Sara has been going to the local Norwegian school since our 3rd day here. It is a short walk, about 10 minutes, and now that the weather has warmed up a bit she no longer has to walk there in the dark. Although I had emailed with the headmaster of the school before arriving, Jon suggested we stop in and see what the deal was and make sure Sara would still be allowed to join. I was told by our exchangers that school is casual in Norway, and yet I was still surprised to see all of the teachers wearing jeans and big sweaters. They all looked like they were just in from the slopes to grab a hot chocolate. The Headmaster is still called Headmaster, even though she is a woman, and the students call the teachers by their first names. I was expecting a formal way of addressing the teachers, since to me the title "Headmaster" is very forboding and reminiscent of my formal schooldays with a Headmistress. Ugh. So when the teachers walked around without shoes, in their big sweaters and drinking coffee, I was curious. Would the academia be casual as well? Liv, the Headmaster, showed us the lesson plan for Sara's class that week, and explained that the kids would be going swimming all morning on Wednesday. Weird. They have recess 3 times a day, outside, even when it's cold and snowy. The best part is that Thursdays and Fridays are half-days, and Fridays are totally non-academic days to focus on the Arts. Sara thought this sounded pretty great. Although she was a little nervous on the first day, and didn't love the whole bathing cap at the pool thing, she has adapted extremely well to her new school and had made friends by her second day. She has since been out with her new friends 2 times, and has a friend over today. Oh, yeah, and she is also getting all As and Bs in her real school online. Go, Sara!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Emblem skule
Sara has been going to the local Norwegian school since our 3rd day here. It is a short walk, about 10 minutes, and now that the weather has warmed up a bit she no longer has to walk there in the dark. Although I had emailed with the headmaster of the school before arriving, Jon suggested we stop in and see what the deal was and make sure Sara would still be allowed to join. I was told by our exchangers that school is casual in Norway, and yet I was still surprised to see all of the teachers wearing jeans and big sweaters. They all looked like they were just in from the slopes to grab a hot chocolate. The Headmaster is still called Headmaster, even though she is a woman, and the students call the teachers by their first names. I was expecting a formal way of addressing the teachers, since to me the title "Headmaster" is very forboding and reminiscent of my formal schooldays with a Headmistress. Ugh. So when the teachers walked around without shoes, in their big sweaters and drinking coffee, I was curious. Would the academia be casual as well? Liv, the Headmaster, showed us the lesson plan for Sara's class that week, and explained that the kids would be going swimming all morning on Wednesday. Weird. They have recess 3 times a day, outside, even when it's cold and snowy. The best part is that Thursdays and Fridays are half-days, and Fridays are totally non-academic days to focus on the Arts. Sara thought this sounded pretty great. Although she was a little nervous on the first day, and didn't love the whole bathing cap at the pool thing, she has adapted extremely well to her new school and had made friends by her second day. She has since been out with her new friends 2 times, and has a friend over today. Oh, yeah, and she is also getting all As and Bs in her real school online. Go, Sara!
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