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A teacher's life's work, recognized Professor receives highest honor from Federal Republic of Germany ~E~:;n~ ~$:~~;;~~~;y:;~~:tG:~~:~fAh:b:~~Io~.s:~:~pres"nt, residence. Ambassador Kious Scharioth presented the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 10 Or. SOnOM: Dr. Esc, oboye aU, thonked hi, wife, Andrea, ond two ESCIon Monday, October 12. Ions - Gibro" and Anaur, for giving him the hoppiest doys of his life. JULI GUifFRE shops 10 ocher German reachers on how 10 effectively use '"~ ...~ ,! Co Editor-in-Chief German music in the dassroom. "My favoriu~ thing abour him is his spcntaneiry and his use ofrechnolcgy, He:encourages us 10 make our own videos "Those who do not know a foreign language, do nOI know for class projects," said Wy:au Basdey, a senior. their own language," said German Amba=.dor KlaU5Schar- uHis classes are never boring," said Lauren Hamby, but in a really good way,~ said Meagan ;""': ..~ lcrh, as he presented Dr. Mohamed Esa with the Cross of the sophomorl', uHe has such a unique sense of humor." Order of Merit on Monday, October 12. uHc's insane, "Wow, is this a joke?n thought Esa when he was rold Pilar,sophomore. ~:a~.u~~ t;~j~iv:n!ct: Ger!: ~~M~~n:::cs~~:: fee three weeks. until my The Order of Merit is the 1992, 10 1995, he 'U"'" wife said I needed [0 tell "German-Amertcm Day," my friends." highest tribute the Federal en ourresch p",um wlrh Esa, the chair of the bl f G high and middle school StU- GERMAN· Fo,,;,o "'0,"", D'pm. Repu ic 0 ermany can pay dents jn M,,,I,,d, W~h· AMERICAN DAY 2009 ;:::~t~~D:;~~;~~s~~ to individuals. ~i~~~~i2·c. and Northern President of the Federal Among his awards are TOP: Studenhdrew Republic of Germany for the Ira Zepp Distinguished their own ideo his creariviryd ..rerrniaarion, and Inventiveness in teaching Teaching Award, the American Association of Teachers of 01 a fairy tale the German language. The ceremony was held at the Ambas- Getman (AATG) Merit Award, the Cerrlficare of Merit from for a workshop sador'sownresidencejustoutsideWashingtonD.C. the Ceerhe-lnsrlrur, and The Federal Republic of Germany taught by Wyatt The Order of Merit was instituted in 1951, and is the Friendship Award. Ba$CIleyond highest tribute the Federal RepublicofGermanycanpayro Esaalso promotes German language in schools. with the Christopher individuals for services to the nation. It is awarded ro Ger- support of (he AATG, by giving monetary prizes 10 ten STU- Rondo called uDieMi:irchen mans and foreigners for achievements in the polit~caJ,ceo- dents each year for especially good IC5tSCOres. derBruder nomic, social or imelleclUal realm, as well as chamable, or "His original intention was 10 study medicine in Cer- Grimm,uwhich philanthropic work. . ... many,~ Schanoch pointed out in his opening speech. "'The meons "the ~I think you have achieved qune unusu~J mspl~uon funny thing is, you had to learn German to do this, and you ~h;t:~:h:r~f with your smdel1ls," said Scharioth, who pralsed.Esas "" switched ropics.Ttgives you the feeling that there are round- common methods and the way he has shared his exp~fI- about ways 10 do great things." Grimm.~ ments with the scholarly community. "I'm srill playing the lonery.n jok..d Em, "soiflwin I'll lEFT: Students n ottending These methods indude integrating German pop-culture Stop srudying German and go back to medicine. German- and music into his lessons, as well as taking advantage of Esa'saccomplishmentsareparticuJarlygr~a{ in lighlof American Day new technology. AI a conferen~e for the teac~ing o~.for- (he fact that his mmher cannot read and WritCand hisfarher painted graffiti eign languages, he gav.. presentatiOns on such thmgs.as. Rap had only one year ofeducadon. on slobs in Ensor Music and Fairy Tales," and ~Making your own mUSICVideos "1 wish they were here," he said to the as,o;emblyof Lounge as model in the foreign languagedassroom." .. friends, students, and l:olleagues. "But you guys arc my fam- portions of the For the last few years, Esa has offered tramlng work- ilynow." a.rlinWoll. ......................................................................................................................