reiterated her belief that a “modification” to EU treaty provisions would be required – something that is vehemently opposed by Britain.

Other EU leaders were seen smiling as they received details of the plans from Merkel, Sarkozy and EU president Herman Van Rompuy on their arrival in the Brussels summit chamber.

The deal was reached after Merkel warned that she would never abuse the “trust” of the German people, a majority of whom opposed granting direct aid according to opinion polls.

Merkel has been compared in her country to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for insisting on an IMF component in the face of rising Greek anger at the sluggish emergence of concrete European expressions of solidarity.

Athens had accused German banks of profiteering from inflated interest rates on Greek government bonds, and German industry – the world’s second-biggest export economy – of cashing in on Greece’s woes by selling goods more cheaply abroad.

Athens has been paying interest rates above six percent, more than double what Germany pays, and had asked for an EU deal to be able to borrow on more affordable terms.

Tens of billions of euros are required to repay maturing Greek debt over the next couple of months.

In a separate boost for Athens, Trichet’s ECB made it easier for struggling Greek banks to raise money by keeping loan collateral levels unchanged into 2011.

Find full article HERE at The Local (Germany’s news in English).

Where there’s a will there’s a way!

Wo eine Wille ist, da ist auch ein Weg.