A story

i don't know if i'd be mad or glad

My cousin spent a semester abroad when he was in college, he lived with an American friend and when he would introduce himself to German people he would say this is “my friend” in German. Well I’m German they say a friend of mine instead of my friend because my friend means we’re dating. So he got a few weird looks until someone finally told them what it meant

German pedagogy

I'd be pissed

I'd be so mad oh my god.

i actually think this is fair, was westerners, in Australia or America, we insist that if foreigners visit or live in our countries, that they MUST speak english. This is just thre reverse of it, which i agree. If you're going to live, study or work in a foreign country, you have to learn the local language

This is perfect. As you get older it becomes harder to learn another language and the best and quickest results occur when you're completely immersed in the language. The hardest part is the immediate panic that you don't know what to say to even get your point across. Once your past that and you pick up that first 800-2000 words the rest just goes with the flow and you are able to suddenly get by. The next hardest is maintaining that language when you get back and are no longer surrounded by it.