A blog to let anyone be aware of what I'd might be doing in the states...

I have chosen to be an exchange student from Denmark to USA 2010/2011, and this blog is to let possible readers know what I've been up to during my stay in the states. I will try to update it as often as possible...

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tirsdag den 21. september 2010

2 weeks and 1 day later..

Well, today's blog update is going to be written in danish.. There's so much english going on around me, and therefore I thought it was about time for some danish. 


Jajaaa, dansk.. Hmm ? Hvor skal jeg starte... 















Wauww.. skolen er kæmpe. Da jeg ankom min første dag, tog jeg mig selv i at stå med åben mund i den store Atrium Hall. Noget andet er at gangene og trapperne på skolen er fuldstændig ulogisk tilrettelagt, selv efter to uger, går jeg forkert i byen. Jeg prøvede at finde trappen der gik op til 207-215 lokalerne. Jeg finder et par minutter efter mig selv stående i den anden ende af skolen ved dans, musik og teater klasseværelserne. Udover at gangene går skråt og at skolen rent faktisk har et område, eleverne kalder "The Bermuda Triangle", fordi selv senior-eleverne  farer vild dér, så er det sgu egentlig meget fedt. Jeg har fået nogle gode fag, som er udfordrende og sjove. Hver dag er der fodboldtræning med Novi High School's JV Soccer Team henholdsvis kl. 14 eller 15 :) efter det, er der nogle dage, hvor jeg derefter tager til hockeytræning med Novi's Fall Team (pre-season). Dér er der både træning og kampe. Jeg begynder efterhånden at give lidt slip på hæmninger, og jeg kan også allerede mærke at min tale er blevet bedre. I skolen begynder lektierne efterhånden at strømme ind... Det var alt for nu, for jeg skal netop til fodboldkamp mod Northville High School snart.

















PS. Jeg prøvede at tage et billede af travlheden på gangene i "Passing Time".. Som I kan se er det ikke lige nemt at tage det skarpeste billede, og det var ikke det mest optimale sted. Hvis jeg havde stået dér meget længere, var jeg blevet trumlet ned :O

torsdag den 9. september 2010

7:15

Yeah that's right.. School starts at 7:15 ! Say whaaaaaat?... It's hard to adapt to.


Just a little information: My schedule is as followed;
1st block - French III (A)
2nd block - Weight Training
3rd block - Architectural Design
4th block - Short Story And Independent Novel
5th block - Power Technology
6th block - US History (A)


Every class is 55 minutes, no recess, and a 30 minute long lunch break in the middle of 4th block. Besides, you got 6 minutes to get from your last class to your next :)

mandag den 6. september 2010

Oh dear God ! - School's coming up...

So, tomorrow is the day, huh... I guess so. The day where i will walk the halls of Novi High School. And here the day before, I'm actually not that terrified. Maybe because I have been doing a lot the last week, I haven't had the time to be terrified. I can't wait though, I'm anxious and excited to have my first day of school. It's gonna be mind blowing...


The days up till this day, has actually been going by pretty fast. I've been introduced to a great new family that I'm supposed to live with for a whole year (10 months), I have met other exchange students and their friendly families, been to some very different parties, Cedar Point, Kalahari Resort with a gigantic water park, two great days by a lake at "Uncle Brent's" house and met some of Karen Kotcher's (Bjoern the norwegian exchange student's host mom) awesome family members. We went tubing, water skiing etc. It was literally awesome. Here's some pics from the lake house, don't have them all, there is also some video clips, but those will be put out in the time to come.