Germany Educational Trip - Day 3

5/13/2019

At the entrance of Frankfurt International School

[13 May] I guess that life will be too boring without surprises. We, participants of the Germany Educational Trip, had some wonderful accidents today to keep our journey far from boring!

The wonderful day started with a delayed coach. As we got to reach Frankfurt International School in the morning, the 12 of us took four taxis to go there while other 13 had disappeared since Thanos snapped his fingers...just kidding, they had left Frankfurt for Göttingen earlier yesterday for other visiting activities. And fortunately for that we didn't need 5 more taxis!

More interestingly, on the way to the international school, we received news from YWPS that our P.6 Beijing Tour participants was encountering a flight delay and would have to wait at the airport for 4 hours. Accidents happen everywhere around the globe!

This was taken as I was having a taxi ride in the morning with Dr Fong and Principal Man next to me. A moment later, my phone would tell me that our Vice Principal was urgently seeking advice from Mrs Lam concerning the flight delay in Beijing. Obviously Vice Principal Lee failed to reach Mrs Lam but I wasn't in the same cab with her...It took me a few group messages to reach her...Thanks to our modern technology that they were finally linked up.

Staff from the elementary and middle schools of Frankfurt International School came to receive us. They brought us around their enormous and green campus and had a briefing session with us on their curriculum and features. This school houses 1800 students in 58 nationality groups and English is the common language of exchange and instruction. It was unfortunate though that lesson observation couldn't be arranged due to a clash with their examination schedule.

Our coach eventually reached us after our visit and it was then that one of our participants, Principal Leung, found that her belongings were not brought by the coach. They were left in the hotel! And thus, we had to travel all the way back to our hotel. It took us half an hour. Then we had a 3-hour coach ride to Göttingen to pick up the 13 participants. The biggest surprise dropped to us from this point – the 3-hour ride to Bielefeld turned out to be 8 due to unexpected rerouting and some toilet breaks.

Funny enough, during this time, I received pictures about my students enjoying themselves in Beijing airport while they're waiting. I wondered if the leading teachers and parents on the other side of the globe were better off than us here in Germany!

We were still on the coach at 21:05 though the sky was still bright. It was half an hour later that we eventually reached the restaurant for our late dinner. When we finished our meal, it was 23:00, 05:00 Hong Kong time, the time when my students met their parents at the Hong Kong airport after their memorable tour in Beijing.

I enjoyed these happy accidents today – at least I felt weirdly connected with my students, who would soon be reading these passages I write.

Looking for some questions? I only give you one today!

This was found in a corner at Frankfurt International School. What happened?

More to come (hopefully not accidents!), stay tuned.

Dr H C Lee

46 Comments

Jerry Ho P6B 9

5/14/2019 11:41:51 am

I think that they were having a drama and someone was killed there.

Holman Chan（3）6A

5/14/2019 07:18:22 pm

Hello everyone, I think delay is very annoying, it wasted my times and we needed to wait a long time by doing nothing. Was Dr.Lee feeling the same?Q1:I think it is a game for students.They need to make a post on the ground .

Jack wong 6A 28

5/14/2019 07:33:15 pm

I liked the Thanos joke but then why did 13 people disapear and not 12.5 leaving half of Dr. Lee behind? Also, I think the answer is the school has some theme like our school and it’s part of it.

xxxMax_Masta69xxx

5/15/2019 07:27:01 pm

Jack you are a madman and I respect you

Chad lee link

5/14/2019 10:10:44 pm

i think that the students need to guess who the guy was.

Hadwin(Not anymore) Birdie Ying

5/14/2019 10:12:21 pm

The answer of the question is too obvious. Dr.Lee killed a student there and the police used tape to outline the dead body. Or else it must be where Mrs.Lam's son was last seen.

5/15/2019 07:28:55 pm

Birby you are even madder than Jacky jacker

Jonathan Ford 6E (09) link

5/14/2019 10:35:49 pm

The accidents which happened on the day are hilarious, and change a normal visit into something really exciting and memorable. I think the question at the end is really thought-provoking, and I still do not know the answer.

Sirius Kwan

5/15/2019 03:39:09 pm

The so-called "accidents" were very hilarious and funny. But, I still can't figure out the last one.
(laughs out loud)

kieron sun

5/15/2019 04:17:24 pm

Yeah, the delay in the airport was terrible,and I thought the picture you captured was the students project.

Linus Ho

5/15/2019 05:12:32 pm

Luckily I came back to HK early , anyway, my personal thoughts are delays , are absolutely disgusting , no one likes delays, right? Dr.Lee,did you had a good experience in Germany until now,did it give you some memorable memories?Share with us please when you come back to HK

Alvin Ching 6B

5/15/2019 06:19:29 pm

I think that is a game for the children and they have to find a missing person and this may be a clue.I think it is very interesting that the sky was still bright at 21:05.

Marco Wong

5/15/2019 06:55:50 pm

I think the answer is the children is playing a detective game that need to guess who die and who kill him.And I have a question that do the Germany teacher understand chinese words in our school booklet?

Ian Chong 6A10

5/15/2019 09:20:04 pm

Question 1: It should be used to play detective games.
Yes Dr. Lee, the accidents that happen are really weird but also interesting. By the way, when was the sky finally dark in Germany?

Roy Chan 6E04

5/15/2019 09:55:40 pm

Question answer: I'm guessing that corner is for students to enjoy themselves while playing educational games. In this case, a detective game.
Thoughts: Wow, it seems like you were basically on a very long road trip for most of the day! Also, is it really normal for the sun in Germany to be still out at 21:05?

Daniel Cheng

5/16/2019 12:03:50 am

Answer for question number one:
I think there was an accident happened there and the police drew the outline of the people.

Kingsley Li 6B

5/16/2019 07:17:07 pm

I think that is the students are playing some games to guess who is the dead people.

Joshua Lam 6E 13

5/16/2019 07:19:59 pm

1) It is just some "art" in the museum.

Oliver Ng

5/16/2019 08:11:25 pm

Yes, delays can be critical. On our Beijing trip, we had a 4 hour delay of our flight back to Hong Kong! It was an unbearable night!
Q1: I think that is part of the school's theme, such as the Pearl of Alaska bursting into pieces.

Heibe Li 6D 14

5/16/2019 09:15:16 pm

I think the school let the students imagine what has happened at the “crime scene” and guess who is the “dead guy” to boost their creativity.

Btw, during the flight delay, we had to wait at the airport for hours. We are exhausted and homesick.

Chester Wai 6A 25

5/16/2019 09:47:24 pm

Question 1: I think the students are playing some sort of detective game so they draw it to pretend someone is killed, and the detective need to find the murderer, but after the game, they forget to clean the floor. :)

Dr Lee, can you show the photos of the hotel? I am very curious about it! Are you too tired so you just give one question to us? I know that delays are annoying, I hate delays, too, especially airplane delays.

Fu Yat Yuet 6B08

5/16/2019 10:00:30 pm

Maybe it was some kind of signpost?

Lo Yik Ming 6C (14)

5/16/2019 10:19:27 pm

I think the thing on the floor is a prop in a drama show. Or maybe the students are playing a detective game and they need to find the murderer.
Delay is annoying. Although we had a total of ¥140 meal coupon in the airport, the delay lasted for six and and a half hours and we had nothing to do but going to Starbucks to buy coffee constantly. Ha!

Dr H C Lee

5/17/2019 02:09:16 am

Yes, I assumed that you guys had a tiring time at the airport. Glad you're finally home safely.

Charlie Lui 6A

5/17/2019 12:45:36 am

People with problems with their thinking(animals included) should not post ??? content in the reply.And also the outline of a person in the picture is used by the police to recollect the scene of a murder.Maybe this class is a forensic class?

Derrick Chung

5/17/2019 04:59:50 pm

Maybe they were doing a murder mystery drama and left the dead body trace there so people can remember the show

Henry Choi 6A

5/18/2019 11:00:42 am

Q1 :I was just thinking the same like Derrick and many of them !Ths ought to be a murder mystery as Thanos has snapped his fingers without noticing .
The delay was crazy ,and we had to kill time to wait for the plane to finally set foot on Beijing .I really don't think the delay was acceptable for me .

Matthew Leong 6B15

5/18/2019 11:54:05 am

I fell bad for you who travelled a long coach ride. Let me answer the question as well!
Q1: I think the students are having a drama being a detective and find out who killed the body at the ground.

Justin yip

5/18/2019 03:06:23 pm

I think it was an outlining game, something that we tried in our second year of school too. A student lies on the ground in a peculiar position, and another uses chalk to outline him. btw, the accidents were quite funny and interesting to read about. Weren’t you annoyed?

Keith 6A17

5/18/2019 03:30:51 pm

I think there is a drama about someone being killed.And this is a marker for actors to know where the dead body should be placed.
The delay is crazy!We arrived HK about 4am!But we aren't bored as we played something!

Colin Tong 6C 20

5/18/2019 09:31:33 pm

Indeed, delays, rerouting and toilet breaks can be the utter demon in such a fantastic trip! The best thing is to enjoy everything and learn from their culture. On the other side on the globe in the Beijing international airport, it was completely mayhem, chaos, havoc and pandemonium. Everybody was stressed out and pacing up and down. Starbucks coffee weren't the best thing to keep us awake. And that's what you pay for: a 140-dollar coupon. I'm stressed...
I believe that the shadow was actually Mrs. Lam's missing son that was gone years ago. He might have been last seen in Germany... now we have a mystery on our hands!
it might be used for drama lesson; the scene might be a murder crime investigation and students have to act it out. By the way, the outline of a person in the picture might be used by the police to recollect the scene of a murder. These suggest this class is a forensic class...

Theo Ng

5/18/2019 11:10:10 pm

At least you didn't get to sit in a tiny taxi and type words for 8 hours. ( 2 on Thursday, 2 on Friday and 4 on Tuesday. ) : (

Bryan Choy 6C 5

5/19/2019 12:59:51 am

I think that it is interesting that the sun didn't set although it was already 9 pm. It is also quite a coincidence that your taxi took 8 hours and our flight was delayed for 6 hours.

Austin Chan

5/19/2019 09:01:34 am

So there are a lot of delays that particular day, but still it's just coincidence still. But there are also thing that you can do on long trips on buses, like preparing for the next place visit, and also looking on the view of the green grass and golden fields! And the answer to the question:
No.1, It is supposed to be for a detective game inside of the school, and it is a clue of them.

Morris link

5/19/2019 03:36:49 pm

I think it is a place that has an accidents.

6B(11) Koo Ying Lap

5/19/2019 04:04:17 pm

I think that it may be a place that people died in the detective story or it is just for student to guess what kind of sports is it .

Jonathan Hui 6A14

5/19/2019 04:46:22 pm

I think that was a question corner for the students to think and ask questions. And someone drew a body shape from someone and ask a question 'This is who's body shape? How can you guess from the things around.'

5/19/2019 05:17:23 pm

I think the thing on the floor is a prop in a drama show. Or maybe the students are playing a detective game and they need to find the murderer.
Delay is annoying. Although we had a total of ￥140 meal coupon in the airport, the delay lasted for six and a half hours and we had nothing to do but slept on the chairs.

Chesto Leung 6A 16

5/19/2019 06:00:25 pm

Question 1 and only 1:I think they are having a drama that a people died or someone died there before...
Is the coach good and why only one question today?

Lawrence Ma 6C16

5/19/2019 07:09:53 pm

I think it's some detective game for students.

Michael

5/19/2019 09:14:25 pm

This might sound weird but i think its like a dead persons mark there. In murder cases police always draw a outline and the victim with chalk. Also nice thanos joke did you watch endgame yet?

Larry Tam 6A 22

5/19/2019 10:50:59 pm

I think that it might be a sign of showing the direction of the information desk.
By the way,I hate delay,it is annoying.

Anson Cho 6B 02

5/19/2019 11:39:16 pm

I think it is just a game for students their to play. They have to find out who is that person. Also, they have to find clues in the school to find out that secret person.

Lincoln Tsang 6A 23 link

5/20/2019 07:33:35 pm

1.I think the "dead" body there is because Thanos snapped his thick and purple fingers.Just kidding. I think that the "dead" body in there is because the students there were playing a drama. And Thanos was so lucky that he was not in this world.

Andrzej So 5C (27)

5/26/2019 07:57:38 pm

I think it is similar to our “ big headed buddha ”, a kidnapper or murderer on the run and has left some traces for the kids to identify and follow the murderer

liana link

7/20/2022 04:14:46 pm

thanks for info

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