Last month my Advanced German Grammar Class had group projects assigned. My two very good friends, Brian & Christine and I decided it would be a good idea to group together and make a film. Brian's hobby is film-making and editing so he had the equipment and know-how to take on this vast project. Our theme: Modalverbs and Prepositions. We took on German Jeporady and I served as the host of the show-duplicating the famous German host Thomas Gottschalk. It was a great time.
Brians film production company, Alyeska Film Productions produced the film. An online version (quality is slightly lower) of the film can be viewed on the projects page of Aleyska Film Productions.
It was a blast making the video and needless to say, we made an A on the project.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Last Christmas Break
I just had the pleasure of completing my seventh semester of my university studies. It sucked and I'm glad finals week is over. Now I'm about to experience my last "Winter Break" as I know it as an undergrad. This means that *hopefully* next year I"ll have to beg and plead to get time off to fly to my family's home for the holidays. Let's see how that works out.
Since this is my first post, I'll give some background about who I am.
My name is Christopher, I'm a 21 year old Senior at The Florida State University. I'm a B.A. Candidate in International Affairs & Political Science. My emphasis' within that are German & Public Administration. Currently I am a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Candidate and should find out in February whether or not I got that. I've also applied for the Congress-Bundestag Exchange Program. In April, I will take, for the second time, the Foreign Service Exam. I took it last year, without really studying just to see what is was like. As expected, I didn't pass but that didn't really deter me. The FSWE is hands-down the hardest test within the U.S. Government to pass and besides, I was only a junior in college who didn't study as much. I wanted to take it to see what it was like and for the first time, I didn't do too bad. I made a 142.33 out of 170. I figure another year of university and more German skills will increase my score this time around
However, to my understanding, the State Department is changing the exam to include more of your personal qualifications rather than your test score. Interesting to see how that pans out this year.
I'm hoping to move overseas for a few years (ideally- any metropolitan German city, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Benelux countries or London) if I don't get accepted for Fulbright or CBX program. Stateside, I'm looking at Washington, D.C. or San Francisco. If anyone has any job/career suggestions or looking for resumes let me know, my resume' isn't too bad at all. =)
Since this is my first post, I'll give some background about who I am.
My name is Christopher, I'm a 21 year old Senior at The Florida State University. I'm a B.A. Candidate in International Affairs & Political Science. My emphasis' within that are German & Public Administration. Currently I am a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Candidate and should find out in February whether or not I got that. I've also applied for the Congress-Bundestag Exchange Program. In April, I will take, for the second time, the Foreign Service Exam. I took it last year, without really studying just to see what is was like. As expected, I didn't pass but that didn't really deter me. The FSWE is hands-down the hardest test within the U.S. Government to pass and besides, I was only a junior in college who didn't study as much. I wanted to take it to see what it was like and for the first time, I didn't do too bad. I made a 142.33 out of 170. I figure another year of university and more German skills will increase my score this time around
However, to my understanding, the State Department is changing the exam to include more of your personal qualifications rather than your test score. Interesting to see how that pans out this year.
I'm hoping to move overseas for a few years (ideally- any metropolitan German city, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Benelux countries or London) if I don't get accepted for Fulbright or CBX program. Stateside, I'm looking at Washington, D.C. or San Francisco. If anyone has any job/career suggestions or looking for resumes let me know, my resume' isn't too bad at all. =)
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