So ok since half of my time here is already over, I will make a small "halftime show" and list aaaall the things that come into my mind about America. I know that I already made one list of this kind but my goal is that this one is different ;) Then let's not waste time and I will begin straight at the beginning!
Good first of all all the things that I've already learned here:
- You do everything by car, even throwing things away you just drive to a special garbage can
- you hardly walk anywhere
- When you wear jeans and tshirt you are already considered as dressed up. Sweatpants or sports shorts are normal wear you wear when you go to the restaurant, grocery store or shopping
- you eat a lot of stuff only with your hands. Silverware is out ;)
- You don't need money for the carts at the grocery stores. You just take them and can leave them n the parking lot
- you get free refills on beverages in every restaurant
- the waiters/waitresses are super friendly
- Strangers call you sweetheart, sweetie, honey,....
- the toilets are really weird
- you have a lot of no-touch things around here to make everything cleaner
- everybody is scared of germs
- hand sanitizer on every corner
- Everybody has an allergy, disease
- Tornadoes are really likely go come with a thunderstorm
- When a thunderstorm is coming you have interruption on the radio and on TV to announce it
- you can get school free days because of snow
- Snow is a disaster, almost everything is closed and everything which is closed appears on the TV
- School ends way earlier
- School begins way earlier
- People really wanna get out of the USA
- It's really religious here
- you don't only see old people in church
- churches are pretty full
- people are not that greedy
- when you meet for the first time you get hugged
- Doing sports at school is taken super seriously
- when teacher write an E or EVEN after numbers for homework that means you only have to do the even numbers like 2,4,6,8,.....
- School is incredibly easy for everybody in the world except Americans
- Nobody seems to have a pencil bag, they all own only 1 pencil
- you need to have a hallway pass to walk on the hallway during class
- almost all of the rules they tell you that are super serious are not taken that seriously
- P.E: lessons are a joke, you hardly get any exercise
- Basketball is a big deal and the games are awesome, the spirit there is great
- cheerleaders are cute, talented and loud
- School is longer
- you have study halls every day
- you have the same schedule every day in the week
- exchange students are super smart
- you really have the lockers on the hallway like in the movies
- in some schools you are not allowed to lock them
- in some schools they really do that fake baby thing where you have to take care of it
- you can choose your classes from year to year
- you have 4 quarters, and after every quarter you get a gradesheet
- after 2nd and 4th quarter you have final tests
- you can use cheat sheets some times in a test -LEGALLY!
- american teenager consider themselves dumb
- everybody has their own car and driving licence on their 16th birthday
- usually the cars of the teenager are a mess on the backseat :P
- everybody is very helpful and keen on giving you a ride
- Sporting events are super popular
- Pancakes are good
- the iHOP place is a pancake restaurant (International House Of Pancakes) and it's delicious
- Walmart is awesome ad they sell Milka there
- you can have everything in cinnamon and Peanutbutter
- the bread is different but doesn't taste as good as the Austrian one
- Nobody believes me that Austrian bread is better, except people who tasted it before
- Everybody loves Austrian chocolate
- people are a lot more friendlier here
- American Idol is great
- Movies are better in the original language
- In the cinema you can get into the theater where your movie is about an hour before it starts
- they have a program in the theater before the movie starts
- you can get a free refill on popcorn
- there are really that typical american layout cinemas
- you can choose your seat in the theater when you get in and can sit anywhere
- the prices are much cheaper
- there are also some really expensive stores though
- other foreigners understand you better
- every exchange student has an accent you don't hear but all the others do
- EF is different to every student
- there are different units in everything
- the USA seems to be the only country in the world with those weird units
- normal houses have only the ground floor and a basement.
- everybody drives bigger cars
- they have dr. pepper (but it's disgusting)
- the people are not shy of taking pictures
- frozen yogurt is awesome
- the mall of America is really big
- Iowa looks kinda like Austria
- they have a lot of wind mills in Iowa
- the capital of weird things- the USA
- Las Vegas is really awesome too ;)
- American big cities are different than Austrian ones
- every thing seems more modern
- weather changes are really sudden (at least in Nebraska)
- Nebraska is the corn field state :P
- Football and Baseball are really big deals
- there are no old castles
- people like to set their marshmallows on fire when you make smores (I was the only one who let t get brown and not black)
- being foreign gives you some advantages at school
- never take abc gum when somebody offers it to you
- they have awesome gum flavors
- St Patricks day is only a day where people get drunk
- the laws are stricter
- when you are 18 you are not considered an adult
- American cookies are awesome
- Hersheys chocolate is the best chocolate you can get and it tastes like cheap chocolate in Austria :P
- kisses and hugs is chocolate
- Valentines day in celebrated more
- Apple in very in
- They do have the yellow car game too
What people learned from me :
- Yes we are skiing in Austria
- Not the whole Austria is mountains
- we have a different german accent
- Austrian is not a language
- Austria and Australia are not the same
- We have the same Internet in Austria and in the USA
- Youtube is also the same
- We do have facebook
- We can buy ipods, iphones,....
- we do have snow in Austria
- we have one timezone in Austria
- We speak German in Austria
- We have no kangaroos there
- We have euros in Austria
- Austria is in Europe and it's next to Italy
- we don't have many bears there
- School is more difficult in Austria- much MUCH more difficult
- Austria is tiny
- everybody learns English at school
- we do have to wear seat belts
Good I'll leave you here and get hopefully the chance to write about my easter trip soon ....
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