Today in my beginner class, we were talking about space and the sun. I asked my students what would happen if we did not have the sun. One answered and said we would have no light - the usual typical answer. The other student's reponse was much more entertaining though! He said that all the wild animals would eat us! I just looked at him and was like what?!! Then he proceeded to inform me that animals attack at night and so we would be eaten! I asked him if tigers would eat us HERE in AUSTRIA ... he just smiled and laughed! Gotta love the fun comments you get from your students!
For 16 weeks now, we have had a young refugee couple from Syria living with us. They have been married a little over a year and for the majority of that time have been separated from each other, since he made the journey to Austria alone and got everything in order so that she could come legally. Let me backtrack a bit and tell you how it all started. As the refugee crisis really started to explode here, facebook was buzzing with articles, videos, pictures, etc. of the situation. I read a lot. I saw a lot. I was moved. I was troubled. But what could I do? I had a three year old and one year old at home. ... I could teach some German. But when? ... I could donate clothes and other items that were needed. But that didn't seem like enough. ... I could give money. But I wanted something more tangible. I would put my youngest to bed and during those days, she needed lots of TLC in order to get to sleep. I kept thinking about the refugees and how they didn't
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