• Opinion

    Two Sides of Learning

    By Lisa Krmek Culver has had its fair share of foreign exchange students, so they know school isn’t the same everywhere. School hours, subjects, and the overall atmosphere is different everywhere, but while some American students are complaining about school life here in America, German students are dreaming about it.  While both countries aim to educate students and prepare them for the future, they take very different approaches. America combines learning with fun things like dances, prom, and other school activities, but German students don’t have anything like that. In Germany the focus is entirely on learning and education. Also in Germany, students often finish school early in the afternoon,…