Big Event

After Easter weekend we had a full week of class, where on Friday we made a visit to the Museum of Anesthesia. There, I was able to take a picture of the old anesthesia equipment and send them to my dad, who is an anesthesiologist. His response, “those are my peeps!” 

The next day, Saturday, was a big day, especially for Aggies. It was the Big Event: a day filled of serving the local community. Here, at the AIB in Bonn is actually the biggest international Big Event in the world where we had students from LMU and Penn State accompanying us Aggies. 

That morning, we all met at the old AIB building to organize into our groups and get our t-shirts. My group went to help paint at a high school. Which included grades 6th or so until 12th. The school system here in Germany works a little bit differently than in the states, and other students as well as I have tried to understand all the different pathways but we’re still a little lost. 

Once we arrived at the school one of the teachers met us there and explained that we would be painting the hallways as well as their school ‘logo’ in the entry way. Haley, her mom, and I ended up painting this. It was great way to serve the community that has welcomed all of us, students, as well as therapeutic. Our painting turned out pretty well, although it was difficult to trace the smaller letters correctly because the projector couldn’t focus very well and it was in German, but thankfully we had students of the school to help us. 

Talking with these students was the first time that I really got to interact with German students that were younger than me. The teacher who first met us also made us two cakes and brought apple juice. After a few hours at the school we wrapped everything up, cleaned the floors, and took the tape from painting down. We made our way back to the city center tired and ready for naps.