German School and German History

OK.  I was wrong.  NOW my family is flying back to our home.  Apparently, yesterday, they enjoyed the sights, sounds and tastes of Brussels.  As they fly, Jax and I are winding down after another day of school with a bit of walk through time German history on the side.

My few thoughts on school are:
     Even though I cannot understand most words, I can still follow the gist and emotions of the teaching/interaction.
      If I ever am a teacher, I need to write legibly on a white board/chalkboard
      If I ever become a teacher, students will like me better if I am not "stiff as a board".  (DUH)
      I didn't like the rain because, because I could not bike to school   :-(

After school, since Johannes and Ben had band practice, Mrs. Gundlach brough Jackson and I to "Haus der Geschichte", a museum where you essentially walk through modern Germany's history (that's a bit of an oxymoron.  Our musuem meander began at the end.  (Another oxymoron)  The end of WWII brought freedom and joy to the people of Germany.  We then followed the journey from the end of WWII through "socialist reform" to the united contry that exists now.

The train was "Kaput"!

These boxes contain the registered names of people separated from their family

Jews were required to wow these yellow stars on their cloths. There is an extremely enjoyable book appropriately called Yellow Star. 

Radios were a family's lifeline to the world

The four liberating countries

That thing is scary when it is rushing at you as fast as a car on the highway.

The communist culture makes the same houses for all. (Except the leaders)

They put mines along the Berlin Wall so they would not have to shoot escapees.

Need I say more?  (Sorry it's blurry)

Back to the present.  (I just love oxymorons)