Junior High wasn’t a good time for me. The first year, I was bullied till I had several paranoid/mental breakdowns and my parents threatened to sue the school. Next year, I spent a lot of time avoiding school-my mind associated the place with trauma (wonder why…)
However, between being pelted with urine-soaked paper towels and playing hooky to avoid the previous sentence I took a beginner class in German. That class was probably the best time I ever had in Jr High…
I learned a few words and phrases that cling to my mind to this day. I learned to count to ten:
Einz
Zwei
Drei
Fehr
Fumf
Sechs
Seiben
Acht
Neun
Zehn! And I probably mangled the spelling of a lot of those (I remember the sound of the numbers more than the spelling…)
I learned that a beautiful woman (or a fly honey in 90’s speak) was a honig- also the word for what bees make!
But, most importantly…
I learned that apfelkuchen (apple cake) tastes awesome and kicks MAJOR ASS!! Story behind that lesson is my teacher brought over a custom baked apple cake for the class. I was so enamored by the taste-the caramel over the apples, the cinnamon crumbles-I not only had seconds, I said out loud “Man, apfelkuchen kicks ass!” Which garnered a laugh from my classmates.
Been experimenting with making memes for a short time and I wanna share what I made! Here they are…
My most recent creation Made this with help from my cat!
I know this has less than nothing to do with writing-sorry. But I like it cuz it’s a way to be creative in bite size bits. Some things take less than a sentence to say…