And you still learned more than most Americans. Except maybe Cheerleading, American Football, how to behave during a school shooting, and bullying (or how survive it).
I learned English because in 2006-2010 most video games were poorly localized and when youtube became a thing most of the popular German gaming youtubers were absolute cringe so i watched English channels instead.
Compared to my German friends my English is above average despite my English teacher in highschool being sick most of the time and the classes not being substituted with English classes. This solely lies in my interest/necessity to engage with English content online. We had French as a second language and despite the teachers actually being there and being good teachers for this educational system, i remember almost nothing.
I started with French as a second language as well (Saarland reportiert ein). My French is terrible, I never really tried. English on the other hand was useful for playing vidya.
But it’s still thanks to the context, just a context outside of school. It’s not like s/he suddenly out of the blue started looking for study material in Tagalog and did that. Games are the best motivator (and great due to how interactive they are) No man is an island yada yada. Auf eigener Faust kommt man nicht weit wenn die Faust völlig leer ist oder insert was klugeres here. Btw personally I was helped a lot by both school, emotionally as well as language-wise, and pop media. Yay for nice teachers and peers!
My over a decade long therapeutic history, scars and damage to sensory organs say differently. You’re right about the shootings though. Since the bullying at my schools was so bad I can guarantee there would have been at least one shooting if it was in the US. Back then I would’ve probably celebrated the idea even, I was saddened when an actual shooting happened somewhere because it wasn’t at my school, but specifically not because it was a shooting (just to give you an idea how bad the bullying was).
Heard the US schools got a really weird sports team thingy going. Never fully got that; there’s no comparable culture over here. Of course schools love to work with Sports Clubs whenever possible, they’re not “the same” though (and it’s about the sport itself, very rarely the Clubs’ identity). There definitely aren’t state- or nationwide sport tournaments organized around school teams in the same fashion the US celebrates it.
And you still learned more than most Americans. Except maybe Cheerleading, American Football, how to behave during a school shooting, and bullying (or how survive it).
We had plenty of bullying, but you are correct about the rest.
I learned English because in 2006-2010 most video games were poorly localized and when youtube became a thing most of the popular German gaming youtubers were absolute cringe so i watched English channels instead.
Compared to my German friends my English is above average despite my English teacher in highschool being sick most of the time and the classes not being substituted with English classes. This solely lies in my interest/necessity to engage with English content online. We had French as a second language and despite the teachers actually being there and being good teachers for this educational system, i remember almost nothing.
I started with French as a second language as well (Saarland reportiert ein). My French is terrible, I never really tried. English on the other hand was useful for playing vidya.
A self made man. I respect that
But it’s still thanks to the context, just a context outside of school. It’s not like s/he suddenly out of the blue started looking for study material in Tagalog and did that. Games are the best motivator (and great due to how interactive they are) No man is an island yada yada. Auf eigener Faust kommt man nicht weit wenn die Faust völlig leer ist oder insert was klugeres here. Btw personally I was helped a lot by both school, emotionally as well as language-wise, and pop media. Yay for nice teachers and peers!
My over a decade long therapeutic history, scars and damage to sensory organs say differently. You’re right about the shootings though. Since the bullying at my schools was so bad I can guarantee there would have been at least one shooting if it was in the US. Back then I would’ve probably celebrated the idea even, I was saddened when an actual shooting happened somewhere because it wasn’t at my school, but specifically not because it was a shooting (just to give you an idea how bad the bullying was).
Heard the US schools got a really weird sports team thingy going. Never fully got that; there’s no comparable culture over here. Of course schools love to work with Sports Clubs whenever possible, they’re not “the same” though (and it’s about the sport itself, very rarely the Clubs’ identity). There definitely aren’t state- or nationwide sport tournaments organized around school teams in the same fashion the US celebrates it.