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What I have learned in German Studies:

I thought this class was incredibly interesting because it wasn't taught like a normal class. I like that when we went there we didn't have to take a bunch of tests or do a million assignments, we just got to learn about Germany and learn about the parts that were actually interesting. If we had to learn about the uninteresting parts, Professor Roland made them interesting by telling us what we actually wanted to hear. I learned about the history of medicine, women’s rights, and business of Germany. We learned about the German states and what they are best known for along with some of the festivals and events that go on in them. Most interestingly to me however is that we learned about the Youth of Germany and German culture at a whole. Those were the things that I found really interesting and I’m glad that I know more about them now.

What I will take with me from this class:

                A part from being relatively interesting, taking German Studies has really driven me to want to visit Germany. I really want to see the things that we talked about in class and I just think it would be interesting to visit a place with so much history.  I also really want to visit Oktoberfest, as cliché as that is. It sounds awesome and I want to go at least once in my life to experience it. I also think it would be cool to see the wine festivals up by the Rhine River. Overall I really enjoyed this class and I like that I know more about another countries culture rather than just being informed on American culture.

Mostly I really enjoyed the fact that you didn't think we needed to be graded by a test score. I liked that the class was about getting the information rather than being tested on what we know. It was refreshing to just learn and not worry about being graded on how much of it you could memorize.