a cute study abroad story from my history teacher
so his friend goes to Germany to study abroad for 3 months, right? and sheâs studied German in school, but she certainly isnât fluent, and she never put a ton of effort into it, just a normal amount. And when she gets to Germany, her host family doesnât speak English. at all. not a word. two adults and four children and none of them are speaking english. itâs absolute hell to get by, sheâs constantly gesturing and enunciating and having to speak perfect German (they werenât very good at understanding her unless it was perfect) and itâs three tiring months of nonstop German action. and on the last day theyâre sitting at the dinner table and the father turns to her and says in wonderfully fluent english, âso Iâd say your Germanâs improved quite a bit since you got here.â
OH MY GODDDDD
Germans are your best friends â the hard way.














