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Like she says a lot of the things are regional. Now here In Texas we learn about all types of history not just American related history.
Connor Ferguson I live 8 miles from Massachusetts and we learned ancient history and American history...the good and the bad of how whites helped destroy whole tribes. There is an ongoing feud between the local Narragansett tribe and RI lawmakers and enforcers. Very sad to see the discrimination continue. Native Americans are among the poorest people in the country
+Lisa Mieth, Native Americans are among the poorest, because of their culture. Wealth is a cultural invention, and Europeans, especially Northern Europeans, invented modern industry alongside the United States. Poverty is the natural state of man, wealth is the exception.
Native Americans who live their natural cultures, will continue to be poor, as they were before we arrived. However, they receive quite a lot from the US government, which is why they don't starve as they often did before we arrived.
Connor Ferguson unless you go to a private school i'm sure the east coast teaches just as much as texas schools if not more on international politics
starve before you arrived ? how with all the nature farming fishing ? like are you for real.
Yusuf Nsri Native Americans were poor and often hungry. Pocahontas was not a documentary. Life was harsh for pre-agricultural natives.
I think it noteworthy that many Americans still identify in some way with their native country. I am of German & Irish descent and Istill view myself as being part of that blood heritage, even as an American. I know this too be pretty common among people, particularly in the South.
I've noticed that too. For many Americans, our ancestry is interesting to us since we see people from all over the world here. One family could come from Southeast Asia, the next door neighbor could be Russian, down the street could be Nigerian. While we may all call ourselves Americans, we still value where our ancestors are from.
It's a pretty strong thing, I think. I can't speak for all regions in the nation but down here it's def true. I think a lot of people from other countries would find that at least a little suprising. The identity of American being what it is other places.
Love that Germanic last name! haha My mothers side of the Family immigrated from the Southern end of the Rheinland valley. They came here as Weckcel ( pronounced Veck-el) but it was Americanized to Whelchel. My dads side of the family is from Ulster in northern Ireland. Crawford and Reid. I am 6'1 235lbs Reddish Blonde and Green eyes. Without a doubt theres a great amount of Celtic blood in my genes. I am blessed to live here in the US, but I am a decendent of Ireland and Germany. I
Peter Reid even more strange for people to connect somehow with their relatives' native land is the sheer lack of knowledge about that very country. Additionally, what is also strange is the fact that people do not realize that even the people in Europe are not genetically tied to their land but only culturally and those in America who identify with foreign countries have none of the culture and more of the time to their own land. All peoples are wanderers but some have wandered more recently.
William Lucas Ignorance is common place for many people in a country where true knowledge is an entrepreneurial activity. True all people are wanderers, but to assert that nobody has a national identity is to devalue all culture in general. I don't know if your comment was intended to indict Americans, or culture traditions the world over. As for myself, not only do I know the history of both places pretty well, I also speak German.
One thing to point out. History is also taught differently from state by state. In Oklahoma we learn about the Native Americans. (trail of tears and the main tribes.) So we knew about the tribes that scalped off their foes head, or what tribe came from where and who they fought and their chiefs names at the time. So if you lived anywhere that has a big native culture you will probably know more than someone east or west of the states.
mariaavila515 this is true! my school taught about the local tribe in elementary school and stopped teaching about Native Americans in general after middle school (except in passing).
I'm from Tennessee, and in junior high, we had Tennessee History, which focused on the history of the state from its creation to the present, including the relevant events related to the Native American tribes in the region. Then we had U.S. History and World History in high school.
Each state has their own state history. For example, in Indiana, we talked about the Iroquois tribes and stuff like the Indy 500. So if you live in California or Nevada, you probably will talk more about the gold rush or how it was founded
Living in NC, we didn't learn about native tribes, even though there were many in NC. We spent a lot of time on the Revolution in comparison to other things, probably because Guilford Courthouse was literally right down the road.
In New Mexico, we also learned of a fair amount of Mexican history, and the brutality of the Catholics in converting the Native Americans to Christianity. There wasn't much scalping done in NM, mostly because different sets of tribes, and less English influence, but we still definitely learned about it.
What is weird is that now, NM has a higher percentage of Native Americans than Oklahoma "Indian Territory". But that has more to do with the low population, and significantly lower representation of whites in the area. It makes for some weird things, like the Hispanic culture is so dominant there that it makes California look like Arizona (haha, posers), and then also very large Catholic population, and...
Like, so many "by percentage, NM is top in diversity", but not for Blacks. Oddly, Cryptojews are also a big thing in NM... since the Spanish Inquisition forced so many to "convert" to Catholicism... but then they have this weird meal ever Easter, and eventually no one in the family knows why they do it.
I think the biggest thing non-Americans should understand about the USA is that this country and its people are vast and very regionally diverse. Most of the stereotypes only apply to subsets of America/Americans
All I can say is, that many prejudices I had about the USA and Americans turned out to be wrong once I travelled there! Other things I learned about there was for example that in stores at the shelves there's not the ACTUAL price of the product. That was so annoying when you only had a specific amount of cash and thought it was enough but then only on the check-out they add the taxes! That's one thing many Germans probably don't know.
Whatsername The thing with having a blanket preconception about America is that it's impossible to have one that even applies to 25% of the country. It's simply too diverse and big, nothing stays the same throughout the states, not the weather, languages, accents, cultures, state run systems, taxes, infrastructure, none of it is even remotely similar throughout.
Whatsername Not in Oregon we don't have sales tax. (We also don't pump our own gas)
Mark still its just for fun, some things is different, its not like Europe is one country its even more split up than ever USA of course.
really who cares about everything being totally accurate for everyone everywere.
i feel that its mostly americans that acts like they being jumped on even as they would know who that always bring up the old ww2 Hitler stuff etc, we saved your asses and other inaccurate stuff that dont make sence if you reslly knows the history.
take it easy.
lol I guess you should have did your research before you hopped on a plane huh lol....just teasin
if you're British you should know, the British are the ones that originally taxed us for ANYTHING that came from outside of america
here is one, Germans dont know that Puerto Rico is a USA territory
zapj103 isnt that a country
+ADOLF HITLER No. It's another US territory that we didn't acquire brutally. They actually like us because they need us. Unlike Spain or England, American colonisation is not that bad.
As a freshman in high school who is taking world history (which is a required course), I think the 4th point is a bit outdated, we learned about many wars and the effects of it in early European politics. We had a unit essentially only about the 30 years war, war of Spanish succession, war of Austrian succession, and the 7 years war and the effects these wars had on European politics.
American currently living in Germany and my German neighbors were pretty surprised that we knew another language other than English. I think if you are American people just assume you only know English.
VanéRivas i would imagin spanish at least in southern US, but tvere us no real reason for a ordnary american to speak german.
all this comes from your tv shows, your movies that loves to show how stupid you are, you let the stupid people run to much, and later complains.
VanéRivas well most of them knoe just a lanquage
Yeah, it was required for students in my high school to take a second-language course. We were able to choose between Spanish, French, German, or Italian (I chose French), and the year after I graduated, they added the possibility to take Russian, Japanese, or Mandarin. We were required to take at least two semesters of the same language, to ensure we knew the language at least well enough to get around in a country of native speakers without having to find someone who knows English.
History Classes in the US aren't very american centered unless you're taking one specifically on US history. I just took an AP European class and America only came up three major times
1.) As america being a colony of The British Empire
2.) The american stock market crash of 1929 sparking the Great Depression
3.) The United states involvement in WW2 and in the creation and use of the atomic bomb.
Any other time america was mentioned was because it was prominent to Europe's development. NOT just because I live in america. As a sixth grader I learned about ancient Egypt and other ancient civilizations including the Mayans and Inca. The only US centered history classes are the ones on US history.
Living in North Carolina, I'm oblivious to how big religion is here, so it amuses me when people that move here from New York and Massachusetts do a freak out about how many churches their can be on one corner and the fact they can't buy alcohol until 12pm on Sundays. Despite those complaints and other things they dislike about the state, they do enjoy the lower cost of living, lower taxes and milder weather.
and they'll do their best to make sure your state becomes like their's...
That would be a nice thing.
The biggest problem with NC is the damn fireworks laws. I love this state, but I have to go to SC to enjoy good fireworks.
I live in North Carolina and this is so true
lol I certainly hope so, and by the looks of it North Carolina is turning into a more liberal state of the south.
Their are 11 different states in America that are each bigger than the entire United Kingdom. Then we have 39 other states also. Their is no "one true" answer to anything. Her answers were true for her. Your answers may be different. All would be true. Different strokes for different folks, or something like that.
Note that scalping has not been unique to our colonial situation, but genocide question aside, colonists and people in Europe the western expansion did scalp or authorize same. The US government, never did however.
I don't agree with her with the gun
Not all of us from th U.S. are fat.
Great video! :)
Great Video!
Here in England, I didn't start learning a foreign language until secondary school (12/13 yrs old). I studied French for about 2 years and got a "qualification" in it. I don't remember a word of French now 🙃 There's just not a lot of motivation to learn another language if you never have a need to use it. My school was also bad at teaching it and made it super boring.
Edit: I should add that I'm verrrry slowly learning German because I sometimes visit family in Germany. Then I feel like there's a need for me to learn another language.
Great video! Although I wouldn't say crocs aren't in style anymore. It also depends on where you live in the USA for wearing them. In Florida for example you see plenty of sandals, crocs, and boat shoes. Since we have hot summers. Especially near the beach areas. ;)
Very interesting vids...thank you
thank you for the videos i love them
Thank you Kyle, I appreciate that! :D
can you do a video about popular german myths and urban legends!
I'm not selling weed i'm gifting it and he just happens to be gifting me 1000 euros at the same time
Great video- and true!
we watched some of your videos in my German class. I'm taking German in high school, and I plan on staying as long as I can. I'm also going to Germany next summer as part of the class, and I'm really excited.
I'm from Alaska and no they still speak English 😂😂😂😂
Good to know :'D
You Betcha!
I heard that in some states you don´t say "queue" but people who "line up" xD
I actually haven't heard anyone say queue before! lol we all just say 'get in line' or 'waiting in line'
I would confidently say that nobody in any state in the US says "que". Yes, we say line up or get in line, or stand in line.
Fred Kleiner Yeah, but I think everyone knows what a queue is.
Everybody? Mmmmm, maybe. Certainly those who have traveled abroad, seen a foreign film or are relatively proficient in the English language. What percent are we talking about? Who knows? :)
Ja! It's a braid that the Qing government of China required all Chinese men to wear.
You two are great together!
Great video👍👍👍👍👍
she looks more german than the german
Rage Quit Hero the largest amount of white American ancestors are Germans then English
wow I disagree greatly
Rage Quit Hero When people don't understand the meaning of caucasian.
+xthatGhomiex (xthatGhomiex) causian is a made up by the u.s.government to catorize europeans people to deny individual races to catorize people into one group.
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang
Dude I'm from Massachusetts to!!!!!!!!! Go B's
Vuko, doing the 1-hour livestream before dropping the video was a cool thing to do--it made it into a more inclusive, entertaining event. Hope you can continue to do them this way and that I am able to watch them as they are streamed. :D
Also, American foods are regional as well. For example, the Southeast has "Biscuits and Gravy" while the Midwest has cheddar cheese (yellowish-orange cheese). The Southwest has Mexican-style foods and the Northeast has "Philly Cheese Steak" sandwiches and cheesecakes. Alaska has its own cuisine close to the native inuit peoples. Their language is close to the Greenlandic Inuktitut. New Orleans, Louisiana has gumbo and other dishes influenced by the French. The English language in the US is regional as well. Each state has a different sales tax, so that is partly why we add the tax to the list price and do not include the tax in the list price (America should adopt this to make it easier on shoppers).
Am I sensing eine liebe verbindung between you two? lol.
Nope ^^
eine liebe verbindung? Was soll das sein? :o
A badly translated joke.
BattleAngel1 a love connection
Michael Keller one might say an "affinity" between them.
What I have been told and makes sense, is, that the USA are more comparable to the EU than a country like Germany. So you would compare the USA to the EU and Germany to Massachusetts or something like that. And all of a sudden it looks quite similar ^^
My husband and I actually adopted the separate blanket concept from Germany when I found out about it in my German language class. We love it.
I was fortunate enough to attend a school where everyone learned German from Kindergarten to 8th grade, and this was decades ago. the school is still operating and is a public school believe it or not.
You know who's not getting germanized? "Refugees".....lol
Cold Warmth u mean we are getting refuged XD
Im American and i have a question for people in other countries, do you think American accents are nice sounding? Because i personally like British and German accents, but a lot of Americans do like British accents. So, plz tell me what do you think of our accents?
I'm a Brit and I actually think an articulate, softly spoken American accent is wonderful. It's so rich. You can't beat someone like Maya Angelou reading her own poetry.
Really? I am the reverse. An American, (scratch that, a person from the US), who prefers soft British accents. But then again I grew up listening to Brian Jacques narrate his own audio-books, so I'm pre-conditioned.
I dont think you would even understand all german accents... :-D thanks to our 9 neighbours our accents go to extremes, so far that some germans can't understand each other. Accents in general reflect the region you're in in my opinion. It takes some getting used to. But once you are used to it gives that certain region a charme and difference to other regions and people. :-)
It always amaze me that, those little things like a word can cause so much effect on someone , especially with such different cultures. It always interesting to me, those cultural shocks. Great video as always Dominik. :D
Thank you aj!
Thank you for the update. I love you so much😆✨.
No problem :3 Thank you ((:
Actually, it was the Indians turning in colonists' scalps to the British.
hey love your content and i have a question. Could you make a video on German humor? I cant find anything that has a really good explanation. Things like german jokes is stand up comedy a thing in Germany? if so what american comedians do you enjoy? I would love to see a video like that.
dimethyl dreamer stand up comedy is totally a thing in germany 👌
ChrizyK what american comics are popular there
dimethyl dreamer I personally love Gabriel Iglesias 😅 but I'm not sure if a lot of people know American stand up comedians, since we have a lot of hilarious german comedians.
ChrizyK my german is far from what it use to be even then i had a conversation about a nice t shirt up my sleeve and i could probably hold my own with a todler so if they dont have an english translation i wont understad but i am curious about qhat you guys find humorous american comics that are really funny are Chad Daniels Chris Porter and Lewis CK among many others
dimethyl dreamer thanks for the suggestions 😊 I'm not sure if watching a comedian with subtitles is as funny as actually understanding the language, buuut my two favorite ones are kaya yanar and enissa amani 😊 there is footage with subtitles I looked it up 😊
This felt surprisingly correct and comprehensive.
very good video DANKESCHÖN
What bothers me when others who don't permanently reside in the US talk about US politics is that they are not living here. Meaning they are not under the direct affect of what happens. It affects them eventually, but we live under it. And it seems that when people try to discuss it, there is already a sort of prejudice formed subconsciously from small bits of information from media outlets.
Hailey My peeve with it is people equating our laws with their culture. I had a months long argument with an Australian about American gun laws. He kept insisting Americans don't need guns because Australia did away with most of their ownership and it's great. America is not Australia! GAHH!
Hailey M
Many reasons, here in Brazil the conservative people, which are trying to elect a conservative president are using Trump along with Macri and Marine Le Pen to get more supporters, the US influences all the other countries around the world after all.
Trisha Auer yeah you're so right, guns are great everyone should have them so they can fight off the bad guys that have guns with their guns! Everyone has a right to have a gun! Too bad about all the school shootings....but can't take the guns off the americans
Carlos Eduardo Aguiar
US politics is more than just Trump, and the problem existed before Trump started campaigning. I acknowledged that it affects others, but we live directly under it.
How most Americans go about living their daily life and local government is not ever considered. American politics always seem to be looked down upon without further consideration on things other than things like Trump. THAT is what bothers me. Talk to me about something that isn't Trump or someone just harping on about how horrible my government is.
I think we need more gun control. But it has to be gradual and you will never get Americans grasp fully off of guns. It's considered a right, and when the right rules and proper teachings guns can be safe for society. But there needs to be more checks on people who want a license.
Americans will always have an enthusiasm for guns, it just might need more parameters to it.
Hailey M but it does not only affecr us eventually it does affect us pretty much cause I don't know if you knew it, but the USA and Germany were always the biggest partners in the world politics and market. I don't even know how freaking often I saw Interviews with Barrack Obama and Angela Merkel together on TV back in the days. And now, with Trump we have many problems cause he does not like any foreign country that much and "we" have to still make the deals that were always going on.
I cringe when Europeans talk about American politics
Alcohol laws are fantastically diverse in the US. Some states only sell liquor in state-run stores. Texas gives local communities a lot of power to add restrictions to alcohol sales, so there are some communities that allow alcohol in bars and restaurants, but prohibit liquor stores. At least one state used to require alcohol in bars to be packaged or bottled as single servings. And Utah has famously arcane and confusing regulations on alcohol due to the influence of the Mormon church which has its headquarters there.
Hi ! I'm new at your channel.
I recently started learning German and your channel is gonna help me a lot, at least to know more about Germany.
Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tschüss!
Juan Manuel Videla I'm sorry but *Tschüss
KlappKlo Thanks!
Juan Manuel Videla here you are :)
Im from Oklahoma and part Indian. No, scalps were not a big business and there was a war between Indians and Europeans for land and the Indians lost. In truth, if you lived in North or South America before Europe came over, you were a Indian and all of the America's had war with Indians over land.
The government of Massachusettes offered 12 pounds a scalp in 1703 in 1722 100 pounds in 1745 an act was passed by the Colonial legislature entitled Au Act for giving a reward for scalps The Mexican government did as well for Apache scalps later counties in Arizona did as well. I agree it wasn't huge but it was there. A 100 pounds for each scalp would buy you a big chunk of land back then
Arizona did not become a state until 1912.
Gene Rodriguez Sure it happened, but without giving context it makes it sound like we were like the krauts.
Scalping originated during the French-Indian war when the French would pay a bounty to the Indians for colonists scalps. I don't believe us gov't ever had a policy to pay for Indian scalps. However, what the gov't did do to the Indians could qualify as genocide. I think they missed the most obvious. Just about everyone in Europe thinks all American live in New York, LA, San Fran or Chicago. And that American culture is centered in New York. New York represents more international cultures than the US. 33% of the residents in NY are foreign born and for over 50% english is not their first language. Don't believe me? Check the 2010 census for the 5 boroughs that constitute New York. NY is an international city, not an American city.
Diesel Dan f
Agreed. New York is to America as Berlin is to most Germans.
Ordered that shirt right away :P
I once saw a 15 year old boy wearing cargo shorts, calf-high tube socks, and Crocs. I thought to myself, "he's really young to have completely given up already."
4:13 I don't think she realizes that the rules of conquest are a thing. We fought the natives. We beat the natives. We took their land. Simple as that.
She totally represents and UNBIASED viewpoint and TOTALLY isnt liberal
don't confuse me, i'm not good at sensing sarcasm
She's just one american from massacusetts, like he is one german from some region there - of course its biased. It always is. Just don't give it too much meaning
I like the part where she described the Indian scalp bounties as if they just let you fucking do it to them and not that those natives possibly slaughtered families moving west as well.
When I see you with that mustache, I get tempted to say "Mr. Dominik"
The term I have to use the crapper is used but that is mainly because for a while a company that made toilets was called crapper or so the story goes.
Poor choice of an American we use our guns in Georgia and learned ALOT about Native Americans
Yeah, as for the guns, remember, only 22% of Americans even own guns, and then only a small fraction of those people would carry them in public.
However, that being said, according to recent statistics, while there are 242 million adults in the US, there are about 265 million guns, half of which belong to just *3%* of those adults. While it's true that somewhere like in Massachusetts homeowners may only keep a single gun in their house for protection, in my home state we have one of the highest populations of registered game hunters. Often when people keep guns for recreation, whether that be for hunting or for recreational shooting, they own more than one.
Even among people who own or use guns, most people agree that the US needs (some semblance of) stricter gun laws, but the NRA is a mighty powerful and politically influential special interests group, and until they aren't allowed to stick their money in politics anymore, change is unlikely to happen no matter how many school shootings happen per year. :/
there have been many uses of guns where people have defended themselves from others who have broken into their homes. Just recently someone who lives a mile off from me shot and killed two armed burglars. I've seen stories of old elderly people defending their home against people they otherwise wouldn't be able to defend against. These kinds of things happen more often than you think and guns have saved innocent lives as well. Besides you can just look at all the stabbings, shootings, and truck maniacs in Europe to see that you can't avoid these mass killings via any weapon regulation. thankfully the gun debate in the US is leaning towards the Pro-gun side which imo is a good thing.
You two make a pretty good team
Love that shirt ♡
This girl should not be representing America on this show. So many wrong facts, but some are right too. It's just so annoying that I can't make a point while listening to the video
Jared Nock I thought she was pretty accurate with everything she said.
i dont think that any American actually moving to some European country could actually represent the entire country or talk on behalf of the whole country and every single state in it with all their different policies or cultural / religious status, could they? they can differ like day and night to be honest, isnt that true ? she said it clearly that she resides from Massachusetts, and that lots of stuff are very regional in the states, so i think she was indeed simply accurate and honest about it. i can understand your point though, you are an American and most likely from some other state, so it makes sense why you feel this wy, but think about someone from Massachusetts trying to give to a European audience an overall image of how different the whole of the US is next to the much more monolithic nations of Europe
I've had the same thought in some of the other videos she's been in where she's talking about things in the U.S., but I actually think she did a pretty good job in this video. She made it pretty clear that things in the U.S. can vary dramatically depending on the region and even the state, and I thought she was pretty even-handed in how she represented things. In some other videos, I thought she gave the wrong impression, as if her personal experience of the U.S. were representative of the country as a whole, but I thought she was much more balanced this time.
Em, I living in the south I do think she did a pretty good job.
Ok a guy from America could be wrong about things just as likely as a girl
Now she doesn't what the word state means, Germany is a state in itself but the USA is a group of sovereign state joined by a constitution.
While I agree with your basic point about sovereign U.S. states, the word "state" can mean both "country" and "semi-autonomous region within a country." Germany itself is divided into 16 states, so Germany is a "state" as well as a "group of states," similar to the U.S.
You are correct each German state can and does operate within the German Constitution and do maintain a lower level of sovereignty then American states. Even though we fought a Civil war to reunify our republic when states seceded, it is possible for a state to secede in a constitutional manner, where that is not an option for a German state.
You southerners and your inaccurate history. In Texas v White the US Supreme Court ruled secession unconstitutional, and therefore illegal. I regret that as much or more than you, as I would like nothing better than to have the Christofascist states out of the Union.
it is possible for a state to secede in a constitutional manner or maybe you can't read. The congress must agree to allow the secession of a state, which mean that a state on it's own can't not, but there is a constitutional way. So you damn yankee I grew up in Chicago. Any school will allow you sign up for reading classes. Boy what a dumb fuck you are.
There is a constitutionally legal way to secede from the union- if states want to, they can leave at any time through an agreement with the other states, or revolution if they so choose."The union between Texas and the other States was as complete, as perpetual, and as indissoluble as the union between the original States. There was no place for reconsideration or revocation, except through revolution or through consent of the States.", as the court opinion for Texas v. White states. The key part of Texas v. White was "unilaterally secede." Also, a friendly reminder that not all people from the southern US are "christofascists.", thank you very much.
I live in the southwest of the USA and when my family moved here from the east coast, it was the very first time that I saw a sign on a door saying to leave your firearms outside, I would debate that woman there on the show because in some parts of America, it's common for people to carry guns.
I think she was pretty much on point with American Politics. Posted the first sentence before I watched all the video. This one was really really good.
How can a girl from Massachusetts represent the USA, Mass. is one of our least free states most of the liberties have been erode to just above a police state.
Better a liberal state than a Christofascist, Evangelical-Southern Baptist Theocracy. Face it, we got rid of the Puritans long ago, and Dixie has become their new home!
Still a dumb fuck aren't you.
Jay McJakome: I tried to find some info on you and you are nobody. I can't find anything you ever did, wow now I feel bad I picked on a less than zero person.
What should I have done to please you? I have visited 37 countries [Germany 8 times] have lived and worked in South Korea, Japan and other places. It sure beats being ignorant in Christianistan, TX!
Bob Danis What in god's name are you talking about? The standard of living in Massachusetts and pretty much every liberal state is considerably higher than the average standard of living for Republican states. Education is considerably worse in the conservative states while states like Massachusetts perform consistently at the top. You know nothing and unashamedly spread your ignorance like cancer. Conservatives like you that will never change no matter what facts are presented to them will ruin this country. Please open your fucking eyes, I am tired of having to dismiss ridiculous comments.
Get your facts straight. It was the NATIVES that were doing the scalping.
Henry Schwarie The US government actually paid large sums of money to whites who gave them the scalp of a native, thus encouraging people to kill natives whenever possible and to avoid peaceful contact.
Where is your source?
The US Government has done plenty of bad things but paying a bounty for scalps was not one of them. Put down your Mother Jones magazine and Communist Manifesto, and get yourself educated. The Mexican Government actually did pay a bounty for Apache scalps.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalping
To the young german fellow. Hanging around people like her can get you deported.
the violence went both ways. no party went without bloodshed.
Had this in my Watch Later list and finally got to watch it. XD Another great video! In England we say toilet as well. It's normal for us. Like if someone needs to go, they're like "Just going to the loo/toilet." Lol
I'm somewhat fluent in German and I love watching these videos because idk I love when you say little German phrases
Here's one for ya. In parts of the U.S. some laws from the 19th century are still "on the books", but are not enforced the same way. For example in my home town the law still says that horse thieves are to be hanged.
Germans didn't really have a sense as to how big the US is when I lived there. They found out I was from America (Missouri) and would say something like "My brother lives in Seattle do you know him?".
I actually think Crocs are coming back in style. My little sister and her high school friends all wear them. I think its funny lol
hallo!! love you're videos, learned new thing about the United States
i live in wisconsin and i learned spanish from 2-6 grade and german after that
High five from MA! Cool video guys :)
Another thing most Germans don't know is that Americans don't usually say USA (we say US) 😉
Pretty fair representation. Great co-host! :)
A lot of people here are talking about how standards of education vary state to state or school to school. What I'd like to bring up though is that at least for me what you learn and how you learn it can vary even between classrooms. Like when I was in 2nd grade maybe (before we'd change classes) we'd walk to the library and I could look at the walls to see what projects other kids were doing in other classes and it was so different. I specifically remember one class learning about exploring the Galapagos and learning vocabulary like "archipelago" whilst my class hadn't touched on anything like that and we never actually did that in my class.
fantastic vid! as an american; was watching randomly to understand cultural differences, but what i came away with is that we are so much more alike than different. and you guys were so very cute together, i hope you hook up and unite our cultures a bit more. cheers-
That is interesting abt the language classes. I live in Tennessee and we started Spanish in first grade. And I thought it was normal... lmao.
I started learning Spanish in Kindergarten, I wonder why others started so late.
Back when I was in kindergarten in the early '90s, we started learning Spanish, and it went from then on until 5th grade when we were preparing to go to middle school. I'm not sure if that pattern changed everywhere, but I know it has definitely changed in a lot of places.
It wasn't required for kids to take a foreign language class each year until high-school (I graduated in 2005) for 4 credits to graduate. I took 3 years of Spanish and one year of French; but I'm still useless with speaking them conversationally. I can do basic French and Spanish though!
in Florida alot of schools start teaching Spanish in elementary school around 1st grade
The problem with typifying or making an "average" for Americans is that we vary fairly wildly, we have a few different regional cultures and even those have many subdivisions. www.businessinsider.com/the-11-nations-of-the-united-states-2015-7
Day/Month/Year is the way to go, it goes in order of most accurate (smallest unit of time) to least accurate (year), instead of just going randomly out of order
Federal law prohibits the mailing of alcohol, there is a federal tax stamp issue as well as interstate commerce rules ......things like selling on Sundays is a state issue or 24 hours bars etc.
So on the topic of education, I want to point this out from a Texan's point of view. Our education varies by school district, its better in some places than others. You also have to factor in the fact that there are basically two different types of classes. There are regular classes that the majority take and there is Advanced Placement (AP or Pre-AP) classes. What they teach in AP or Pre-AP classes in just the first few weeks of school tends to be what the regular classes teach in the first semester. Our educational system likes to put our more promising students in better in-depth and faster classes and keep everyone else in the generally easier to learn classes. Its stupid in my opinion because everyone should be taught the same. I don't believe in curving the grades either, take some time to really teach our kids. In my town, the schools only teach the kids on what is going to be in the end of semester and end of year tests because those test score determine how much funding the school district will receive from the government. Unfortunately, our government is more interested in funding things over than our education. So if many of our people seen uneducated it isn't normally because we don't care but its how we are taught as we are growing up and that seriously effects on our willingness to continue to learn as adults.
In the Chicago Public School system, foreign languages normally start being learned in kindergarten, and I personally was taught almost only about the Untied States in K-3rd grades, while after I learned about history starting from Sumerian times up until the early 20th century.
I think you two are hilarious together.
Christine LaSalle me too!!!
A thing that is also is different here in regards to foreign language is that we don't do much learning of English syntax and grammar outside of elementary school. In other words, we won't really know what the imperfect or conditional tenses are until we learn another language which is usually Spanish or French.
Liquor sale laws vary from state to state also. Some states, like mines you can purchase liquor at Walmart or any grocery store or gas station. But other states you can only purchase liquor at a liquor store! I did not know this until recently.
In south Carolina before I got my conceal carry permit, my gun had to be in the glove compartment or center console. Once I crossed the state line into North Carolina, the gun had to be taken out of the glove compartment and placed in plain sight which is illegal in South Carolina.
You should do videos reacting to/trying to understand/discussing the different dialects of American English. You know the standard/midwestern dialect, but there is a northern, Canadian-like dialect spoken in the Dakotas and around the great lakes, several southern dialects, including Appalachian, a Californian dialect, and several northeastern (New England) dialects.
Cool idea! Thank you :)
This New Yawwwwka from Lawngisland, (yes one word) thinks that it would make a great video. :)
"...because you were born before the calendar existed." Lol!
I remember when i used to where crocs thay were so hyped
The thing you mentioned about religons being diffrent from region to region, that is actually very true. its actually very different, some regions or states are almost like different countries. (side note) And i live in America and i started to learn a foreign language in 2nd grade, which also shows more about america being very regional.
I love this video and i will say with the history classes part im in the south and a LOT more teachers will actually go more ito detail about american holocaust type ordeals. Basically more and more people arnt afraid to teach and say "hey us americans messed and at one point lets learn from our mistakes". And also with the gun part im from the south USA #'merica lol and having a carry on of any weapon is pretty common so i actually liked how she talked about it. Like people in the south will carry a gun on them more often to something as little as a pocket knife, which even i do. So i just loved when she mentioned that it does change depending on where you are from. GREAT VIDEO!
in south carolina its illegal to not use a seat belt but legal to ride in the bed of a pickup truck
This video is so spot on haha! I'm an American studying in Germany. I'm from colorado so I can concur that most of the history we learn is much of what this girl says. However, different areas teach different history. So, if you learned other things please continue to comment! It's very interesting to see just how much variation we have state to state. Even city to city.
Just because you carry a gun doesn't mean you are a gun nut. I know some people have to carry because they have a security job, and a lot of law enforcement officers carry when they are off duty. Most people that carry, carry because they either want to protect themselves or others. Its not because they are " gun nuts".
I sleep in a burrito form with my knees pulled near my chest, hands under my pillow with my head under the blanket.