Wait so like... Could I move to Sweden for college? And then come back with a degree? Would it count? Like could I still get a job with a degree even though I got it somewhere else?
Not sure but i think they mean we get "studiebidrag", an amount of money to buy food and pay rent for but i'm not very sure, i'm only fourteen and they don't teach us this kind of useful things even though they should.
I don't think it would count really, becouse we have different ways of school. Americans have high school untill their 18, and then go to collage. We (in Norway) have school untill we're 15/16 and then go to "collage" (education in a special field and get financial aid) and become "trainees" when we're 18, or you could take higher education. And you do not get financial aid when doing that.
I'm learning Mandarin Chinese right now. Isn't that considered on of the hardest language to learn? It's because if you don't say it in the right tone the word can mean a completely different thing. Maybe if I master it than it'll be easier to learn other languages. Idk.
Yeah, that's hard to learn. But that's completly different from scandinavian languages. I have a friend from Brazil, who speakes portogueese, french, spanish, english and now is leaning to speak norwegian becouse she has moved here, and she is having a real hard time learning, and says it's the hardest language she has had to learn. She started taking classes in 09 and is still struggeling a lot to get us to really understand her if she speaks norwegian. So..
Whoa. She speaks a lot of languages. After Mandarin i wanna learn Spanish (because i live like right on the Texas/Mexican border i can kind of understand it but not super well), French, and Italian. My grandma says that they are really similar and that when she has encountered people that only speak Italian or French they can understand each other when she speaks Spanish. When/if i master those I'll find another language to learn.
Yes, it's a few.. I think this will be the last she will be bothered to learn..
They are really similar - i took french in school and I understand Italian. I can't speak it, but if someone says something in Italian, I will find the restroom, so to speak.
I am half norwegian, half danish, and I speak norwegian, danish, swedish (those are very similar, but with significant differences), english and french. But I understand Italian and German as well. If you pick up a language from each side of the world, you soon understand everything!
Lol!! That's a lot of languages too!! I hope I can master Mandarin. It's really hard though. I feel like if I learn a hard language though, other languages won't feel so hard. Also, they're culture seems to be really interesting. But I'm positive I won't be able to learn to write in Mandarin. There's over 5000 characters because each character is it's own word. I know how to write a tiny tiny tiny bit in it but that's it. You have to remember how to write all of the characters and what word they represent and I am not going to be able to do that.
Wow I wish I went to school in Europe, everyone seems to speak at least two languages, barely anyone does in Australia unless English is their second language.
In Norway you speak Norwegian, and you learn english from first or second grade, and when you get to eight grade you can choose to learn better english (have another english class), better norwegian (another norwegian class) or learn french, german or spanish. Some schools have other languages as well.
I think we have this system becouse norwegian is not an international language like english. So we have to learn both english and another international language like french, spanish or german.
In France, we don't pay to apply (I applied everywhere!), and the price for college is in hundreds of euros (not thousands!) IF you don't have a scholarship. And the scholarships are not based on your grades. Private schools (an assurance for success), though, will most likely get you in debt. What about other EU countries?
Actually, we don't. We get "studiebidrag", it's like 150$. And we have to pay them back later. And that's only if you are a Swedish citizen, or something, if you want to come here and study from abroad, you have to pay. (I'm sorry for my English, I'm Swedish)
How horrible that you have to pay for college applications. You also have to pay to go to college, pay for your car--OMG!--and pay for your house. Why not have to pay for your college too? Fact of life: you have to pay for everything. And it's means more when you do.
They are really similar - i took french in school and I understand Italian. I can't speak it, but if someone says something in Italian, I will find the restroom, so to speak.
I am half norwegian, half danish, and I speak norwegian, danish, swedish (those are very similar, but with significant differences), english and french. But I understand Italian and German as well. If you pick up a language from each side of the world, you soon understand everything!
I think we have this system becouse norwegian is not an international language like english. So we have to learn both english and another international language like french, spanish or german.