Kapitel 6

The first article I read was about knocking on the door of someone you need to see. It basically says you have to be loud, which is basically the exact opposite of what we are supposed to be here. I mean, going to see anyone inside an office is usually a scary experience that no one wants to do. I would probably never see anyone.

The second article was about recycling in Germany. I can actually relate to this article. My mom recycles everything she can, but we don't have recycling at my house. Because of this, we have to take out recycling to the Ann Arbor recycling center. At their high point of attempted organization, there were a lot of bins. Ironically, they never made people separate plastic and cans. Each bin was clearly marked with what could (and sometimes what could not) go in. You would think this would make it easier to organize. It didn't.

The next article was about the gossip magazine in Germany. I didn't have much thought on this one. I do find it funny that there is a reference to the World Cup at the end. It seems like there has been a lot of stuff about the world cup in the articles we've read this year.

Kultur 6

This weeks articles were not overly surprising, but they were pretty interesting. The first article about Bild Zeitung was quite funny, because there are similar publications like it around the world, like National Enquirer. They post outlandish and crazy stories to garner attention and to sell more copies of their publication. The privacy article didn't really offer much insight, but I believe it essentially boiled down to just saying to knock loudly once and then proceed on in so you don't end up annoying the person you are about to see. I did find the garbage article interesting because I would find it really annoying have to always look at which trash receptacle I need to throw my stuff in. I know in some recycling bins you throw everything into one can so you don't have to worry about anything because it is sorted somewhere else. I do have to give my admiration to the Germans though for their environmental concerns and accountability! In the other two articles I thought it was interesting how most Universities in Germany don't have dorms for their students, but it makes sense in older cities where there isn't a lot of room left to build around the University. I also thought it was cool at the end of the Tübingen article it said that they are associated with Ann Arbor, Michigan.