DeutschDonnerstag: #6

German: aufstiegsmöglichkeiten
Definition from the textbook: promotion prospects

Always a good one to know, eh?
Question: Am the only one who has probably never said 'promotion prospects', even in English, before in my life up until now?

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

This has been a fun segment to do. In reality, I think that this is a very good course for anyone who wants to do German, and this is truly quite a decent textbook.
Please note that these posts were not meant to offend anyone. They were purely for fun.

Behind the scenes...

Here's a lil' sneak peak of what's coming up...

Exam Results Quote Week: Day 7

"I'm being attacked by wolves…wolves! You know what, dogs, violent dogs!"
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT and Master were playing Minecraft and Skype-ing at the same time. When Master mistakes ANT for saying 'wool' instead of 'wolves', ANT resorts to calling them 'violent dogs'. There is just no better description for them.

Exam Results Quote Week: Day 6

"The best part will be when it ENDS."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
Following on from the previous quote, ANT very much looked forward to the end of the performance.

Exam Results Quote Week: Day 5

"Whatta mess!"
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT remarks at a particular band's performance...let's say she wasn't overly impressed.

Exam Results Quote Week: Day 4

"bist du free tomorrow? Ich habe a facebook message senden, arwa hat getold me to txt du incase u do not gesee it geoken, gebyen :) obdachlose"
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT sends Master a very interesting text message. This is clearly German literary gold.

DeutschDonnerstag: #5

German: Amnesie (noun)
Definition from the textbook: Amnesia

At least you'd understand if a German doctor told you that you had Amnesia. Let's hope that never happens to anyone.

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

Good luck!

Today is Results Day, so I wish y'all luck in getting the grades that you want and deserve ;)

A quote for the day:
"It was so easy, I almost enjoyed it."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
ANT's immediate reaction after the Geography exam ;p

Exam Results Quote Week: Day 3

ANT: "I did something stumbley last weekend."
Master: "What did you do?"
ANT: "I knocked a wine bottle over in Marks & Spencers...it was quite humiliating."
Master: "Did it smash? Lol Hulk"
ANT: "Yeah...it was at the self checkouts so everyone just stared haha...my mum and KrazyK didnt talk to me for the rest of the trip."
Master: "Nice one, mate! Wait until Wadz hears about this."
ANT: "Yeah, jeez, I'm not helping myself ... its not my fault there's no space to put your shopping bags down at M&S, therefore it's their fault."
Master: "That's right, blame it on M&S!"
ANT: "I cringe every time I think about it....they brought the cleaner in and everything."
Master: "I'd love to have seen it all play out! Were you buying it, or was it just there?"
ANT: "We were buying it. I scanned it on the self checkout thing, and then put it down, but because there was NO SPACE TO PUT YOUR BAGS DOWN *COUGH* M&S'S FAULT *COUGH* on the counter next to it, it all got too much and I knocked it over."
Master: "May I just mention that your subtlety is just immense...caps lock and asterisks. Did you get another one in the end?"
ANT: "Yep, the guy at the checkouts just looked disappointed said 'what a waste', and got us another one."
Master: "I'm laughing so hard at this! I think at some point we should make you go on a shopping errand with a shopping list full of drinks contained in glass bottles..."
ANT: "Although it was humiliating, an old guy next to us accidentally dropped his ten pound note in the wine and said 'that'll smell nice later', which made me laugh. Also, a dog sniffed my shoe later and I laughed because I realised it was probably smelling the wine. Hahaha...I hate glass."
Master: "I'm glad that some good came out of it!"
ANT: "#ALWAYSLOOKONTHEBRIGHTSIDEOFLIFE"
- A.T. J.C.

Story behind quote:
A typical conversation between ANT and Master.

[Side note: Imagine if I dragged this conversation out over the space of who-knows how many days? ;p]

Exam Results Quote Week: Day 2

"I just don't understand! My mum's gallery works fine, and she's dropped hers down the toilet, like, 4 times."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
Somehow, ANT just wasn't able to transfer photos from her phone to her computer. Here, she rants about how her mother's phone works perfectly even after many an unfortunate event.

Exam Results Quote Week: Day 1

"I'm so glad I got this game after the exams."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
After the past few weeks, ANT has found Minecraft to be most addictive. Here, she ponders what would have happened if she was introduced to the game during the exams... ;p

Happy Birthday, Ruby!

Hope your day is as awesome as you ;)

Surprise Quote Week!

Hey peeps!

Since we had a whole month or so of quotes during the exam season, I thought it only made sense if we have a special Quote Week, starting tomorrow (Monday 19th August), leading up to Results Day!

Good luck everyone and I hope you're all having a great summer :)

DeutschDonnerstag: #4

German: ablehnen (verb)
Definition from the textbook: to decline

This one's actually relatively useful :)

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

Quote Week: August - Day 7

Wadz: "Firstly, the fluidity and flexibility..."
Wicks: "It wangles!"
- A.W. H.W.

Story behind quote:
Here's what they're talking about...

This pencil is just brilliant.
We should also note how cool the sharpenings are!

Quote Week: August - Day 6

"Firstly, the fluidity and flexibility..."
- A.W.

Story behind quote:
Check back tomorrow for the other half of this quote ;)

Quote Week: August - Day 5

"You have a very 'pick me' face."
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
In German, ANT celebrates the fact that in these 2 years, she has not been picked for 'Hotseat' once. ShoeLobber, who sits next to ANT, however gets picked rather frequently, so ANT concludes by saying this. She just has such a way with words ;p

DeutschDonnerstag: #3

German: Wodka (noun)
Definition from the textbook: Vodka

There are in fact many references to violence and alcohol in this glossary. Always remember, violence and alcohol abuse should NOT be encouraged.

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

Quote Week: August - Day 4

"...as free as his tie!"
- H.W.

Story behind quote:
It was very windy one lunchtime and it just happened that the guy on duty was wearing a tie that was blowing in the wind like it was nobody's business!

Quote Week: August - Day 3

"Is that a card game?"
- A.T.

Story behind quote:
After talking about card games for a while, we change the topic to Wicks' Campfire Tales. Wicks starts telling us the story 'The Lick of Death', however ANT hadn't realised that we had changed conversations, so, being rather baffled, she asked if it was a card game. As far as we all know, it's not ;p

Quote Week: August - Day 2

ANT: "I guess ArwaChihuahua's not coming."
Wadz: "Oh yeah, she told me to tell everyone that she's staying behind..."
- A.T. A.W.

Story behind quote:
After school, Wadz conveniently forgot to tell everyone that ArwaChihuahua was not going to be walking home, so we ended up just having a 'chin waggle' (as Wadz would say) on a cold day.

Happy Birthday to the Beckster!

Wishing you an awesome day :)

Quote Week: August - Day 1

- H.W.

Story behind quote:
Wicks' beautiful apology for accidentally revealing information about 'A Game Of Thrones' to Master, even though it's fair to say that Master brought it upon herself!

And, if you were wondering, you are looking at a page from the Blog Book ;p

August Quote Week starts tomorrow!

Don't forget!

DeutschDonnerstag: #2

German: Obdachlose (noun)
Definition from the textbook: Homeless person

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']