Weather or Not...

The first blog writing assignment for my students was to write about what the weather's been like in Hungary, and how the weather makes them feel. (They wrote about last week's weather.) I have chosen two of the best writings to post on this blog, and here they are:

"I got woken up today by the sun shining into my room. It was such a beautiful spring day. The birds were singing next to my window and everything was alive. I got up, put on my clothes, and I felt so happy and strong. While I was going to school, I thought I can do everything today, because it is so fantastic when the weather is sunny, clear, and bright. On the streets, everybody smiled and enjoyed life. There was an amazing atmosphere. Unfortunately, a few hours later, the sky lowered and it started to rain. Everyone became reserved and sad again."
- By Zsuzsi

"I got up at 7:00 today, because I went to Siofok by bus. The morning was chilly and sunny and fortunately below zero [degrees Celsius], because I took my ice-skates. I had good times on the bus; I listened to music and the winter sunshine made me happy. The ice on [Lake] Balaton was great. I think it was the last ice-skating this year, because now it is the end of winter and tomorrow the weather will get warmer, according to the weather forecast. Despite this fact, I am really delighted because spring is my favourite season of the year."
- by Dini

Welcome!

Hello all!

Welcome to the new "Voices of Hungary" blog! My name is Sarah, and I'm an English teacher in Hungary. Originally from Colorado / California, I've been teaching here for about 2.5 years. Inspired by a blogging writing assignment in one of my 11th grade classes' course books, I decided to take it to the next level and create this blog as a place for this class to write about what's happening in Gyor, Hungary! I'm looking forward to posting their first blogs as well as more information about this awesome class. Check back soon!