Our visit in the natural history-museum:

[...]whose broad stripes and bright stars[...]

That is the beautiful fall in Ypsilanti. So the leaves are very colorful and the sun is pretty deep.  So many colors, here, and this brightness make it to a real optical pleasure.  But unfortunately, it becomes colder and colder and I think it doesn't take this much time till we will have snow, here...
And I am very excited how this will look like...

This is a real international guy:

My brother...from the Dominican Republic and India, born in the USA, wearing a Germany-hat and the flag of the United States of America.

I love him!

I think everybody knows the film: "Charlie and the chocolate factory", but have you ever thought that there are "Wonka-candies" in the reality...?!

  

Thank you to YFU and to all my international friends. This was the best Halloween-Party I ever had.
We had so much fun and I looking forward to the next party...

 Only that you know: I am in the right of this picture and I went as a computer-wizard.

School-Impressions

Some crazy things where all Germans will think: "What a heck?"

American grading system:

A+  100%
A    93-99%
A-   90-92%
B+  87-89%
B    83-86%
B-   80-82%
C+  77-70%
C    73-76%
C-   70-72%
D+  67-69%
D    63-66%
D-   60-62%
F     59% and below


-In the morning you come to school. Your first class is french. So you come into the room and on the board you can see a YouTube-video and the teacher is dancing in front of the class to this musicvideo.

-In class. Everybody knows that you aren't allowed to use your cellphone but everybody use it and in a way that the teacher can see it...but the teacher doesn't say anything.

-In class. The teacher is explaining something and a student goes to the teacher's desk on his personal Mac Book Pro from the high school and opens a YouTube-video without asking the teacher.
Teacher: "Nice music, but not so loud, please."

-Teacher to me: "Can you turn off the lights, honey?"
"Honey" ........???....... :P

-Math 11th grade. Teacher: "So guys, we have to do very difficult stuff, today. So be concentrated, please." (A)²-(B)²=(A-B)(A+B)     --> (Germany: 7th grade)

-French 11th grade.
topics: Bonjour, Je m'appelle..., J'aime, Je n'aime pas...  --> (Germanny: 6th grade)

RESPECT TO TEACHERS?? ->

-Student  has a question: "Yeah, teacher...!"
(without raising any hand)

-Student to teacher in class: "Yeah, teacher... I need to check my PowerSchool (digital gradebook), E-Mail,..."
Teacher: "OK, do it."

-(date: 10-3-12) a teacher to me: "Today is 'German Unity-Day', isn't it? So every school in Germany is closed."
Me: "Yes that's right, today is the..."
Teacher(now to the whole class): "Ok, folks. Today we will have an examination."


-> ALL THESE STORIES AREN'T FAKES. THEY WERE PASSED.