I'm a german and I living Dresden\Saxony. Currently I learn english for my job here. It's nice to hear your meaning about our country. I think many people can't see our values like healthcare, security without weapons, puplic transportation and so on. That's too bad. Thank you for open our eyes. Have a good time in good old germany! 😉
Really great video👍🏻 I love that you’re living in Saxony, because most of the American expats living in Germany do so in the South (Bavaria, Black Forest). If they are also TH-camrs, they are kind of feeding the German stereotypes. That’s really sad, because Germany has so much to offer, and each area can be so different. If you got enough time to travel, try to go to as much different “Bundesländer” as possible 💜
I like your observations and your attitude, you really deserve being a part in the CBYX program! BTW: if you take a look at a German ID (Personalausweis) or Passport, you'll never find "race/ethnicity" in it.
thank you so much! and yeah i was about to mention how the word "race" isn't even used in germany, but i decided it'd be best to go more in depth in a different video sometime
@@julsjourneys Das ist eine sehr gute Idee mit dem separaten Video!!!! BTW: es wird in der Politik diskutiert, das Wort "Rasse" aus dem Artikel 3 des Grundgesetzes ersatzlos zu entfernen. Das hätte schon geschehen sollen, aber dann kam das Virus..... viele Grüße, Ralph
Very well done. I especially like how seriously and honestly you handled the topics. It wasn't just in the way you said it, but you could tell by your facial expressions and body language that you felt the same way.
@@julsjourneys And exactly that, is what makes the difference. It is one thing to just say something. But if you actually mean it or think about it, the very same sentence "feels" different. And i agree that you are doing a good job at that.
I love it so much that you enjoy so many things here. Yeah we always complain about our public transportation - we all make fun of the Deutsche Bahn, but deep down we now its great that you can basically get anywhere you want I also love that you mentioned the part about acknowledging the history. When I was in my 12th grade we went to Berlin for five days and we went to the Memorial for Murdered Jews. And that really killed me. There were those 'payphone' like things, you could pick them up and you would hear bombs, cries, and all that stuff from different concentration camps. In my school we learned about WW2 at least four times between 5th and 13th grade. We never sugarcoated anything, we were confronted with the reality. I personally also work with elderly people and the amount of people living who still remember that time is just terrifying. I got to know this one old man, who would cry when you wanted him to shower. Afraid of the gas chambers in concentration camps. Its still a big topic and I have noticed that a lot of tourists are confused when you are told you are not allowed to use the typical salut from back in the day, or say special terms and stuff. I feel that a lot of people are afraid that once the generation dies, which lived during that time, that people will forget about those times. And I feel like that is the reason there is so much emphasis on it. Never forget.
oh wow, i was just in Berlin; next time i need to take the opportunity to go there. in the US, we also learn about WW2 and the Holocaust multiple times, and they do explain how bad all of it was. however, with our own history they act different. at least most of the time (some teachers are good). i hope people don't forget once the older generation dies, but with all of the steps Germany has taken i don't think anyone will forget. also yes, i love it here so much :)
Well done Lady, well done 👍 Wonderful video, pretty interesting to hear your opinions about these different things, it's really cool to see how good your subtitle works. 👍😃
Great video and a good reminder for us Germans (as we are natural born complainers) how blessed we are. So if you like Germany, why not come back after school and go to university here? You would be more than welcome :).
Julia, you're So cool. What You say about acknowledging Historiker is so reflected. I apreciate that. It is woven into our DNA and of immense relevance to unverstanden, how germans see themselves. Thank you.
Very interesting. In my opinion, you are the first expat who has highlighted the subject of "Acknowledgment of History" as a positive aspect. Did Germany do that voluntarily? Meanwhile yes, since the political elite definitely want to prevent history from repeating itself. Fifty years ago things looked a little different, as many of the followers and perpetrators from the war were still alive and basically didn't want to know anything more about the subject.
i feel like a lot of people don't talk about how much Germany has improved since then, and it's something i really appreciate about the country. it should be talked about more!
@@julsjourneys It surprises me even more that you’re living in Saxony and feel like the people around you acknowledge the history. Saxony is probably the state (along with Thuringia) with the most right wing voters and extremists in Germany, it’s often seen as a part of society ignoring the wrong doings of the past.
@@klamin_original It would look different if you (purely outwardly) could give the impression of not being European. More police checks, more prejudices, fewer nice people.
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Julia, du bist ein tolles Mädçhen. Ich habe dein Video genossen. Ich liebe deine tolle und ehrliche Art, über Probleme zu sprechen. Und nebenbei, du bist sehr hübsch!
I haven't watched all of your videos yet. How big is the city you went to as an exchange student? I know several areas in Germany and I have to say that public transport varies extremely. In some areas there are only school buses or almost unaffordable single trips. I Germany, local public transport is also subsidized by the state, I don't think that's usually the case in the USA, isn't it? Compared to the USA, Germany is very densely populated. ( USA 34 people per km² Germany 236 people per km² ) That's closer than if the entire US were populated like Connecticut (252 people per km² ) or Massachusetts (255 people per km² ).
Sehr interessant was Du sagst. Du bist eine sehr gute Beobachterin und siehst viele Unterschiede zu Deinem Heimatland . In Deutschland vergessen die Menschen oft, welche positiven Seiten ihr Land hat.
School children do not necessarily have to go to concentration camps (unfortunately). This differs from state to state and then from teacher to teacher here in Germany. For example, I was visiting a concentration camp monument for the first time when I was a conscript of the german Army (Bundeswehr). But in fact, it also varies greatly there, depending on where you did the basic training.
If we want to save climate, one important action (among many other) will be to expand public transport in many countrys of the world to reduce individual traffic. Every day millions of people commute to their jobs in their own cars and in every car just a single person. This is such an immense waste of energy (gas)...
Germans tend to compliment english speaking ppl if their german is pronounced correctly. If you say a german sentence and it's pronounced well enough, it really just takes 1 or 2 sentences to be complimented
US students can think logically earlier))) Soldiers from Canada, USA and Great Britain have left their mark in some regions in Germany (West) and Russia in East Germany (GDR). We are - little Canada on ice.. discover these local memories - ask about them.
That's a bold assumption if you compare OECD data. Just because the Ivory-Leauge universities are very good, not the same apply to the average student aka greetings to expat students who improve intellectual climate at US unis
3:30 Slavery is just one thing. However if you want to compare something to the holocaust I'd say the genocide committed against the native americans is more like the holocaust than slavery.
Hi Julia, nice video. Now combine #2 and #5 with the fact that your favorite city in Germany, Mainz, has had a budget surplus of one billion Euros this year thanx to BioNTech paying its taxes there, and is already planning to invest much of this and what's to come in the future into its university, one of the largest in the country. ;-) Regarding #4, I'm afraid the positive experience may also have to do with the fact that you are not a dark-skinned young man. Unfortunately, not every foreign person has such positive experiences in certain areas of the country... Take care.
oh wow, that's awesome for Mainz! you're right, i would say that plays a big part unfortunately. i hope most of them are kind to other foreigners but i can't know
Nice Video:) I'm from northern Germany "Schwerin" and I must say we have a lot of racism and anti-Semitism in Germany and unfortunately most of them in Sachsen and Sachsen-Anhalt see the AFD political party but I hope you have already gotten to know the soccer culture in Germany and have eaten the favorite dish of the Germans, the "Döner-Kebab".😊
Thank you, Julia, you are also very nice and sweet ;) Have you ever seen the video of Felicia from Munich ("Feli") telling the 20 german words that you US-Americans have integrated in your language without knowing it? ^^ Funny, as well as her video about all the german brands, that you don't pronounce right... ;)
Stumbled upon your videos by accidents. In general, as you grow up further, you'll realize that certain things between the US and Germany (and Europe at large) are just...different. Some things are better, some things worse and some things are just....different, neither good or bad. It's popular nowadays on both sides of the ocean to follow opinions without specifically knowing why things are the way they are. I'm glad you get to experience a different way of life and can compare a little. About some of your points (sorry for the large comment lol) 1. Yes, public transportation is very standard and advanced in Germany (Europe in general is above average compared to the world) although it does still have its caveats. The US was and still is horrific in that aspect although it used to have a bit more of that stuff in the early days like streetcars were actually a thing in a lot of US cities. But due to different development paths, the US and Germany are now very far away from each other in terms of public transportation. 2. Universal healthcare. I know political debates do get down to teenagers but most know very little about details. You have very little experience dealing with your own health insurance in either Germany or the US as you are underage still and are always covered in some shape or form. The US system famously has tons of rather large holes but you probably never have encountered them before. My suggestion would be to actually refrain from commenting on this until you actually have to deal with it yourself when you enter into the world of work. 3. The different treatments of history teaching, the US is in the priviledged position to teach history from a point of victory and success. This is why the attitude towards negative things in its own backyard has always been very iffy. The US likes to gloss over the dark spots a lot. But the US is by no means the only country that fluffs up its own history. In fact, I would say the majory of countries in the world are a bit less detailed about the negative aspects of their own history. You know the famous saying 'History is written from the perspective of the victors, not the losers'? Yeah this applies here. A more interesting comparison actually is between history teaching in Germany vs Japan since both were on the losing side in the last big war. Because the way they teach history in these two countries is very different despite both being losers. 4. Diversity: This is actually a good point. Germany (and Europe) has its own take on the topic. Coming from the US you might only know one type of diversity that is specifically US flavored but internationally, diversity is not the same everywhere and there are different things that people understand under the term diverse. The term 'race' specifically is ingrained into the modern English language, like people in the US use it so casually like it is a natural thing to talk about race and in censuses and in politics. But in German, 'race' as a word has been largely absent since the Holocaust because the word is poisoned now when it comes to humans. The meaning of 'race' in German is now specifically associated with 'biologal race' only, there is no 'social race' concept in the word 'race'. Thus there is only 1 human race biologically. That is a medical fact. Instead, German speakers refer to 'ethnicities' and 'nationalities'. No 'biracial' couples, only 'bi-national' or 'bi-cultural' couples. 5. Directness is a thing in continental Europe, although in Germany specifically, some Germans forget that 'rudeness' and 'directness' are still two different concepts. Don't be surprised to encounter the occasional rude person masking it off as 'directness' 6. Tuition fees for college. This is a thing in general in the English-speaking world: Private colleges dominate in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (although the US really does stand out in that aspect because the amount is rather shocking). Elitism and exclusivity is a big thing in that circle, everyone wants to be elite and nobody sees that as strange. Most universities in Germany are public and cheap, your grades the only major hurdle. Education in that sector tries to be a lot more egalitarian. But of course that also means the 'elitism' shine is not really there, the ammenities in colleges are also not the same. It's literally just a bunch of buildings to study and get a degree; no more, no less. US colleges sometimes resemble micro-cities with their own sports teams, facilities that look like those of major corporations, student dorms and so on. And that luxury costs money.
thank you for your intake, this was nice to read 😊there are so many different aspects i've noticed so far and i think it's really fun to live in a different way however i will say that i'm actually not underage (i know i look younger haha); and my family has had to deal with a lot of problems regarding the American health care system, but i just didn't have to pay anything myself. so that's also why i really love the healthcare in Germany. but yes i definitely don't want to comment on anything i don't know about, which is why i stuck to talking about my feelings and not the logistics :)
Julia.. again a very funny and intelligent video!!..👍👍👍... You made me like.. even the saxons!!.. Dear Saxons.. part of you are against everything..😢.. but we like and need you in Germany.. 😉
There is definitely xenophobia in Germany, and not too little, especially if you come to the eastern federal states. But it only affects you a little, if at all, if you are American or French. Or otherwise have a Central European nationality. If you came from Algeria, Syria, Iraq or Lebanon, you would have far more problems in Saxony. You can believe me on that.
That is not completly correct. Sure, there is Bafög for Abitur which one does not have to pay back, and there is Bafög for study which has to be paid back. And if one falls to a low school (special or special needs school). he hardly ever gets out of there. And if so, only with great difficulty via detours! In the US, you can choose what you want to do. In Germany, it's the teachers and the grades that decide.
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O MY God!! -this is the best ever informative useful, yet simple, clip I have seen about Germany -presented in such a profoundly outstanding way, unbelievable! I am old enough to be her father's age and cannot thank enough this extremely beautiful talented young lady! She is a true brightest STAR, and undoubtedly has a very bright future ahead of herself, I can clearly see that she will be at the highest... . I am watching this clip from Australia , and I am going to forward it to all my friends all over the world. Perhaps one of the God's rare exceptions! EXCELLENT, GOOD ON YOU young lady, WELL DONE !! I am wordless what to say/write... A big firm warm hug from us all from southern hemisphere.
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slavery is not the only "bad thing" that happened in the US. What about all the native people who died when the USA was build? This is what history calls "Genocide". But nobody in the US is seeing it that way. Only Native Americans who have just a few miles country left here and there. Germany was bad, but did never reached this kind of madness.
The right to education is a human right. Article 26 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free of charge, at least primary and basic education. Unfortunately, the U.S. does not adhere to this. They have implemented an unfair education system that favors the rich and disadvantages the poor. The USA is all about the money elite. The U.S. education system is like a pyramid, where children of poorer families struggle on the first rung, while wealthy parents build their offspring a staircase of money to the top. Criticism of this system is very restrained, because Americans are - and unfortunately not in education - trapped in selfishness; after all, everyone is the architect of his own fortune. Unfortunately, when capitalism is taken to its highest level, this is what happens.
It is also illegal for us to say that the holocaust didn´t happen. We try to hold the memory of the mistakes from the past alive to make sure it does not happen again... 😓
slavery was the first thing that came to mind, but the Native Americans would've been a better comparison. but hopefully my point was still able to get across to most people
probably because teaching and memorializing slavery and Black history is under attack right now, with right-wing politicians railing against “Critical Race Theory.” (They don’t know or care what that means; to them it means “saying critical things about racism, and we can’t have that!”
There are no human races. It is a very outdated concept to subdivide humanity like dogs. And a very unscientific one. So if somebody would ask me for my race, I would answer that I am not so familiar with motor sports. When it comes to ethnicities, their influence on people is a lot smaller than the social background. And social inequality is one of major problems that has to be taken care of.
I'm a german and I living Dresden\Saxony. Currently I learn english for my job here. It's nice to hear your meaning about our country. I think many people can't see our values like healthcare, security without weapons, puplic transportation and so on. That's too bad. Thank you for open our eyes. Have a good time in good old germany! 😉
Really great video👍🏻 I love that you’re living in Saxony, because most of the American expats living in Germany do so in the South (Bavaria, Black Forest). If they are also TH-camrs, they are kind of feeding the German stereotypes. That’s really sad, because Germany has so much to offer, and each area can be so different. If you got enough time to travel, try to go to as much different “Bundesländer” as possible 💜
I like your observations and your attitude, you really deserve being a part in the CBYX program! BTW: if you take a look at a German ID (Personalausweis) or Passport, you'll never find "race/ethnicity" in it.
thank you so much! and yeah i was about to mention how the word "race" isn't even used in germany, but i decided it'd be best to go more in depth in a different video sometime
@@julsjourneys Das ist eine sehr gute Idee mit dem separaten Video!!!! BTW: es wird in der Politik diskutiert, das Wort "Rasse" aus dem Artikel 3 des Grundgesetzes ersatzlos zu entfernen. Das hätte schon geschehen sollen, aber dann kam das Virus..... viele Grüße, Ralph
@@butenbremer1965 Das wird auch Zeit
So glad you are not regretting your decision to cross the ocean and really hoping this feeling will last !
i have a feeling it will last the whole year :)
You did a very good job with the German subtitles!
Also, I like the fit check intros. Kinda trademark already
thank you!
i love fit checks, so i’m glad you like them :)
You are wise beyond your years.
Great video.
Very well done. I especially like how seriously and honestly you handled the topics. It wasn't just in the way you said it, but you could tell by your facial expressions and body language that you felt the same way.
thank you :) i think it's important to talk about these things, but i worry something may come off the wrong way
@@julsjourneys And exactly that, is what makes the difference. It is one thing to just say something. But if you actually mean it or think about it, the very same sentence "feels" different. And i agree that you are doing a good job at that.
I love it so much that you enjoy so many things here.
Yeah we always complain about our public transportation - we all make fun of the Deutsche Bahn, but deep down we now its great that you can basically get anywhere you want
I also love that you mentioned the part about acknowledging the history. When I was in my 12th grade we went to Berlin for five days and we went to the Memorial for Murdered Jews. And that really killed me. There were those 'payphone' like things, you could pick them up and you would hear bombs, cries, and all that stuff from different concentration camps. In my school we learned about WW2 at least four times between 5th and 13th grade. We never sugarcoated anything, we were confronted with the reality. I personally also work with elderly people and the amount of people living who still remember that time is just terrifying. I got to know this one old man, who would cry when you wanted him to shower. Afraid of the gas chambers in concentration camps. Its still a big topic and I have noticed that a lot of tourists are confused when you are told you are not allowed to use the typical salut from back in the day, or say special terms and stuff. I feel that a lot of people are afraid that once the generation dies, which lived during that time, that people will forget about those times. And I feel like that is the reason there is so much emphasis on it. Never forget.
oh wow, i was just in Berlin; next time i need to take the opportunity to go there. in the US, we also learn about WW2 and the Holocaust multiple times, and they do explain how bad all of it was. however, with our own history they act different. at least most of the time (some teachers are good). i hope people don't forget once the older generation dies, but with all of the steps Germany has taken i don't think anyone will forget.
also yes, i love it here so much :)
@@julsjourneys it really is worth the visit and the visit is also free, which i feel adds to the fact that germans want their people to be educated
As a German I can only confirm your statements. Very good video I hope you enjoy your time(:
Thanks for your great content. Keep enjoying yourself and your time as an exchange student just like you have done so far! :)
thank you, i definitely will!!
Tolles Video, Julia!
Well done Lady, well done 👍
Wonderful video, pretty interesting to hear your opinions about these different things, it's really cool to see how good your subtitle works. 👍😃
thanks! i had to look up a few words for the subtitles but i'm glad they are good
@@julsjourneys
dein Deutsch ist wirklich gut, ganz ehrlich gemeint.
Great video and a good reminder for us Germans (as we are natural born complainers) how blessed we are. So if you like Germany, why not come back after school and go to university here? You would be more than welcome :).
Julia, you're So cool. What You say about acknowledging Historiker is so reflected. I apreciate that. It is woven into our DNA and of immense relevance to unverstanden, how germans see themselves. Thank you.
Very interesting. In my opinion, you are the first expat who has highlighted the subject of "Acknowledgment of History" as a positive aspect. Did Germany do that voluntarily? Meanwhile yes, since the political elite definitely want to prevent history from repeating itself. Fifty years ago things looked a little different, as many of the followers and perpetrators from the war were still alive and basically didn't want to know anything more about the subject.
i feel like a lot of people don't talk about how much Germany has improved since then, and it's something i really appreciate about the country. it should be talked about more!
@@julsjourneys It surprises me even more that you’re living in Saxony and feel like the people around you acknowledge the history.
Saxony is probably the state (along with Thuringia) with the most right wing voters and extremists in Germany, it’s often seen as a part of society ignoring the wrong doings of the past.
@@klamin_original Look at the trump voters in US. Idiots are not a special Problem in Germany
@@klamin_original It would look different if you (purely outwardly) could give the impression of not being European.
More police checks, more prejudices, fewer nice people.
What do you think about our dialects?
Bayerisch / Bavarian: th-cam.com/video/ez5zjxJmQtw/w-d-xo.html + th-cam.com/video/YU1QSivBo6s/w-d-xo.html
Sächsisch / Saxony: th-cam.com/video/3r4XOIn4pt8/w-d-xo.html
Berlinerisch / Berlin: th-cam.com/video/YbjTpVrMehw/w-d-xo.html
Schwäbisch: th-cam.com/video/xjoNeTdO2S4/w-d-xo.html
Köln / Cologne: th-cam.com/video/L-AfaPcKAk8/w-d-xo.html
Plattdeutsch: th-cam.com/video/s6jCmmoW-Ao/w-d-xo.html
Hessisch: th-cam.com/video/TW7fvaSXmIA/w-d-xo.html
Die Geschichte der deutschen Dialekte: th-cam.com/video/noNmG8hH-gA/w-d-xo.html
Julia, du bist ein tolles Mädçhen. Ich habe dein Video genossen. Ich liebe deine tolle und ehrliche Art, über Probleme zu sprechen. Und nebenbei, du bist sehr hübsch!
thank you for your video and lovely greetins from southwest germany.
I haven't watched all of your videos yet. How big is the city you went to as an exchange student?
I know several areas in Germany and I have to say that public transport varies extremely. In some areas there are only school buses or almost unaffordable single trips.
I Germany, local public transport is also subsidized by the state, I don't think that's usually the case in the USA, isn't it?
Compared to the USA, Germany is very densely populated.
( USA 34 people per km² Germany 236 people per km² )
That's closer than if the entire US were populated like Connecticut (252 people per km² ) or Massachusetts (255 people per km² ).
Sehr interessant was Du sagst. Du bist eine sehr gute Beobachterin und siehst viele Unterschiede zu Deinem Heimatland . In Deutschland vergessen die Menschen oft, welche positiven Seiten ihr Land hat.
School children do not necessarily have to go to concentration camps (unfortunately). This differs from state to state and then from teacher to teacher here in Germany. For example, I was visiting a concentration camp monument for the first time when I was a conscript of the german Army (Bundeswehr). But in fact, it also varies greatly there, depending on where you did the basic training.
ah i see! thank you for this info :)
About the health care: If you wanted you could do CBYX Young Professionals?
If we want to save climate, one important action (among many other) will be to expand public transport in many countrys of the world to reduce individual traffic. Every day millions of people commute to their jobs in their own cars and in every car just a single person. This is such an immense waste of energy (gas)...
oh my gosh how could i have forgotten to mention climate change! another great thing about Germany
@@julsjourneys You didn't forget it. It was just (hidden) part of your public transport topic... 😉
Listen to you makes me Proud to be a German. Thanks for that. Your welcome. 🤗
Agree with everything you said
Germans tend to compliment english speaking ppl if their german is pronounced correctly. If you say a german sentence and it's pronounced well enough, it really just takes 1 or 2 sentences to be complimented
US students can think logically earlier)))
Soldiers from Canada, USA and Great Britain have left their mark in some regions in Germany (West) and Russia in East Germany (GDR). We are - little Canada on ice.. discover these local memories - ask about them.
That's a bold assumption if you compare OECD data. Just because the Ivory-Leauge universities are very good, not the same apply to the average student aka greetings to expat students who improve intellectual climate at US unis
3:30 Slavery is just one thing. However if you want to compare something to the holocaust I'd say the genocide committed against the native americans is more like the holocaust than slavery.
that's true now that i think about it. i think slavery came to my mind first because we barely learn about the native americans in school. very sad
Hi Julia, nice video.
Now combine #2 and #5 with the fact that your favorite city in Germany, Mainz, has had a budget surplus of one billion Euros this year thanx to BioNTech paying its taxes there, and is already planning to invest much of this and what's to come in the future into its university, one of the largest in the country. ;-)
Regarding #4, I'm afraid the positive experience may also have to do with the fact that you are not a dark-skinned young man. Unfortunately, not every foreign person has such positive experiences in certain areas of the country...
Take care.
oh wow, that's awesome for Mainz!
you're right, i would say that plays a big part unfortunately. i hope most of them are kind to other foreigners but i can't know
Nice Video:) I'm from northern Germany "Schwerin" and I must say we have a lot of racism and anti-Semitism in Germany and unfortunately most of them in Sachsen and Sachsen-Anhalt see the AFD political party
but I hope you have already gotten to know the soccer culture in Germany and have eaten the favorite dish of the Germans, the "Döner-Kebab".😊
I’d love to interview you about life in Germany as a foreigner!
Wir Deutsche wissen, dass unsere Sprache sehr schwer zu erlernen ist und freuen uns über jeden Ausländer, der es dann gut spricht.
jede Sprache hat ihre Herausforderungen! aber ich finde Deutsch macht Spaß 😊
@@julsjourneys Weiterhin viele Spaß beim Deutsch lernen und in Deutschland!
Aber ist logischer aufgebaut als englisch.
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Thank you, Julia, you are also very nice and sweet ;)
Have you ever seen the video of Felicia from Munich ("Feli") telling the 20 german words that you US-Americans have integrated in your language without knowing it? ^^ Funny, as well as her video about all the german brands, that you don't pronounce right... ;)
Stumbled upon your videos by accidents. In general, as you grow up further, you'll realize that certain things between the US and Germany (and Europe at large) are just...different. Some things are better, some things worse and some things are just....different, neither good or bad. It's popular nowadays on both sides of the ocean to follow opinions without specifically knowing why things are the way they are. I'm glad you get to experience a different way of life and can compare a little.
About some of your points (sorry for the large comment lol)
1. Yes, public transportation is very standard and advanced in Germany (Europe in general is above average compared to the world) although it does still have its caveats. The US was and still is horrific in that aspect although it used to have a bit more of that stuff in the early days like streetcars were actually a thing in a lot of US cities. But due to different development paths, the US and Germany are now very far away from each other in terms of public transportation.
2. Universal healthcare. I know political debates do get down to teenagers but most know very little about details. You have very little experience dealing with your own health insurance in either Germany or the US as you are underage still and are always covered in some shape or form. The US system famously has tons of rather large holes but you probably never have encountered them before. My suggestion would be to actually refrain from commenting on this until you actually have to deal with it yourself when you enter into the world of work.
3. The different treatments of history teaching, the US is in the priviledged position to teach history from a point of victory and success. This is why the attitude towards negative things in its own backyard has always been very iffy. The US likes to gloss over the dark spots a lot. But the US is by no means the only country that fluffs up its own history. In fact, I would say the majory of countries in the world are a bit less detailed about the negative aspects of their own history. You know the famous saying 'History is written from the perspective of the victors, not the losers'? Yeah this applies here. A more interesting comparison actually is between history teaching in Germany vs Japan since both were on the losing side in the last big war. Because the way they teach history in these two countries is very different despite both being losers.
4. Diversity: This is actually a good point. Germany (and Europe) has its own take on the topic. Coming from the US you might only know one type of diversity that is specifically US flavored but internationally, diversity is not the same everywhere and there are different things that people understand under the term diverse. The term 'race' specifically is ingrained into the modern English language, like people in the US use it so casually like it is a natural thing to talk about race and in censuses and in politics. But in German, 'race' as a word has been largely absent since the Holocaust because the word is poisoned now when it comes to humans. The meaning of 'race' in German is now specifically associated with 'biologal race' only, there is no 'social race' concept in the word 'race'. Thus there is only 1 human race biologically. That is a medical fact. Instead, German speakers refer to 'ethnicities' and 'nationalities'. No 'biracial' couples, only 'bi-national' or 'bi-cultural' couples.
5. Directness is a thing in continental Europe, although in Germany specifically, some Germans forget that 'rudeness' and 'directness' are still two different concepts. Don't be surprised to encounter the occasional rude person masking it off as 'directness'
6. Tuition fees for college. This is a thing in general in the English-speaking world: Private colleges dominate in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (although the US really does stand out in that aspect because the amount is rather shocking). Elitism and exclusivity is a big thing in that circle, everyone wants to be elite and nobody sees that as strange. Most universities in Germany are public and cheap, your grades the only major hurdle. Education in that sector tries to be a lot more egalitarian. But of course that also means the 'elitism' shine is not really there, the ammenities in colleges are also not the same. It's literally just a bunch of buildings to study and get a degree; no more, no less. US colleges sometimes resemble micro-cities with their own sports teams, facilities that look like those of major corporations, student dorms and so on. And that luxury costs money.
thank you for your intake, this was nice to read 😊there are so many different aspects i've noticed so far and i think it's really fun to live in a different way
however i will say that i'm actually not underage (i know i look younger haha); and my family has had to deal with a lot of problems regarding the American health care system, but i just didn't have to pay anything myself. so that's also why i really love the healthcare in Germany. but yes i definitely don't want to comment on anything i don't know about, which is why i stuck to talking about my feelings and not the logistics :)
Julia.. again a very funny and intelligent video!!..👍👍👍... You made me like.. even the saxons!!.. Dear Saxons.. part of you are against everything..😢.. but we like and need you in Germany.. 😉
aww i'm so happy i changed your perspective on them a little bit 😊
@@julsjourneys yes, you did.. but only because of your compensatory justice..!!💖
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I love your video it’s amazing julia I hope I can go to Germany to visit you and you are beautiful
The way she looks is not relevant for this video !!!
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There is definitely xenophobia in Germany, and not too little, especially if you come to the eastern federal states. But it only affects you a little, if at all, if you are American or French. Or otherwise have a Central European nationality. If you came from Algeria, Syria, Iraq or Lebanon, you would have far more problems in Saxony. You can believe me on that.
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That is not completly correct. Sure, there is Bafög for Abitur which one does not have to pay back, and there is Bafög for study which has to be paid back. And if one falls to a low school (special or special needs school). he hardly ever gets out of there. And if so, only with great difficulty via detours!
In the US, you can choose what you want to do. In Germany, it's the teachers and the grades that decide.
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O MY God!! -this is the best ever informative useful, yet simple, clip I have seen about Germany -presented in such a profoundly outstanding way, unbelievable! I am old enough to be her father's age and cannot thank enough this extremely beautiful talented young lady! She is a true brightest STAR, and undoubtedly has a very bright future ahead of herself, I can clearly see that she will be at the highest... . I am watching this clip from Australia , and I am going to forward it to all my friends all over the world. Perhaps one of the God's rare exceptions! EXCELLENT, GOOD ON YOU young lady, WELL DONE !! I am wordless what to say/write... A big firm warm hug from us all from southern hemisphere.
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Well, of course there ARE also human Races.... (not only Pet Races). But the important Thing is: Does that really matter for the "Worth" of anybody ? The only real Difference it makes, is mabye just, that SOME People can be harder seen at Night,... SOME can be seen harder in Snow. 8-P Haha.
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slavery is not the only "bad thing" that happened in the US. What about all the native people who died when the USA was build? This is what history calls "Genocide". But nobody in the US is seeing it that way. Only Native Americans who have just a few miles country left here and there. Germany was bad, but did never reached this kind of madness.
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Chatters about slavery but the Indian story forgets it! Much worse than a people, no, destroying a nation is not possible, right?
The right to education is a human right. Article 26 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: "Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free of charge, at least primary and basic education.
Unfortunately, the U.S. does not adhere to this. They have implemented an unfair education system that favors the rich and disadvantages the poor. The USA is all about the money elite.
The U.S. education system is like a pyramid, where children of poorer families struggle on the first rung, while wealthy parents build their offspring a staircase of money to the top.
Criticism of this system is very restrained, because Americans are - and unfortunately not in education - trapped in selfishness; after all, everyone is the architect of his own fortune.
Unfortunately, when capitalism is taken to its highest level, this is what happens.
yeah it's very sad :( at least there are scholarships and financial aid to help students, but i still think college is way too expensive
It is also illegal for us to say that the holocaust didn´t happen. We try to hold the memory of the mistakes from the past alive to make sure it does not happen again... 😓
You compared the Slavery with the Holocaust didn't you forget the genocide of the American native Nations?
slavery was the first thing that came to mind, but the Native Americans would've been a better comparison. but hopefully my point was still able to get across to most people
probably because teaching and memorializing slavery and Black history is under attack right now, with right-wing politicians railing against “Critical Race Theory.” (They don’t know or care what that means; to them it means “saying critical things about racism, and we can’t have that!”
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You will not have proplems in saxony couse you are a white person but sadly there are compared to other regions lot of far right and Nazi people
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There are no human races. It is a very outdated concept to subdivide humanity like dogs. And a very unscientific one. So if somebody would ask me for my race, I would answer that I am not so familiar with motor sports.
When it comes to ethnicities, their influence on people is a lot smaller than the social background. And social inequality is one of major problems that has to be taken care of.
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