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We host a German foreign exchange student from Hannover. He talks a lot about meeting friends after school, that the late afternoon is his (not taken up by spo
by aantix 4y ago
We host a German foreign exchange student from Hannover.
He talks a lot about meeting friends after school, that the late afternoon is his (not taken up by sports or clubs like in the U.S.).
That everyone rides bikes or public transit, and it doesn't sound like there's much parental oversight (not a judgement, just my observations from our conversations).
- aidenn0 4y agoI went on exchange to a small town in Thueringen, and can confirm that elementary school aged children got to school on their own, including Gymnasium students (starts at age 10) who had to take public transit to the next town (there was no Gymnasium in this town).
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- nmeagent 4y agoWell at least some people in the world are still allowed to grow up with some measure of independence intact. This sounds a lot like my environment growing up in suburban Indianapolis in the 80s and early 90s (though probably with a lot less public transit); I'm not sure what kind of person I would be today without the freedom to roam unsupervised for much of the day. I wonder what kind of adults we're ultimately producing in the US today...