Personal Narrative: Bilingual Education In Germany

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I was five when I boarded the Delta Airlines flight heading for Germany. I confidently carried a humorously tiny carry-on bag that contained all of my essentials: colored pencils, coloring books and my stuffed animals. These items seemed important to me at the time if I wanted to keep myself busy while soaring through the clouds. My family touched down in Stuttgart and a taxi sped us over to Böblingen, a bustling town full of friendly faces about thirty minutes outside of Stuttgart. I was young and held no convictions against the individuals surrounding me because of the way they sounded or behaved. Children exposed to different nationalities at a young age immediately embrace the differences between themselves and others around them. They have not been tainted by the corruption of negative opinions from people who have never talked to someone of a different nationality. …show more content…

The school required all kids from kindergarten through eighth grade to take Spanish and German classes,where in both classes the teachers taught traditions and basic vocabulary. One day in German class, due to Christmas rapidly approaching, the entirety of the period involved decorating ornaments, singing Christmas carols in German, and learning about traditional customs of the spirited season. On the evening of December fifth, German children put shoes outside the entryway of their homes and leave them there overnight. Saint Nicholas visits the shoes overnight and stuffs them with candy for the well-behaved kids. The different German traditions have stuck with me after all this time. I feel grateful that I was fortunate enough to live in a country that enriched my life as a child and helped me appreciate the beauty in

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