By the way: Yes a lot of French refuse to speak anything but French to anybody. Specially when in France. They're even worse, there is no such thing as a computer, it will probably stay an ordinateur for ever and a laptop an ordinateur portable. And come to think of it, that's fine with me.
And I vividly remember saying "I don't speak Dutch" my first while in the Netherlands. "Deutsch?!" and a disgusted look was the answer to that. LOL, it was a good thing, I learnt quickly. At least to understand what ever they said (my Dutch accent was horrendous so I tried to avoid speaking it).
They learn the local language of the countries they move to or spend the rest of their lives ranting on ex-pat fora.
Love these three bits. Do you ever read your own posts?
I'm still trying to figure out whether you're a fake reincarnation or real.
Egyptian mummies would have welcomed Aromat! "It'sa dry anda so tasty, mom!"
Good to hear, enjoy and ä guete!
Well, I follow the credo "erlaubt ist was schmeckt" so enjoy.
Didn't understand that joke - which I guess it was - so would never refer to it.
In all likelihood they understand your problem very well, which is why they refuse to make it theirs. It isn't that hard to understand.
IMHO he's talking about getting a hole in the ear(lobe) "shot", for an earring
As to 3): Go out and practice speaking German and listening to Swiss German, every single day. Then, gradually, you'll find you'll be able to manage, increasingly, without needing to resort to 1). And later, you won't need 2) and more, either. It is liberating.
By the way it was quite a surprise to me when I moved here from Poland - although it is a bigger country, we have very minor differences between regions. Of course we have local languages too (e.g. Kashubian sounds like somebody made a mix of Polish and German, always going for the harder to pronouce words) but they are rather considered cultural heritage and are rarely spoken in everyday life.
This is a bigger scam than dodge coin.
You basically subsidize lazy and dumb people who don't want to pursue proper education but go into the apprenticeship.
Edit: By the way, apprentices are the backbone of Switzerland. They population here respect them and are grateful for their skills.
Charging 10x for a silly work is now called the 'backbone' of CH economy.
I do actually have some sympathy with otec on this. Yes there are apprenticeships which give the kids really unique skills and a high level of craftsmanship.
Then there's the apprenticeships for dead end low skilled jobs which still seem to get the Swiss mark up.
Apprentices are the ones who installed the floor we stand on, erected the walls we live in, keep the grocery stores operating, fix your cars and even make sure your toilet is working correctly. Without all this, we'd be up a creek.
Switzerland has tried to keep apprentice-based occupation salaries in balance with other occupations by rewarding their services with a salary that people can live on.
If you ask me, quite often office workers get paid far too much for what they do and the impact they make. However, that's how capitalism works.
Thereafter, she would ask me how I was enjoying Sweden.
I gave up correcting her.
A few years ago, she and her family relocated to Switzerland. I'm hoping she has finally learnt the name of the country!
But back to the topic of the thread, I wouldn't say that the level of education in Switzerland is lower than in other countries, but it is true that the Swiss do not push for higher education for their kids, which means that there is less pressure here for kids to aim high academically. This has pros and cons.