Oct 22, 2019 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall – November 9, 1989 (Pt. 4) I ended part 3 with a quick mention of the Solidarity Tax. The Solidaritätszuschlag, the Solidarity Tax, that was instated to rebuild East Germany is still being levied, which many people in...
Oct 22, 2019 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall – November 9, 1989 (Pt. 3) On another visit to Berlin, I stood at the Berlin Wall, along with others, chiseling away and collecting souvenirs of what amounted to chunks of mortar with gravel and splashes of paint. Did...
Sep 28, 2019 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall Pt. 2 – November 9, 1989 Even though the Berlin Wall was open, the situation in East Berlin was still extremely tense. Shortly after the Berlin Wall was opened, I visited friends in East Berlin for an extended weekend,...
Sep 10, 2019 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall – November 9, 1989 I was working as an interpreter and translator in Cologne, West Germany, when the Berlin Wall came down 30 years ago. On November 9, 1989, I was waiting at a stoplight, two blocks from my apartment. ...
May 21, 2018 | Rigorous Courses, Susan Gleason
Frau Gleason’s Fellow Excelsior Foreign Language Instructors Excelsior’s French and Spanish Instructors Come Highly Recommended… By the German Instructor! It has been an honor and a blessing to work with Señora Diana Lamolinara (Spanish), Madame Gina Duss (French),...
Dec 4, 2017 | Engaging Education, Susan Gleason
4 MUST-HAVES for Foreign Language Success If you are on the hunt for a Foreign Language program for your homeschooler, make sure the four main areas are covered: reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension. Reading is where learning a foreign language begins!...
