American reacts to Germany - Geography Now! Germany

American reacts to Germany - Geography Now! Germany

Have you viewed that Geography Now! Germany video? Well, I have not till now. Watch it with me. I actually loved reacting to Geography now Germany! The recent history of Germany has is what people think of when they think of Germany, however, the history of Germany is long and fascinating. How the country came to be, its wars, its high time, its divisions, and its unions. Let us take a look at it.

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[markusjentzsch]

Somebody said: "Americans are proud to be american. Germans are glad to be german."

[leole]

He: are they going like one hundred miles
on the autobahn ?
Me as a german: you can't Park on the autobahn man.

[alpha]

Jim: "...at 100 miles an hour?!"
me: * laughs in German *

[debboralosch]

As an American living in Germany with my German husband he REFUSED to call American bread, bread. It's toast. Regardless of if it is actually toasted

[Sakurablossem]

I love watching people talking about germany as a german. It’s just so funny.

[martinernst]

Fun fact: The construction time of the Cologne Cathedral was two times as long as the USA exists. 632 years!

[ohgodamiuncreative]

About the guilt part: when we talked about the holocaust in school, my history teacher sat us down at he first lesson and told us:" It's not your fault that it happened, it's not your parents fault that it happened, it's not even your grandparents fault that it happened. But it is our responsibility, both yours and mine, to make sure it never happens again."

[Hansahand]

After the “Grundschule” what is in the most “Bundesländer” from 1. to 4. grade you get a recommendation from the teacher to wich school you should go. Either haupt- real or gymnasium. It mostly depends on how good you are at school. Some smaller villages also do have a gesamtschule what basically is everything in one.

[alexanderzippel]

"Are people really just flying down the Autobahn?"
Yes, we pay for the whole speedometer, we gonna use the whole speedometer (if you ever get a road section long enough to speed that high up)

[toniderdon]

Let's talk about the autobahn: I don't want to offend anyone, but we are germans, not americans. We are not going to use our phone when we are going 150 mp/h on the autobahn (around 250 km/h). To get your drivers license here, you actually have to be a good driver and not like in america where you just practice with your parents and then take a test and boom there is your drivers license. You learn driving with professionals and you learn driving fast, my driving school actually made me go 200 km/h on the autobahn (125 mp/h) to see what it feels like. We also have strict rules for the autobahn, so actually we have less accidents on the autobahn than america has on their highways.

[enthalengondor]

Also a fun fact about Rammstein: The song “America” was meant ironic. But the most Americans think it’s meant true.

[lord_phoenix]

Love how he literally breaks his tung trying to pronounce german words

[Ashwey_]

German Pride is the Pride of not being Proud to still remember and never forget how high the price for peace is to never let those things happen again that once almost killed humanity

[litteldevilsengel]

It's so fun to watch people reacting to Germany as a German.
1. Yes, i sometimes drive on the autobahn like 140 kmh
2. No, gluten is not a big thing over here but we are mostly not judgmental
3. We are proud but we are also careful not to make that mistake again
4. Yes we have 3 types of middleschool an no we could choose them, but mostly they are based on our grades

[michaausleipzig]

Concerning the Autobahn:
Europe in general has a concept of general or default speed limits. In Germany its 50km/h in cities, unless posted otherwise, on country roads its 100km/h again, unless posted otherwise and on the Autobahn ... there isn't one. But! Again, anless posted otherwise. There are many sections with a speed limit for various reasons. Still driving there is very safe compared to US interstates. The roads are designed for that speed, germans are used to that speed and getting a driving license takes hours of both theoretical and practical lessons with an exam in both fields. Many fail their first attempt. My usual cruising speed is 150km/h (somewhere around 90mph I believe). My personal speed record is 250km/h at which point the speed limitor of the car I used kicked in. Most cars that can actually go that fast have a built in 250km/h limit.

On german pride:
Disclaimer: this is my opinion. Other Germans may disagree.
I like the phrase "we are proud of not being proud". It kinda describes the feeling I have towards all that. I am glad and happy to live here. I know I'm privileged compared to the vast majority of the world's population. But am I proud? No.
I can be proud of my own achievements or of those of people who are close to me. I can't be proud of where I happened to be born.
The past is the past. No German of my generation is in any way responsible of what happened back then. Guilt is not inherited. But it's our job and responsibility to make sure it never happenes again. This "never again" is a core value of german politics. And if we can manage that ... well ... that would be something to be proud of. 😊
Also I wouldn't translate "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" with some sense of feeling guilt from the past. "To cope with the past" is a much better translation. And there are many ways to do that.

The education system: ... is complicated!!!
First of all because we don't have one, we have 16! Every state manages education by itself and keeps changing it up all the timr and it sucks!!! So I can only talk about my home state of Sachsen (Saxony) at the time I went to school. After 4 years of primary school we got sorted into Gymnasium and Mittelschule. Gymnasium has 8 more years and ends with the "Abitur", the highest school diploma Germany offers which you need to study at a university. Mittelschule has 6 more years and after finishing it at 16 you are ready to start job training. It's important to know that Germany has a pretty unique apprencticeship system. Job training at whatever company you choose to work for and school weeks where you keep learning theoretical stuff important for your job are closely intertwined. This takes 3 years and after that you're officially a fully trained person and get the right to use your job title. So there is a clear emphasis on pratical work and it offers a lot of oppertunities for people who feel that studying theories and writing papers is not really for them.

Wow ... this is a REALLY long comment now. 😅
Hope it was informative. 😊

[barcodeguy]

Americans in the US: "Apparently the Autobahn has no speed limit, it sounds so magical."
Americans in Germany: "Oh another construction site, 50mph it is..."

[emmabruh]

So who’s gonna tell him that almost every German drives a „luxury vehicle“, by American standards, even our cabs and busses for public transit are Mercedes

[gabrielmurien]

Most poeple here in Germany understand that dealing with our history is not about guilt, very few poeple from those times are still alive. But because of our history it is our responsiblity to prevent anything like it from happening again. We mostly do this through remebering the attrocities that were commited in the name of nationalism

[bellee]

Well, I ‘chose’ Gymnasium, but honestly? You don’t really get to choose. It’s more like your parents and your elementary school deciding for you. You get a recommendation based on your grades and usually parents tend to try and get their children into a Gymnasium, because it’s known as the best type of school

[Bethmora]

Regarding the Autobahn:
Yes, there are parts of Autobahnen where there technically is no speed limit. Depending on how many cars are there it can be easy to drive 140 - 160 km/h. BUT many parts are regulated up to 120 km/h and here and there this is controlled via radar control.
In Addition, gasoline is quite expensive..

And if you are involved in an accident when driving faster than 130 km/h the insurance will consider you to be partially guilty and you have to pay a huge amount of money by yourself, because driving that fast is risky. They simply dont pay the whole sum.