Amsterdam
Hallo jeder! Here’s my weekend post for last weekend, April 1-2. I’ve been busy this week, so it’s a bit late, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless! After my trip to Essen (see previous post), I had a mostly normal uneventful school week. The end of March/beginning of April is time for mid-semester exams in Germany, and I took my English exam on Wednesday. English class in Germany is pretty interesting, because it shows you what it’s like to learn your own native language, and what some of the most difficult nuances are. It’s also a nice course to have because it’s very easy, of course. But it’s definitely not a beginner’s course. In Germany, English is a mandatory course, and they begin very early in elementary school. By 10th grade, which I’m in, most students are already very proficient, and have no trouble speaking English. It’s generally a very different method than in the US, where foreign language courses often are not so ...