Celina´s Blog

1. What connections do you see between any of the sources we used this weekend and your experience on one of the trips outside the classroom? We were talking about the mass shooting in one of the Amish schools a few years ago. We watched a movie were they showed us what happend and we looked more into the details with the texts we got. One was about the Amish and how they felt and one about the victims mother. In that case we got to know which both sides which I liked very much. And in that bus tour we did on Saterday Wayne suddenly mentioned that we just passed exactly this school. I didn't even know the school was so close-by. But it was great that I knew so much about it and even if it is something horrible I know a little about the history here. 2. What did you expect this course to be like? How was the reality similar to or different from your expectations?  I expected it to be interessting and that we gonna end this course and say 'wow I learnt a lot about the A...

1. Which moment from today do you think you will particularly remember?  Why? When I spoke with an Amish man who were selling jam and marmelade. He was talking in Pennsylvanian Dutch to me and I could understand the most of it. Even when I talked to him in german he understood most of it. Since I know about the Amish that was my dream to hear an Amish speaking Pennsylvanian Dutch with me. And that I could undertstand mostly everything made this experience a lot better and more exciting and unforgettable. 2. What sounds, smells, or sights come to mind when you think of today's trips? The shop we went to during our bus tour smelled very strong and for me really bad. But even though the shop hadn't a nice smell it was very impressive to see all the furniture the Amish had built. The quality was amazingly good and I would live here for longer and move into my own appartment I would definitely buy these furniture. 3. What surprised you about today's experiences? Why? ...

1. What did you learn today that surprised you? For me today there were 2 things very surprisingly for me. The first thing is that the Amish fathers had to go to prison because they didn't send their kids to high school. I don't think this should be punished, especially not with prison time. But thank God their believes got excepted and the fathers don't have to go to prison. The second thing that surprised me was how much power women actually have. I mean of course it is not the freedom 'English' women have but still they have their own voice in the church and even though the man is the head of the family the woman can face many decision on her own.  2. Which source of information did you find most interesting?  Why? The movie was most interesting for me. Mostly because of the former Amish people who told their stories or how their lives had been before they left. But I also got to know the shooting from October 2006 which I have never heard of. That such a ...