Dishwasher Friendly! / CBYX Conference 3

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The point of this, is that we just took our broken dishwasher out, and put in a new one... and I decided to crawl into the old one. It was a very tight fit. I had a hard time getting out, but when I did, the dishwasher fell on me!

But, I would like to give a shout out to Cody Smith... thanks for stabbing me! (We were sword fighting with play fight swords, and he accidently stabbed me in the arm. It wasn't that bad, and it was a while ago, so it's almost healed by now.)

I also had my third CBYX conference recently. There were other alumni on the call, and one said he was totally not paying attention in language camp, then he decided to work hard, and within about two weeks, or a month, he was just like any other student... and was getting higher grades than some Germans by a month. That made me feel a lot better, because the other alumni had said it took him practically nine months to feel comfortable talking to people. But, the conference was mainly about safety and school. One of the things they mentioned, was that school spirit is virtually non-existant... another one of the alimni said that he lost 80 pounds in his first four months! But, it was also said that girls are likely to gain weight overseas, while boys lose it. What I really liked was when they said that drinking in Germany was more of a social lifestyle, and it wasn't abused. Germans don't drink to get drunk, they drink in a bar while talking to their friends.

The safety part was what you'd expect. Always meet up in a public place, unless you trust the person. Friendship are taken very seriously over there, and it takes more than being mere classmates to be considered a friend. So, you can't trust someone 100%, just because they're a classmate. The German students will be flocking over you, because you're a student from America, and your first impression will be everything. It was also said to be careful when going out at night with friends, because of pickpocketers, to make sure your wallet is on you at all times, and to not bring your passport around.

I have already packed for Germany, and I'm excited.