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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This is fascinating and very sad at the same time. I'm curious to see how reading is taught here in Germany once we have a school-aged kid.

One thing that sticks out to me is that apparently, teachers in the US tend to stick very close to the teaching materials they are provided (at least, that's how it sounds in this article and others I have read before). Growing up in Germany, it felt like teachers would customize their lessons more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Absolut richtig. Allerdings scheinen ja sehr viele AfD-Wähler und andere rechte Menschen tatsächlich davon überzeugt zu sein, dass die Ampel an allem Schuld ist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I don't think so, my point was that there's not only uncertainty in converting the idea to language and language back to an idea, but there's also uncertainty when transferring language from one person to another.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's also the difference between what you think the words you say mean and what they understand from your words.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a loo right around the corner, too

[–] [email protected] 150 points 3 months ago (12 children)

For a second I thought you were talking about masturbation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Yep, I learned something new today.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

That's a fine transformation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Do you have "Show Read Posts" turned on in the settings?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

You were talking about them not being able to comprehend the fact that you have your own opinion, so that was my guess.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Yeah you're really showing them how you have the moral high ground by following them to other posts and harassing them there... ???

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Not a parent, but I was raised bilingually in English and German, while growing up in Germany.

My Dad (almost) always speaks English with me, and my Mom (almost) always speaks German with me, even to this day at age 31. This approach worked well for us and I'm fluent in both languages, but I can imagine an approach where both parents speak both languages could work as well.

What also really helped me was to consume a lot of media in English, so maybe you could encourage your child to do that as well.

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