{"id":43,"date":"2008-09-24T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T19:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthias.mihailgromov.eu\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:54:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saiht.de\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is last updated in December 2025, a few things have changed since the original text “\u00fcber mich” from September 2008 in German. The text can be found below. By now I finished 3 educations, had 4 sabbaticals, worked for 13 different companies and lived in 15 different places. From September 2025 to May 2029 I try to get my fourth qualification, a bachelor in “Vietnamese Language and Culture of Vietnam<\/strong>” (Ng\u00e0nh Ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t v\u00e0 V\u0103n h\u00f3a Vi\u1ec7t Nam<\/em>) at the Su Pham university HCMC (Tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc S\u01b0 ph\u1ea1m TP. H\u1ed3 Ch\u00ed Minh<\/em>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My finished 3 qualifications are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Kommunikationselektroniker, Fachrichtung Telekommunikationselektronik<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Diplom Physiker der Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin (considered equal to a masters in physics)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lehrer f\u00fcr das Lehramt an Gymnasien in Niedersachsen f\u00fcr Mathematik und Physik (high school teacher for math and physics from grade 5 to 13)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Additionally I got some training from the IB<\/strong> (International Baccalaureate) and AP<\/strong> (Advanced Placement) to be able to teach some of the 9 subjects I taught in English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • IB Physics HL\/SL (training in Jakarta)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Integrated Science 9\/10 (biology, chemistry and physics)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • MYP Design (training in Bangkok)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • AP Physics A (training in Sacramento)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • High School Math<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • AP CSP Computer Science Principles (training in Baltimore)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Live Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Advanced Automation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      The list of subjects I taught in German include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Mathematik<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Physik<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Chemie<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Naturwissenschaften (Einstiegskurse f\u00fcr Sch\u00fcler der Klassen 3 und 4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Ethik<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Informatik<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Let’s see what’s next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Saigon since 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        I worked here at 3 different schools, interluded by my 3rd and 4th sabbatical of one and two years, respectively. The three schools I worked for are<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • International German School Ho Chi Minh City<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • American International School Vietnam AISVN<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Saigon South International School SSIS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          There is a lot to write about this time, but I just pick one highlight. From 2022 to 2023 I was the coach for VEX teams 76209 and we had the priviledge to represent Vietnam at VEX Worlds in Dallas with both the middle and high school team. It was a real joy to work with the students and observe their progress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          Hofkoh 2011-2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          I went there and first had some difficulty to find a job. After selling fish in Hamburg and installing parabolic microwave network connection antennas and their equipment in northern Germany (turned out to be around Frankfurt\/M, but what do I know about geography) I started as a substitute teacher, before starting my “Referendariat<\/strong>” from August 2012 to January 2014 to become a government certified teacher<\/strong> for middle and high school (grade 5 to 13) at the Gymnasium for physics and math<\/strong>. I’m still proud that I graduated above average!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Part of the fun living in Hofkoh was the ability to have garden parties on the 1200 m\u00b2 yard, make bonfires, do lightpainting and enjoy nature there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          One fun project was the use of a DSLR and to create a timelapse image of the sky to see it rotate – it is actually the earth that rotates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          From February 2014 to July 2016 I worked at the Eichenschule Schee\u00dfel. Some students went to visit me in Hofkoh and help building the treehouse! Then in August 2016 I left for Saigon – see above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Finkenkrug 1980-2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          There are a few times in this 31 year period where I left the country, but for most of the time this was my home turf. From there I went to become a Kommunikationselektroniker in Potsdam and to study physics at the Humboldt university in Berlin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          From 2009 I even worked in Berlin as a teacher for mathematics, physics and chemistry, starting from Finkenkrug. With public transportation it took me 1.5 hours to arrive at the Clayschule in Rudow, while the car only needed 45 minutes. Yet I used the train most of the time, since I could read the newspaper in the morning, create a test and send to the printer in school to pick up right before class, or to have a nap. All not very easy if you drive a car. This last paragraph is missing in the short story about me in German below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          September 2008 – \u00fcber mich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Viel gibt es zu mir nicht zu sagen. Einst habe ich bei der Deutschen Telekom den Beruf des Kommunikationselektronikers<\/strong> erlernt. Nach einigen Jahren Arbeit bei dieser Firma habe ich an der Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t in Berlin Physik<\/strong> studiert und erfolgreich mit dem Diplom abgeschlossen. Dazu lebte ich anderthalb Jahre in Moskau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          Gearbeitet habe ich als Kundenberater, Java-Programmierer, Manager f\u00fcr kritische Kunden\u00e4u\u00dferungen (Gro\u00dfkunden) im Backoffice, Systemadministrator und jetzt auch als Lehrer f\u00fcr Mathematik, Physik und Chemie in Sekundarstufe I und II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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