Observations & Oddities

// October 9th, 2006 // Not Serious

german observations - warning, sweeping generalisation alert

I call this place neverland, nobody here seems to age, everyone you meet is 30 and still studying. Whats even stranger is everyone looks so young like 19, I’ve decided it must be their vegetable diets. I think Neils suggested that its because everyone studies until they are 30 so noone has experienced any stress which is why everyone appears so youthful. Absolutely everybody is a student, the goal appears not to have letters after your name but paragraphs. I’ve met few people who dont have a masters and studying here seems to be far less expensive than in the UK. No wonder the tax rate is so high in Germany, no-one here is paying tax. I’ll probably lose 88% of my wages because im one of only five people in country paying tax, I’ve alot of people to support.

german oddities

Girl comes to our house party with carrier bag, inside our spoon, knife, fork and ladel. Apparently she doesnt like to use other peoples things. I thought this was pretty awesome so tried to talk to her about it she said “I dont like other peoples things” then “Actually I dont really like other people” then she walked off. Fantastic, welcome to the party I’m so glad you came. I nearly died laughing. She didnt seem to have a problem drinking other peoples beer though, which was strange ;-)

Buying a tram ticket, little boy walks up to me and chats away in german, I look blankly and give my foreigner face (hunched shoulders, wide grin, village idiot stylee) and he starts pointing at a leaflet which is on top of the machine out of his reach. I pick it up and hand it to him, he rips it up in front of me then walks off.

I love this place, its non-stop entertainment.

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  • matt, well you're more than welcome. do a semester over here. you'll have a great time. well at least adam seems to be enjoying himself.
  • 70 Euros per semester?

    I wish that the UK was similarly priced. It just cost me over £3000 in tuition for a (planned) one year masters. Not to mention living costs and lost earnings.

    I'd like to come over there and study my little English self silly.
  • dear observer,
    carry on with your studies of the german psyche and particularities. it is interesting and entertaining at the same time to be observed by an outsider.
    in fact, studying in germany is different to what you are used to. but they are in the process of changing it. now they introduced sky-high fees. well compared to what we're used to. but only in certain regions. leipzig still costs 70 euro per semester. plus now they started the bachelors system. no more studying forever you know...
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