Topics we've covered
The quote "carpe diem" or "Captain, my Captain" is from this movie that we watched very recently
What is Dead Poets Society
A saying that is used to express something general and can be either universal and translatable or very specific to a certain language
What is a proverb
The School mom that wakes you up gently when you have accidentally slept in
Who is Sabrina
The song that is used as the official TSE 25/26 student choir song
What is Genstart / Patina
The person that outed himself using chatGPT to write a poem in one of the first english lessons this year
Who is Oscar Emil
The theme we covered during several weeks that ended with you writing an essay about your own lives
What is 20 Moments that changed the world
When a phrase or expression is directly translated from one language to another — and it sounds wrong or unnatural in the target language. E.g. I take fat on when I eat too much
What is a direct translation
A topic covered by Jannik every monday morning because of his own huge passion for it.
What is Ugens Fugl
This song is very often played by Wicki and Morten at fællessang in a boy/girl duet version
This student excelled as the character Grundtvig in the school revue and is often called by another students name in class by the teacher
Who is Eskil
This was the very first subject we covered in our english lessons and we did it through analyzing music videos
When a word or expression appears to mean the same thing in both languages, but actually doesn’t - e.g. Actually/aktuel
What is a false friend
The big upcoming event where the shole school makes a show based on songs by Andreas Odbjerg
What is teaterkoncerten
What is Anna Sne
These two people are usually engaged in heavy debates across the class room covering subjects such as "would you rather meet a bear or a man in the woods"
Who are Eva and Mikkel
A short story that we read early on in connection to the subject Dystopia and that we later wached a short film version of.
What i Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
An expression that if translated into danish will make no sense and be perceived in a very literal sense, but in english means that something is very easy.
A sign that is often placed at the buffet to signal that you should not be greedy
What is "Tag med måde"
"The sun is hanging low here, protecting like a sun shade"
What is Sådan ligger landet / Oh Land
A highly competetive student who turns quizzes into competitions but at the same time often discards new subjects or prompts from the teacher with a "nooo, I can't do that!"
Who is Karla
A topic that was supposed to be covered in both danish and english over several weeks, but ended up being covered in just a couple of classes due to efterskole-life.
What is Skriv for Liv
A direct (and often incorrect) translation of a phrase from one language to another.
What is a calque
A yearly event where the school is transformed to a kind of festival with music, fun stalls and speaches that is visited by a lot of old students
What is Grundlovsdag
A song that Anna has played at morgensang a few times that reminds her of TSE even though it has a religious message.
What is Et hus a komme til
This student claims that the teacher's accent is distinctly australian and is thrown by sentences that are not correct in his mind
Who is Oscar K