Tuesday, September 1, 2009

School Year Starts in Vienna-Oh NO!!

The sun is setting earlier, the leaves are getting that crisp look on their edges and the sweaters are emerging from the closets all over Vienna. It must be fall and we all know what that means...no not football season unless you mean SOCCER here in Austria!! Are you kidding me?


Well Sept 1, 2009 is the start of the "school year" for, as our friend Mr. Lombardo would say, "the 3 Glavateers". We thought you'd appreciate knowing that the 3rd grade teacher and the high school student were late for their first day of school. Can you believe it? The principal of the school did not buy the excuse proffered by both"the u-bahn was late!" We are only hours into it but as you can see from the photo accompanying this blog, perhaps we "bit off more than we can chew." HELP!!!

We thought you'd appreciate some of the finer points of home schooling in the apartment in Vienna Austria:


  • The classroom occupies the same sq. footage as the cafeteria

  • We speak the only English in the building

  • Mom can't wait to teach "Human sex and sexuality" to the class, neither can dad.

  • Pearse wants to know "How often is recess?"

  • Can you really wake up, go to the bathroom, eat and be in class in 7 minutes? Ask Eamon

  • When was the last time a teacher said "move your books away from the stove?"

  • Pearse already decided to be mom's human alarm clock so dad doesn't teach him!

  • Does Haverford's cafeteria have real croissants, I don't think so.

  • When teacher isn't looking, Pearse plays "miniclip".

  • Seamus only has to go 1 room to get to 3rd grade classroom.

  • Can you do Math while someone is snoring?

  • Where is the school nurse's office? I don't feel well!

  • Some parents are already uncomfortable with the teachers for their kids.

  • Is crying on first day of school a bad thing?

  • Is there a difference between "home sick" and "home schooled"?

  • Can the first field trip be to the "Erotik Boutique", says Eamon? "It's only 3 tram stops away!"

  • We're still waiting on "Parent Permission Slips" for field trip due by Friday! See here

  • Are pajamas an acceptable dress code in the classroom?
  • Do trampolines count as Phys Ed?

And last but not least and my favorite:

  • "They better lock their bedroom door at night!" anonymous comment on bathroom wall!

We don't have a violence policy written for the school, do we Ann?

Carpe' Diem!

2 comments:

  1. Is that Jack Nicholson I see in the photo straight from the "Shining". Soon he will have an ax in his hand.

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  2. ohh boy sounds like the glavins are havingg a blast at school!! and idk about the erotic boutique thing seamus seems to have a little sense for finding them are we sure that wasn't his idea.? miss you guyss,love colleen

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