so uhh....

I found out that I'll be working with 3-6 year old children every thursday, and most wednesdays at the Danish equivalent of a pre-school 40 minutes away from my house today. The Danish education system is radically different than the American and (to my speculation) may account for some of the differences that are observed in the Danish way of life.

Basically children are placed in a class of around 20 kids at the age of 6 and kept in the same group for the next ten years of their lives. Instead of moving from class to class, a team of teachers moves to the "home classroom". They have the same main teacher for all ten years and the focus is on social development rather than academic acheivement. Needless to say, it will be very interesting learning and observing this style of education, and I hope to integrate some of it's advantages into the educational system in the US -but that is far away in the future.

For now, due to popular demand (Zac), I will post some pictures of the place where i'm staying...ENJOY!!! (bottom 6 pictures are my room, top 2 are the kitchen, and the other 2 are the dining room and living room)