first school party.

Yesterday was SUCH A GOOD DAY! I woke up that morning just feeling great. I really needed that sick day. I went to school with my head held high ready for an amazing day and it was nothing short of that. It started with me in danish class which is kind of like english class in America. literature and all that good stuff. The teacher saw me reading and asked if i wanted to give a presentation along with all the other kids about my books so i said why not? Could it really hurt? I was finally going to be part of the class. Giving that presentation was the best choice I made. It made me one of the classmates, we were all doing the same thing with the same nervous pang of presenting in front of peers. They had the chance to get to ask me questions and see me as an individual in their class not just another exchange student thats blankly staring at the teacher from the back of the class. It felt good plus I love reading so it was a great start for me to get to share what I love. After danish I had social sciences which is all about the government and stuff and we started learning about the government and were assigned a project. In my group they asked if we could present in english so that i could join in, it felt good to be included but then the real shock came. When the teacher said yes he said why not just have the whole class present in english and they were not happy but none of them blamed me! Although i felt bad, they looked at me as just one of the other kids that would have to suffer through this (even though there wont be any suffering for me) and my group looked at me as if I was the best thing to ever happen to them because they got the American girl that actually could speak perfect english. I was a lucky asset to them. I loved every second of it. After all my classes I got to leave school at 1:30! Such a good feeling.

That night the joy just continued. I met up with some girls at the train station and we went to the park where the school party was. There was about six schools there spread out across the park and i could not believe how many people were there. From just are school there was at least 600 kids.....AT LEAST! It was absolutely amazing. One of the girls brought a blanket and we sat there people watching and just laughing and meeting new people and just having a blast. I couldnt believe how fun it was. The more and more I talked to the girls, the more and more I knew that this was going to be an amazing year with them! At first the kids in my school were very closed off and it made me feel like they didnt want an exchange student but as i talk to the danish people they all reassure me that they are closed off at first but they are very nice and want to know me and i see that more and more as i meet and get to know people. These danes are some great people:]