Sonntag, 15. April 2012

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Well today I'm in a good mood that means that I will write another post today. But still nt about my easter trip. Not yet. Because I have to do my Religion work and the post I now make requires a bit of thinking so I can do that during I write :D
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:

  1. You do everything by car, even throwing things away you just drive to a special garbage can
  2. you hardly walk anywhere
  3. 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 
  4. you eat a lot of stuff only with your hands. Silverware is out ;)
  5. You don't need money for the carts at the grocery stores. You just take them and can leave them n the parking lot 
  6. you get free refills on beverages in every restaurant 
  7. the waiters/waitresses are super friendly
  8. Strangers call you sweetheart, sweetie, honey,.... 
  9. the toilets are really weird 
  10. you have a lot of no-touch things around here to make everything cleaner
  11. everybody is scared of germs
  12. hand sanitizer on every corner 
  13. Everybody has an allergy, disease 
  14. Tornadoes are really likely go come with a thunderstorm
  15.  When a thunderstorm is coming you have interruption on the radio and on TV to announce it 
  16.  you can get school free days because of snow 
  17. Snow is a disaster, almost everything is closed and everything which is closed appears on the TV 
  18. School ends way earlier 
  19. School begins way earlier 
  20. People really wanna get out of the USA 
  21. It's really religious here
  22. you don't only see old people in church 
  23.  churches are pretty full 
  24. people are not that greedy 
  25. when you meet for the first time you get hugged 
  26. Doing sports at school  is taken super seriously 
  27. 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,..... 
  28. School is incredibly easy for everybody in the world except Americans 
  29. Nobody seems to have a pencil bag, they all own only 1 pencil 
  30. you need to have a hallway pass to walk on the hallway during class
  31. almost all of the rules they tell you that are super serious are not taken that seriously 
  32. P.E: lessons are a joke, you hardly get any exercise 
  33. Basketball is a big deal and the games are awesome, the spirit there is great
  34. cheerleaders are cute, talented and loud 
  35. School is longer 
  36. you have study halls every day 
  37.  you have the same schedule every day in the week 
  38. exchange students are super smart 
  39. you really have the lockers on the hallway like in the movies 
  40. in some schools you are not allowed to lock them 
  41. in some schools they really do that fake baby thing where you have to take care of it 
  42. you can choose your classes from year to year 
  43.  you have 4 quarters, and after every quarter you get a gradesheet 
  44. after 2nd and 4th quarter you have final tests
  45. you can use cheat sheets some times in a test -LEGALLY!
  46. american teenager consider themselves dumb 
  47. everybody has their own car and driving licence on their 16th birthday 
  48. usually the cars of the teenager are a mess on the backseat :P 
  49.  everybody is very helpful and keen on giving you a ride 
  50. Sporting events are super popular 
  51. Pancakes are good 
  52. the iHOP place is a pancake restaurant (International House Of  Pancakes) and it's delicious 
  53. Walmart is awesome ad they sell Milka there
  54. you can have everything in cinnamon and Peanutbutter 
  55. the bread is different but doesn't taste as good as the Austrian one 
  56. Nobody believes me that Austrian bread is better, except people who tasted it before 
  57. Everybody loves Austrian chocolate 
  58. people are a lot more friendlier here 
  59. American Idol is great 
  60. Movies are better in the original language 
  61. In the cinema you can get into the theater where your movie is about an hour before it starts 
  62. they have a program in the theater before the movie starts 
  63. you can get a free refill on popcorn 
  64. there are really that typical american layout cinemas 
  65. you can choose your seat in the theater when you get in and can sit anywhere 
  66. the prices are much cheaper 
  67. there are also some really expensive stores though 
  68. other foreigners understand you better 
  69. every exchange student has an accent you don't hear but all the others do 
  70. EF is different to every student 
  71. there are different units in everything 
  72. the USA seems to be the only country in the world with those weird units 
  73. normal houses have only the ground floor and a basement. 
  74. everybody drives bigger cars 
  75. they have dr. pepper (but it's disgusting) 
  76. the people are not shy of taking pictures 
  77. frozen yogurt is awesome 
  78. the mall of America is really big
  79. Iowa looks kinda like Austria 
  80. they have a lot of wind mills in Iowa 
  81. the capital of weird things- the USA 
  82. Las Vegas is really awesome too ;) 
  83. American big cities are different than Austrian ones 
  84. every thing seems more modern 
  85. weather changes are really sudden (at least in Nebraska) 
  86. Nebraska is the corn field state :P 
  87. Football and Baseball are really big deals 
  88. there are no old castles 
  89. 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) 
  90. being foreign gives you some advantages at school 
  91. never take abc gum when somebody offers it to you 
  92. they have awesome gum flavors 
  93.  St Patricks day is only a day where people get drunk 
  94. the laws are stricter 
  95. when you are 18 you are not considered an adult 
  96. American cookies are awesome 
  97. Hersheys chocolate is the best chocolate you can get and it tastes like cheap chocolate in Austria :P
  98. kisses and hugs is chocolate 
  99. Valentines day in celebrated more 
  100. Apple in very in 
  101. They do have the yellow car game too 
What people learned from me :
  1. Yes we are skiing in Austria 
  2. Not the whole Austria is mountains 
  3. we have a different german accent 
  4. Austrian is not a language
  5. Austria and Australia are not the same
  6. We have the same Internet in Austria and in the USA 
  7. Youtube is also the same 
  8. We do have facebook 
  9. We can buy ipods,  iphones,....
  10. we do have snow in Austria 
  11. we have one timezone in Austria 
  12. We speak German in Austria 
  13. We have no kangaroos there
  14. We have euros in Austria 
  15. Austria is in Europe and it's next to Italy 
  16. we don't have many bears there 
  17. School is more difficult in Austria- much MUCH more difficult 
  18. Austria is tiny 
  19. everybody learns English at school 
  20. we do have to wear seat belts 
Ok that's it because I didn't write a single line in my religion thing :D I think I should do that
Good I'll leave you here and get hopefully the chance to  write about my easter trip soon ....

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