L: So, James, what did you have for breakfast this morning?
J: I didn't have breakfast.
L: Well, what do you usually have for breakfast?
J: Uh, cereal. Mini Zimtos (a cinnamon cereal) or Sweet Flakes (like Frosted Flakes).
L: If you could have anything in the world for breakfast tomorrow, what would it be?
J: (Thinking hard) I would have chocolate chip pancakes.
L: Does your mom make Hungry Jack Buttermilk Pancakes with chocolate chips, like she did in the U.S.?
J: Of course not. We're not in the U.S! She cuts up little pieces of chocolate and makes the pancakes from scratch.
L: How does it feel to be in the final term of the school year?
J: I feel relieved.
L: A few months ago, you moved from the third grade up to the fourth grade. Was the adjustment difficult?
J: Of course. It was hard to leave Mr. Reece's class.
L: Tell me a funny story about something that happened at school.
J: During the winter, I stuck my tongue to a metal pole and it got stuck.
L: I hear you take lots and lots of tests at your school. Have you gotten used to that?
J: Of course I've gotten used to it! I've done it so much.
L: Do you know you're a bit of a smart aleck?
J: Yes (laughs sheepishly).
L: The cafeteria at school serves a great variety of lunches: kids favorites like chicken nuggets and French fries, traditional German dishes such as pork cutlets and frankfurters, and international dishes like kebabs, gyros, springrolls and paella. What is your favorite lunch from the cafeteria?
J: Chicken nuggets and french fries. But I never buy anything anymore. I bring lunch.
L: What's typically in your lunchbox?
J: A peanut butter sandwich, a snack, like pretzels, Capri-Sonne, fruit that I never even eat and cookies.
L: What do you really like about your school?
J: Two breaks during the day, we can play before and after school, no silent lunch, we can go outside for recess after lunch when we get done eating and don't need to be dismissed.
L: How has soccer been going?
J: It's been going the same as usual.
L: Which is how?
J: Usually running 3 tiring laps, doing some exercises and playing some matches.
L: Do you think the kids here are more competitive than American kids?
J: Yeah, I do.
L: What other afterschool activities have you been doing?
J: Kung Fu.
L: How's that going?
J: Fine. I'm on the yellow belt.
L: Your hair has gotten long. Is that the style here?J: No.
L: What do your parents think of it?
J: My dad hates it now that it's gotten really long.
L: How are German kids very different from American kids?
J: They speak German.
L: You're such a little.......... What TV shows do you like watching in German?
J: Spongebob Schwammkopf.
L: Can you understand everything they're saying?
J: No. I don't speak German
L: Now, that's not entirely true. Don't you understand some of what they're saying?
J: Yes.
L: Your family is able to watch some American shows via the internet. What are some that you enjoy?
J: Survivor.
L: What do you miss about the U.S. the most?
J: My friends and buying video games.
L: Ah, yes. Your video game systems are from the U.S. and won't play games from Germany. You have to have games brought over the ocean to you. What are your favorite games you have gotten since we've been here?
J: SuperMario Galaxy and SuperSmash Bros Brawl.
L: What interesting things have you learned about Germany that you didn't know before you moved here?
J: They play soccer much more than in the U.S.
L: You also have many Korean friends. What have you learned about Korea?
J: North Korea stinks.
L: What is the best place you have visited so far in Europe?
J: Disneyland Paris.
L: What place would you like to visit?
J: No idea.
L: You recently said that sometimes you're glad you moved to Germany, but sometimes you're not. Why is that?
J: Sometimes I'm glad because the school is awesome, but sometimes I'm not because I can't use video games from here.
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