Kaysalas:

Hi, kindly give me details of the Cabale french Language school in Cotonou

justwise:
@All

Please lets not derail this thread by arguing about racism in America vs Germany. It was not the purpose of this thread it was just a mention.

You all are free to open another thread to trash that out.

Thank you.

rs172:

Hello bro, i can't really remember the address again, but i know their head office is in Gbegamey.

When you get to Tokpa, just tell the bike man you're going to
Ce be lae Gbegamey..

justwise:

Ishilove:

Don't mind them.

Danielhouston:
14. Avoid fines. Buy a ticket for the train and do the right thing. You can risk it if you want but if they catch you, you’ll pay €60 fine when you could have just bought a ticket of €2,80 and saved yourself the trouble.

15. Lastly, spend your money and enjoy yourself. Don’t just save and save without enjoying your hard work. When you die, people who don’t know how you suffered for the money, will be the ones to spend it. Yes, students die too.

Other Nigerian students in Germany pls feel free to add to the post.

pocohantas:


Nawa! This one touch me for chest.

Nice thread, Daniel. There is a lesson for everyone here. I am on page 40 now, we move...

Danielhouston:
When I moved to the house, I heard of another guy who had died, just months before I moved in. He died in front of the kitchen. They said he drank too much alcohol and choked in his vomit. They didn’t even know he was dead. They walked past him and went to the toilet. They thought he was drunk again and sleeping. Until the next day, he had not woken up. That was when they knew.

A girl died from overdose during sex with her boyfriend, after taking GHB (I think I mentioned that before). Some people also commit suicide out of loneliness. Germany has a culture of “mind your business” and people tend to keep to themselves. Some people are so lonely that they’ve not spoken to anyone in weeks. Some of them get a dog.

Even children don’t visit their parents. They just keep them in a home and don’t see them in months. They don’t even expect their children to take care of them. That’s why some of them always make sure they have pensions and don’t care about getting married or having kids. They probably know they’ll end up in a home when they get old, and a social worker can take care of them.

Danielhouston:


I’m telling, learning German is NOT easy. I have a B1 language certificate and I’m still struggling. A lot of words have the same meaning and many words mean the same thing.

For example: in English we say “the” bag. “The” in German could be “die, den, das, der” and you have to use them appropriately even though they all mean the same thing.

About racism, I’ve been called the N-word but that was mostly online and by 2 Russian guys in a train in Berlin. It was worse in 2015 during the refugee crisis in Europe. People would yell at me through their windows “Go back to Africa”, “Monkey”. But that was in small cities. There are no strong laws in Germany that protects people of color against racism but we’re constantly fighting against it. They recently established an anti-racism unit but I don’t know if it’s functional.

Germany has a very strong privacy law that racists tend to benefit from. You can experience racism and not be able to film the racist or post their picture online. You can only share that information with the police and your lawyer. You also need to have a witness or evidence. Other kinds of racism are institutional and economic. You don’t see them but they affect the way you’re being treated when you need something.

I’ve experienced more racism from Russians, Polish, Arabs and Turks in Germany than I have from Germans. Germany is no where near USA when it comes to racism. USA takes the cake. The thing is, Germans are VERY good at pretending. Even if they don’t like you, they will still be polite to you but you’ll know by the way they treat you. They also care SO MUCH about their reputation because of their history.

Keiris:


Germans won't like you if you don't speak German properly no matter if you are black or white so they not liking you could be because after seven years you still don't speak German properly.

Die, den, der, das differ in meaning.

Keiris:


Germans won't like you if you don't speak German properly no matter if you are black or white so they not liking you could be because after seven years you still don't speak German properly.

Die, den, der, das differ in meaning.

emeka55:


You are questioning how he came to the conclusion that Germans don’t visit their parents, then YOU came to the conclusion that Germans don’t like him or anybody that does not speak Deutsch properly. You see how some of u shoot ur selves in the leg? Who told u told you that Germans don’t like people who can’t speak German properly?? So which means Germans hate almost every foreigner in Germany?? But they still offer jobs to people who don’t even speak German. Make it make sense??

wizvicbankz:


Sense is far from you

Keiris:


Germans will always tell you that you have to speak German when you live in Germany. You will make this experience countless times if you don't learn German. Even when immigration is discussed on TV in political talkshows the issue that some foreigners refuse to learn German will always come up. When Germans complain about foreigners one of the reasons is that some of them refuse to learn to speak German.

How did you come to the conclusion that almost every foreigner doesn't speak German in Germany?