Class 1B, 6 to 9pmSeptember 24, 2009Today is the second day in a row that half the class did not turn up. I could only think of 2 reasons: work or Oktoberfest. The teacher has been absolutely wonderful so please do not think that the students are missing classes because of her. Verena is by far, one of the best teachers I have had besides Bettina.We had our second test today. Unlike the first one, this was not multiple choice test. I didn’t really get a chance to study at work, plus I assumed that it would be multiple choice so I didn’t think too much of it. It was a pretty easy test, but it did require us to know the “gender” of objects in order to answer the questions correctly. That was when I wished I had been more serious about learning the gender of the nouns and not took it lightly. I had thought,’Well, I’m only going to be living in Germany for 1 year so not memorizing the gender won’t kill me’. I was wrong. Yeap, if you want to go beyond your 1A class, it is highly advisable to start learning the gender of the nouns as fast as you can!