The German Example - Economic Scene - NYTimes.com

My German bias naturally draws me to articles like this. But I also wonder how the German government strives to be prudent without putting major dents in its public image. Do German gripe over, say, high retirement ages too? How do Germans strike a balance?

Time to get some clothes ironed.

I love these Nutella ads featuring die Mannschaft!

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One month YEAR (zomg) ago I was in Germany! I miss Deutschland ):

Thanks vodkalimey for telling me about my epic mistake.

1/5 OF A LEVELS DOWN!
The best part was that I did a question that I felt comfortable about. Let's just say I did it twice before, once for class practice and once for Prelims 8D The other questions weren't quite what I prepared for and I didn't understand the Umwelt one (this is not the time to risk vocab guesses so...) Anyway, I love Stadt und ( Read more... )

Call me geeky but I am totally fascinated and amused by the Bundeszentale fuer gesundheitliche Aufklaerung's "Wir gegen Viren" website now. Basically it's this website that informs people about pandemics and gives them tips on how to reduce their vulnerability to the viruses concerned. It's so cool that there is even a section containing wallpapers ( Read more... )

German was alright I suppose. Weird things never fail to make German exams interesting. Spent 10 minutes before the exam arguing over the air conditioner. Note: always remember to bring a sweater in case. Fortunately I sat pretty far away from the air conditioner. I hope the same goes for next Friday ( Read more... )

Und die deutsche Schueler und Schulerinnen beginnen frueher nochmal. Eeeeeee. Also, ja es stimmt, dass es einige Vorteile auch gibt. Bevor unserer ersten Pruefung in der Schule werden wir mit einem Fach schon fertig sein. Aber um dieses Vorteil zu bekommen muessen wir zuerst frueher mit der Wiederholung und den Pruefungen anfangen. Es gibt wirklich ( Read more... )

So after the paper I figured out where I went wrong in the S&S question: took S(10) - S(3) instead of S(10) - S(2). Oh well at least method's correct, just need to improve my understanding of the sigma sign...Other than that I'm thankful for being able to eventually figure out where I went wrong in the first question (or rather, where I went wrong ( Read more... )

I'm not particularly upset about losing all my vocab marks at the moment, since it was because I really had no idea whatsoever what the given words could possibly mean. Not because I forgot to study something. Not because I was careless. Not because I had a mental block. I really didn't know, but at least I have learnt. And at least that was not ( Read more... )

This time, it's Konjunktiv II.

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