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Facts about Germany through the eyes of Russians
Our reader writes Daria Arsenteva: Since I am a student, we will go over the peculiarities of German universities
1. In Germany, considered indecent to sniff, but loud sneeze - in the order of things. And the situation when, during a lecture, Professor deafeningly blows his nose into the microphone, it is quite normal.
2. Then drink a lot of beer. A lot of beer. Beer is drunk everywhere and always. We at the University even has its own bar. After the lectures, there's usually a lot of people (atmosphere: Homework + beer), while in between classes no one stops, the main thing not to brawl and to be adequate.
3. Education, by the way, free in most universities: you only pay a small fee per semester about € 200, which is already included in the ticket, often acting on all federal lands.
4. And because travel in Germany is quite expensive, it is very convenient. The usual fare for an hour costs about € 2, tickets are only sold in vending machines at bus stops or in the tram. If necessary, you can buy a ticket in the transport office, but they are few and must be sought.
5. How to get expensive, but the penalty is much more - from € 40. Control is relatively rare, but it is practically impossible to wriggle. Recently controllers become encrypted in plain clothes, so they are very difficult to detect.
6. More about the travel: The ticket is valid on all modes of transport, that is, except for taxis, including ferries and cable cars, if any.
7. At the New Year is not to give gifts - this is December 5 Nikolaustag, or the day of St. Nicholas. For children it is like Santa Claus: comes in and gives gifts for good behavior. :)
8. Also, the children decided to give 1 December Adventskalender. It can be paper or cloth, or even what you want, divided into 25 cells (exactly before Christmas). Every day you need to open the cell, and there will be sweet or something (we, the students, the university also are distributed, pleased :)).
9. Prepare for Christmas begin almost from October. But at the end of November already universally hovers the spirit of Christmas. :)
10. semester in universities shifted by about a month (or even more), compared with other countries. Study begins in October and April. Exams for a long time - and a half months. So for the exam a week - this is normal. Therefore Study winter ends in March, and in the summer - in August.
11. In Germany, a modular system of education. This means that not necessarily the end of the semester to take certain things - most importantly, that in obtaining a diploma, they must all be delivered. But when they take and in what order - a private matter, although there is a tentative plan to make it easier to plan.
12. For this reason, Study may be extended by 2-3 years. While the average duration of study (not including Masters) seven years instead of three (Bachelor) or five (diploma). E. The eternal students here - this is the norm.
13. The lectures can be eaten. In the dining room, even the soup takeaway has so often in the middle of the day in lectures eat soup.
14. By the way, the lecture - crowded event (200-300) as the subject may not even be in one specialty. But the workshops are already divided into groups of 20-30 people. So there is no permanent group in Russia.
15. And yet very few oral exams. Some specialties none at all.
16. If you fill up one exam three times, you can say goodbye with a specialty in general. And not only in the university - in all of Germany.
17. In the pre-Christmas time in December, selling, and sometimes handed out at the University of mulled wine. And yes, you can drink on a pair. :)
18. ALWAYS dorms each student is allocated their own room. Settle (be) on the two simply can not.
19. The cheapest place to eat - a student cafeteria (we have, for example, about ten). But only if you are a student. If not, it's Asian cuisine. There are many in every city, and there's always huge portions.
20. Children are not brought up in Germany, so that teens can be very unfriendly, Naham and generally behave very indecent. But by adulthood, they magically turn into a decent Germans.
21. In Germany, on Sundays is nothing but cafes and other entertainment venues.
22. Beautiful Germans there. :) Young for the most part very well maintained, even if the full and older - sports. This generation is very fashionable to engage in some athletic sports such as bicycle or walking and running, go to Biomagazin and travel a lot.
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1. In Germany, considered indecent to sniff, but loud sneeze - in the order of things. And the situation when, during a lecture, Professor deafeningly blows his nose into the microphone, it is quite normal.
2. Then drink a lot of beer. A lot of beer. Beer is drunk everywhere and always. We at the University even has its own bar. After the lectures, there's usually a lot of people (atmosphere: Homework + beer), while in between classes no one stops, the main thing not to brawl and to be adequate.
3. Education, by the way, free in most universities: you only pay a small fee per semester about € 200, which is already included in the ticket, often acting on all federal lands.
4. And because travel in Germany is quite expensive, it is very convenient. The usual fare for an hour costs about € 2, tickets are only sold in vending machines at bus stops or in the tram. If necessary, you can buy a ticket in the transport office, but they are few and must be sought.
5. How to get expensive, but the penalty is much more - from € 40. Control is relatively rare, but it is practically impossible to wriggle. Recently controllers become encrypted in plain clothes, so they are very difficult to detect.
6. More about the travel: The ticket is valid on all modes of transport, that is, except for taxis, including ferries and cable cars, if any.
7. At the New Year is not to give gifts - this is December 5 Nikolaustag, or the day of St. Nicholas. For children it is like Santa Claus: comes in and gives gifts for good behavior. :)
8. Also, the children decided to give 1 December Adventskalender. It can be paper or cloth, or even what you want, divided into 25 cells (exactly before Christmas). Every day you need to open the cell, and there will be sweet or something (we, the students, the university also are distributed, pleased :)).
9. Prepare for Christmas begin almost from October. But at the end of November already universally hovers the spirit of Christmas. :)
10. semester in universities shifted by about a month (or even more), compared with other countries. Study begins in October and April. Exams for a long time - and a half months. So for the exam a week - this is normal. Therefore Study winter ends in March, and in the summer - in August.
11. In Germany, a modular system of education. This means that not necessarily the end of the semester to take certain things - most importantly, that in obtaining a diploma, they must all be delivered. But when they take and in what order - a private matter, although there is a tentative plan to make it easier to plan.
12. For this reason, Study may be extended by 2-3 years. While the average duration of study (not including Masters) seven years instead of three (Bachelor) or five (diploma). E. The eternal students here - this is the norm.
13. The lectures can be eaten. In the dining room, even the soup takeaway has so often in the middle of the day in lectures eat soup.
14. By the way, the lecture - crowded event (200-300) as the subject may not even be in one specialty. But the workshops are already divided into groups of 20-30 people. So there is no permanent group in Russia.
15. And yet very few oral exams. Some specialties none at all.
16. If you fill up one exam three times, you can say goodbye with a specialty in general. And not only in the university - in all of Germany.
17. In the pre-Christmas time in December, selling, and sometimes handed out at the University of mulled wine. And yes, you can drink on a pair. :)
18. ALWAYS dorms each student is allocated their own room. Settle (be) on the two simply can not.
19. The cheapest place to eat - a student cafeteria (we have, for example, about ten). But only if you are a student. If not, it's Asian cuisine. There are many in every city, and there's always huge portions.
20. Children are not brought up in Germany, so that teens can be very unfriendly, Naham and generally behave very indecent. But by adulthood, they magically turn into a decent Germans.
21. In Germany, on Sundays is nothing but cafes and other entertainment venues.
22. Beautiful Germans there. :) Young for the most part very well maintained, even if the full and older - sports. This generation is very fashionable to engage in some athletic sports such as bicycle or walking and running, go to Biomagazin and travel a lot.
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