Impressions of
(written from Sabrina and Hiltrud)
21st of may till 27th of may
What a nice beginning: Robert and Javi picked Hiltrud and me up from the airport.
forward to our stay in
On Thursday we could arrange a meeting with Mogens
class. We decide to spend the day with the pupils and the teachers. 6 wheelchairs, 2 walkers and 7 "helpers". But we
are not too many helpers. The city is so busy that we have to take good care,
that we donīt miss each other. Everything seems to be
crowded. An impression that I will take home:
city never sleeping.
We enjoy the Picasso museum. The danish
pupils are very well educated - we are impressed by their good behaviour. We
spent a nice day together and have a lot to talk about. Meeting the danish pupils is much more
interesting than talking about them in the chat, isnīt
it?
In the evening we have a big dinner with 3 nations: Danish, Spanish,
German. We talk in french, english, german,
danish. Very nice exchange of
opinions, thoughts and small-talk. Our danish collegues leave the
next day, so we retire early.
On friday morning we go by
bus to REL. We enjoy the sight seeing of the town.
The houses make a mediterranean impression. There are
very many
balconies, flowers, laundry drying. Everybody is busy, walking around and we
wonder where are they all going. Later we found out,
that there is only one big shopping area and everybody who likes to go schopping usually goes there.
When we stand in front of the school, we are not really sure if we are in the
right place. It looks like a normal house. After ringing the bell, the door
opens and we meet REL. It is a very nice small schoolbuilding
- just like a family house. In the entrance is the secretary, the dining-room
and the kitchen but also the class room for the smaller pupils. The classes are
in small rooms and usually there are less than 10 pupils in each class.
Martha makes us welcome and we enjoy a spanish
school day. What we enjoy most is sitting in the garden and eat
together. This is surely something we should have, too. This way there is
enough time for talking, planning, exchanging in a very nice atmosphere. We
learn with the pupils to make papers. The pupils talk in spanish, but with showing itīs
possible to understand.
After another break we are able to see a party. Itīs
the celebration of the winners of a reading contest. The parents are proud,
making pictures of their children and even two pupil of REL won a prize. Itīs a very nice
party. The weather is lovely and we enjoy to sit
outside. Afterwards there is even a buffet and we have a very good exchange in french and english.
On Saturday evening itīs possible
to have a private sight seeing through
We enjoy a very interesting discussion about differences and similars in our school politics and in the lessons we
teach. We also discuss the problems of the Montessori education and we learn
that itīs not very popular in
On Monday we take the chance for another visit of the school. This day we are
able to go into the lessons again. Itīs a very
interesting day for visiting the school because the day before were the
elections. This way we learn on the one hand something about the spanish politics in general and on
the other hand we can listen to the opinions of the pupils. Two helpers, who
are able to speak english
translate the discussion for us and explain what the pupils mean. Itīs very interesting to see, that some pupils have a very
big interest in politics and have good arguments, others donīt
care at all.
Just like everywhere...
The visit of