Personal Narrative: My German Teacher

When it comes to the discussion of a school teacher, I would automatically assume that it would immediately cause a student’s eyes to roll, or at least be the last thing they want to talk about. Starting a discussion about teachers could last for hours, maybe even a day. That’s not the case with my German teacher, Mr. Schmandt, in deciding whether or not to learn a foreign language is difficult enough, but learning under Mr. Schmandt was an experience unlike any other compared to other foreign language teachers. Mr. Schmandt was a great teacher because he simplified the teaching of German, he made class fun with activities and group discussions, and was a teacher I could have an everyday conversation with.

I loved learning the language of German because Mr. Schmandt simplified his teaching methods. At first when I started learning in German 1, I had absolutely no idea what was going on, nor had any idea how I would go about learning this new language. I had taken three years of Spanish prior to taking German. Spanish was hard enough, and I decided to part ways with Spanish, it was an obvious decision. Spanish was just not for me. I failed my Spanish 3 final exam, and that send clear signs to me that it was time to be done. Throughout the course of my first year, I realized how passionate Mr. Schmandt was for teaching German and how passionate he was to make

Schmandt came up with to help us enjoy and appreciate German, he was a teacher one could talk with about anything. As a class we would participate in free talk and there we could talk about just about anything. There would be times where we would talk about what was happening in the world, we would talk about how much Wisconsin loves their Green Bay Packers, or we would simply just be amazed that somehow the Chicago Cubs won the World Series last year. We would talk about this things all in German using what we learned from Mr. Schmandt. As a result I became a better speaker in