definitely not.. first in the class.. not fun at all..

same here

or we could raise our kids to know that you shouldn't bully people.. of course it will not stop all bullies.. but as Ive seen it, many bullies have parents that see no wrong in bullying / teasing etc.. why change the names that we like? then we might as well change anything that stands out/ is considered "different", oh what a boring world..

love when I forget to log in! (Isn't Tunisia a pretty common place to visit as well?Or is it just that we Swedes have very different holiday destinations)

In Sweden free speech is really important, but it never gets prioritised over "hets mot folkgrupp".. which I found difficult to translate but that google says is "hate speech" or "incitement to racial hatred" .. which is why WBC don't like us as a priest was imprisoned here for a while after holding a homophobic speech during mass..

As an IB alumn I feel you.. compared to other students you will have an easier transition to Uni tho.. (at least in my experience in Sweden)

well we Swedes do like our coffee quite strong.. so I don't know if we qualify.. in my family if we make coffee thats too weak people break down and cry (yes, its happened).. and only time it is even a bit see-through is when we pour alcohol in it (kaffe-kask, or kaffe karlsson).

Yeah we also have great busses, trains, trams etc. but it might be a stereotype, but the perception one have of americans (yes very broad term generalizing everyone now) is that there aren't that many that walk or bike places.. not even to the supermarket.. It might be Sweden just tho, cause we have specific bike paths everywhere (which I noticed doesn't exist to the same extent in neither Australia nor England when I lived there for example).. but I get you when my work was 15 minutes away by car (and I had one) I used to hate the days that I couldn't use it and had to bike (took me about 50 minutes.. all uphill)

its scary how dependent you need to be on your car.. i bike to school and work every day (should probably get snow tires tho.. its getting really interesting) .. we don't have snow days in Sweden, but of course if those existed it would occur way to often, we do however need to take an ice test before getting our drivers license. Its a lot of fun! Basically an entire day spent driving on different ice textures, learning how to "read the road", and ultimately how to make a quick stop on ice (my instructor yelled "Moose!" and we had to pretend a moose ran up on the road in front of us) and make a full stop on less than 20 meters driving 70 km/h.. (22 yards , 44 miles/hour)

yes and it was awesome! Pillow fights every night

My family pays more taxes than the average Swede, my dad never complains.. he thinks of it as still paying of my medical bills from when I was born.. Both me and my brother goes to university for free, and receives monthly grants as we are students.. in fact all education is free, even private education, dental was free until 19, medical is almost free (may have to pay a fee of equivalent 10 USD when visiting the doctors), we have great public transportation, when you have a child you can stay home for 1.5 years with almost full pay.. yeah I know its not a popular opinion here but Im pretty okay with our high taxes.. as long as they don't make them even higher..

exactly what I thought

I almost want to go there and go all monica on it with a labelmaker

41°c is no fun either.. it is -15°c (5°f) here.. and I biked home from work for 40 minutes without hat or gloves.. took about an hour and a really warm shower before I regained complete feeling in my hands..

Oh yes jawlines!

Is it only swedes that can relate to this? haha :P My university has a lightroom that you can go to that will act like the sun. 10 minutes of sunlight 3 days a week is apparently enough do. So I would recommend sitting outside during lunch :P

yeah.. thats exactly it.. but I love it :P Sitting up at 3am and the sun is still up.. way better than now!