Lately in school I have been attending the normal classes with the exception of going to all levels of English classes to help. My first homework assignment has been to write down as many common phrases that my friends and I use at home. The teacher of the advanced course says that "language is a living thing". It's incredibly hard to try to explain some English words to them, such as "stuff" which I had to do the other day. Somehow I did it so they understood though.
My host father is worried that I don't have enough activities going on and that I will become bored. (Hah). He e-mailed the homeroom teacher asking for more activities and she suggested to me a traditional Hungarian folk dancing class. I don't think I'll be doing that one though. As of now, I have highschool, floor ball, and private saxophone lessons. Next week I will be trying fencing and possibly starting courses at the music college. Oh, yes, and I am in the Debrecen Melodia Big Band now also.
Yesterday after school my host father came up to me and said "You know big band saw at the Debreceni Jazznapok? Your teacher said me you play them tonight. Six hour, okay?" and then left. Only the lead alto and the singer speak English so it was quite amusing. I'm pretty sure the lead alto saxophone player died of laughter when they all started doing their assigned moves in one song and I started looking at everyone in confusion. After the rehearsal they said "You come to -insert long, complicated Hungarian town's name here- and play in concert with us?" I tried to tell them I didn't have the right sort of clothing and that my saxophone needed some work (as decided by my teacher). "Oh, doesn't matter. We like you, you come play with us tomorrow. 12:30 we leave by bus, okay." Unfortunately, -or fortunately- I have to go to two family birthdays today and can't make this one.
I did get a chance to take a couple pictures of the school. I took a picture of the outside and a picture from a staircase on the second story of the main lobby. I'll try to get other better ones when I can.
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