22 facts about Germany through the eyes of students

Daria Arsenteva has long been studying in Germany and told 22 facts about life in this country. As a girl - a student, it will more about the features of the German universities and student life.

1. In Germany, considered indecent sniff, but loud sneeze - in the order of things. And the situation when, during a lecture, Professor deafening blows his nose into the microphone, it is quite normal.





2. Then drink a lot of beer. A lot of beer. Drink beer 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), although in between classes nobody forbids, important not to brawl and 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 since 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 much more fine - from € 40. Control occurs relatively infrequently, but is almost impossible to wriggle. Recently supervisors become encrypted in plain clothes, so they are very difficult to detect.



6. More about travel: ticket is valid on all modes of transport, that is, except for taxis, including ferries and cable cars, if any.



7. On the New Year is not customary 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 deeds.



8. Also, the children decided to give 1 December Adventskalender. It can be a 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 start almost from October. But at the end of November ubiquitous Christmas spirit soars.



10. semester in universities shifted by about a month (or even more), compared with other countries. Education 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 training system. This means that not necessarily the end of the semester to take certain subjects - most importantly, that upon receipt of a diploma, they must all be delivered. But when they pass and in what order - a private matter, although there is a rough plan to make it easier to plan.



12. For this reason, Study can 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 soup takeaway is, so often in the middle of the day in lectures eat soup.



14. By the way, lectures - crowded event (200-300) as the subject may not even be in the same 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. On some special-existent.



16. If you fill up one exam three times, you can say goodbye with a specialty in general. And not only at the university - in all of Germany.



17. In the pre-Christmas time in December, sell, 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) for 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 is Asian cuisine. A lot of them in any city, and there's always huge portions.



20. Children are brought up in Germany, so that teens can be very unfriendly, get nasty and generally behave very indecent. But to adulthood they magically turn into decent Germans.



21. In Germany, on Sundays nothing but coffee shops and other entertainment venues.



22. Beautiful Germans there. Young for the most part very well maintained, even if full and older - sports. This generation is very fashionable to engage in some type of athletic sports bike or walking or jogging, walking in Biomagazin and travel a lot.