Teste dein HÖRVERSTEHEN | Wir sprechen über unsere SCHULZEIT (Echtes Deutsch)

Hello and welcome back to our channel. Today we have another video together with Laura and me. And today I'm going to interview Laura about a topic you don't know yet. This video is perfect for you if you want to practice your listening skills. Because at the end of the video you'll find some questions with which you can test how well you understood us. Because we're going to speak in our native language, German, at our normal speed and so on. That means it's perfect for you. And if it should go too fast for you, you can always activate the subtitles. But feel free to try without them. And you'll be amazed at how much you actually already understand. Okay, dear Laura, are you ready? It depends on what you have in mind. Okay. Today I would like to talk to you about school time. Okay. And maybe you can... The first question would be... Did you have a good school time overall? Do you think positively about your school time? Or maybe also rather negatively? Or mixed feelings? Yes, I think I really have mixed feelings. It was always phase-by-phase. There were phases where I liked to think back. Then phases that I would like to fade out. And then towards the end comes another phase, which was actually pretty good again. So it was like an up and down. Can you say about which school time you're talking about? So is that the time when you were in elementary school? Or after elementary school you went to high school. Was that especially during this time? Are there maybe also differences between elementary school and high school? I think so. So I actually only have positive memories of elementary school. Do you still have many? Yes, actually a few. Elementary school was from 6 to 10, I think. That was actually consistently positive. And then in high school it also started well. And then came puberty and such things. And it wasn't so much the school that was the problem, but rather the environment with friends. And what I don't know. What somehow developed so strangely in part. And that's why it was kind of an up and down. But I have now actually referred to high school, where this up and down was. Okay. Was there a subject? Then let's talk about the high school time. Was there a subject that you really liked? Yes. So in the beginning it was actually Latin. I already know, yes. But I can understand it. You don't understand it? You already understand it, yes. I like Latin. I'm a total Latin fan. We had ... Why? I don't know. I think it brought me so much for other languages. I then also learned Spanish and Italian and such. And it's just so structured and so clear somehow. I loved it so much. I really liked it. And you have to say, we had about the strictest teacher I've ever seen. But still, it was somehow a good relationship. But you just had to learn. You had to learn how to learn disciplinedly. And that brought me so much. And yes, I just found it totally fascinating. Were you good at Latin? So do you also have good grades? Yes. So I wasn't a flyer now. But I already had good grades. I wasn't always the one who had the A's and stuff. But I was good. So yes. Exactly. Okay. And was there a subject that you couldn't stand at all? Yes, indeed. That was ... I don't even know what to start with. Well, no. Actually, mainly physics, I have to say. Oh, great. So it was sometimes math in between. I was still pretty good at the beginning. Then not again at some point. But physics was kind of something where I thought to myself, no, just ... It's just not mine. Okay. So in general, the natural sciences weren't really my favorite subject. Okay. So I've always been more of a linguist. Although that's not entirely true either. So biology and chemistry, I thought that was great again. But physics and math, you really managed to drive me crazy with that. Was it also because of the teachers? Sometimes. Or really because it just didn't interest you or because it was difficult for you to grasp? Oh yes. Especially physics. I don't know. It still happens to me these days when someone asks me how it can happen that an airplane stays in the air or a cruise ship or such a cargo ship does not sink. I don't understand that. Of course there are physical explanations for this, but it just doesn't fit in my head somehow. Does it have anything to do with that? Yes, definitely. So I think it also had to do with time. So with my age that I had back then. Because, of course, when you're in puberty and the physics teacher tries to explain something to you about I don't know what, where you may not have any reference to it at all, then of course it's not that interesting at first. And it was just all a bit too wild for me. I couldn't grasp it. As you said, it wasn't that easy to grasp. And of course maybe the teacher, who wasn't necessarily likeable to me. I think it all kind of plays together. And you have to say, if I may say so, with math, that the teacher was a bit insulting to you, right? Yes. Well, I don't always want to blame the teacher, but in that case I really had a bit of bad luck with the teacher. He was so typical. Yes, he then said, yes, you are blonde, you are a girl, you don't have to understand math, according to the motto. And that was enough for me. Yes, understandable, of course. Yes, it also has consequences. How comfortable do you feel at all? And if you are constantly told, you can't do it, and you can't do it at all, because you are a girl. It's very narrow. Yes, totally. Let's stay on the subject of teachers. Did you also have a teacher who shaped you a lot? Or maybe also in the long run? I mean, you are a teacher yourself now, where you say you took a lot from it, also in a way or ... It's actually an interesting question, because I'm back to my Latin teacher, who was totally strict, and with whom I really learned a lot. And I really like to think back to him, because he was really a very good teacher for me. Which is a bit strange, because I myself as a teacher am totally different. I would say I'm not strict at all. Really? No, I don't think I'm strict. Because I somehow think, we work with adults and not with children, and every adult has to know for himself how much he wants to do. And if someone doesn't do the homework, then I don't stand there and say, what's going on here? So, you know what I mean? I do, but that there are certain rules or something, that ... So, I'm just thinking about my integration course, when I taught in school. Sometimes you have to be strict, and say, guys, put your phones away. Or, I don't know, take it easy. But it also depends on how you bring it all over. Whether you are unfriendly, strict, or, as the Latin teacher probably did, somehow managed to be a respectful person. And then you say something once, and then it fits. Yes, exactly. And a few things, I just assume, as you say, that you are calm, or that you come on time, or something. So, I can be unfriendly, if you don't respect these values, so to speak. That's true, yes. Okay. Did you generally ... You already indicated that there were ups and downs during your school time. What made you feel comfortable during school time? So, where you had an up, and not a down, so to speak. What was right there? What fit there? So, to be honest, I think it had little to do with the teachers, or with the subjects, but with the environment. So, we've already talked about puberty, and that's a difficult time, also for girls. I don't know if it's different for boys, but that friendships change. Then you somehow, the first friend is in love for the first time, and so on. And so much happens, which has nothing to do with school. Yes. And that, I would say, was rather a phase where everything was somehow good, where everything went well with the friends. And then there were phases where you may have argued, and then of course you didn't have a head for learning. Then you had bad grades, and so it was kind of a cycle. Yes. That was, for example, such a low point again. Yes, I totally understand. As you say, that's just a time, especially the time after elementary school, when there's just a lot going on in your own body. Yes. A lot happens there, and that you don't always, that it doesn't always harmonize, and so it's somehow clear. Yes, that's true. Is there anything you would do differently? If you had to go to school again now, would you do anything different now than your 15-year-old self? Oh, that's a very good question. I would have to think about that. Because actually I'm always someone who says, no, everything happens for a specific reason. You don't actually make mistakes, you just learn from it. Whether I would do something concretely different now, I don't know. I might not take some things so seriously, which is often a world collapse where you laugh about it today, that you say, no, I don't think that now, I wouldn't look so bad today. But yes, I would learn some things a bit more, I have to say. Especially subjects, which were not so interesting as a young girl, like history or something, I find that very interesting today. And I think, somehow I would like to repeat and learn everything again. Okay, okay. Do you generally have the feeling that the school has prepared you well for life? No. I would have to check. No, to be honest, not. So what helped me at school is to learn how to learn. Discipline in a certain way, somehow that too. But now everything you really need in real life, no matter if it's about tax explanation, about what, I don't know, everything you need in everyday life, I have to honestly say, I didn't take much with me. Or? Yes, that's true. No, I don't know right now either. I mean, I think that's also because many subjects that we had back then are no longer relevant to us at all. Yes, yes. So, of course, that's also because of our profession. So for us, German is somehow important right now. And of course, what is related to our profession, like tax explanation, everyone has to do that somehow. Yes, yes. But now something like Latin, no more touch points, physics, I don't know, biology, something like geography, for example, so geography, to be honest, I forgot a lot about that. And it's somehow also nothing that would have prepared me for life now, so to speak. Yes, that's true. But I think that's of course also somehow a bit due to the school of forms that we visited and to the branch that we chose, because we chose the linguistic branch. If we had now perhaps chosen the business-economic branch, then maybe we would have learned more about taxes at school. Could be, yes. But that just wasn't our branch. Yes, that's true. Yes, that's why I would also say somehow, I think what you learn at school, especially looking back now, is something like social competence. Yes, exactly. As you said, discipline, how do you learn at all and so on. But I think that's also something super individual, how you are yourself and which school you went to, whatever. Yes, or just a certain general education, I would say, that you definitely took that with you, because otherwise the school time wasn't that lucky. Not at all. But such concrete things, I think, it didn't bring me anything now, somehow. What was it like for you, so the subject of grade pressure or also exam fear or something like that, if you remember, for example, how was your high school exam? Did you have any nerves there or how was that? With the high school exam it went strangely, because I really had subjects in which I felt safe. I did my Abitur in biology and Spanish and in German. That's right. I was relatively calm there. Of course you are nervous there, but I knew I passed the Abitur somehow and I didn't have such a certain pressure that I know, I have to have a 1.0 Abitur now. So it was very relaxed there. Because you already knew what you wanted to study? I don't think I knew that exactly then. I knew that I wanted to do something with languages and that there were no certain restrictions or, as they say, no numerus clausus, i.e. no certain grade average that you have to have, like for example in medicine. That's why I was relatively relaxed there. If you could build your dream school, maybe as a final question, what would this school have to contain? What would it have to have? Very good question. I would wish that everyone feels comfortable, that no one has to be afraid to go to school, whether it's because of bad grades or because of classmates who, I don't know, bullying, for example, is also a big topic, that everyone just feels comfortable. And I would also try to teach more realistic things, so that somehow a little more closeness is created to real life. So that maybe you also have a kind of speaking hours, where the students can talk about the things they are currently dealing with. That the teachers also learn to understand a little better what is going on with the students. So why don't they have a head for physics or something else right now? Although I have to say fairly, I don't even know if something like that doesn't already exist today. Because my school time is already a little over. So it may be that a lot has already changed, but I think that's nice. That it just gets a little closer to reality and is a place where everyone can feel comfortable. Yes, I think that's also something that we both experienced. Especially in language class, when I think of my Spanish class, I had stomach cramps before every Spanish lesson. Because I was so afraid of being asked or the blackboards coming up and asking for vocabulary. I think that's a point that has shaped me a lot for my current professional life. Because I always think that every lesson that I teach, that I give, should be a comfort zone for everyone. So that no one has to be afraid to speak, to make mistakes. No one is laughed at in my class or whatever. I think that's something that has shaped me a lot. Because I experienced it differently. And maybe the teacher can't do much about it, because it was common for us that you were asked to come up to the blackboard. That was the case with us back then. I don't know how it is today. But still. And also this class atmosphere. There were some who were already ultra good and had a really good pronunciation. And then I came up with my Bavarian-Spanish accent. But you know, that plays a role. So I told myself that I don't want to be a teacher like that. I want to create a comfort zone. A comfort atmosphere in class. And I think I can do that pretty well. And you too, right? We do that pretty well. Exactly. Okay, Laura. Thank you for this nice conversation. Thank you. And now it's your turn to test yourself how well you understood our conversation. So stay tuned. We'll show you some questions. I'm very curious. Write in the comments how many questions you answered correctly. Thank you, Laura. See you in the next video. Bye-bye.