I was born and raised in Spain despite the fact that I only started learning spanish when i was 4 in kindergarten. I grew up speaking english since my mother is from England, so, thanks to english being my first language, I've had many advantages when it comes to life, including when I moved to Norway when I was 13. Two years have already passed since then. I didn't really have any problems adapting since everybody here is practically fluent in english, but there were still some cultural differences surprisingly enough. And the educationaly system here is amazing and super organized when I compare to the one we had in the Canary Islands. They have this thing called the "Innføringsklassen", I have no idea what that translates to, but it's basically a program they have just started with that consists of shoving all the foreigners (there are many) into one classroom in a normal norwegian school and giving them a crash course of Norwegian and their culture. The people here are actually extremely polite, although many are immature for their age, but i guess that just comes from the lack of exposure to difficult circumstances since they can depend so much on teachers. I don't really consider that to be a bad thing, since the teachers do their best to give them a little push ad challenge them while always letting them know that they are there to be depended on, which is extremely encouraging. I guess the only two complaints I have would have to be about the food and the slight nationalism. Jesus Christ is the food is terrible. For it being such a "diverse" country they don't really do food well. But that's probably linked to the fact that they are so proud of their country that they don't really like to try too many new stuff. BUT please note, not everyone here is like that, it's the great majority of norwegian people i have met. Σ(っ°Д °;)っ Moving to a different country is an amazing experience, even if you're forced to. I expect it to be a very rich learning experience wherever it is you go. (●'◡'●)ﾉ Sorry for the long text... #－.－)
I would really love to live in Norway, it has the best HDI, I think I heard people are very polite and that u can trust each other. Like iF parents want to have dinner as a couple, they can just leave their baby outside and surely someone will stop to take care of it (though it seems impossible).
And the way they teach seems to be awesome, They take care of each and every student checking what they need (well, at least my history teacher told me that) and not just teach for the whole class, where good students will get bored, and bad won't understand a thing. And I went there last year and it was super beautiful, all the fjord... it was amazing
I wouldn't know about the children thing, seems kind of unlikely to me, but people here are very considerate or at least try to be.
The school system here really is great, they do try their best so every student is comfortable in their schools. But, while I was still in the "innføringsklassen", it was extremely unorganised and spontaineous at times. You can definitely understand how unorganised it was, since they didn't have anything prepared for 3 grades worth of 13-16 year olds that 1) don't understand the language or english. 2) Haven't had the same education in their countries as the Norwegians have had and 3) Have a completly different culture. It was very hard for the teacher, but the teacher, was one of the nicest, most hardworking people i have ever met. She is truly a magnificent supportive woman that everyone should look up to. :)
Haha, I understand the food is not our thing but typical Norwegian food are mostly potatoes and fish. Kinda boring eating that only but that's what they eat before xD so you can say that Norway is kinda popular with fish xD but I can say now today there's a lot of different food we eat and I don't see Norway as picky when it comes to try new things. Since I grew up too all kind of food, but hey we can't all like the same xD and since you came from a other place the food you eat might be a different taste then coming to Norway and eat "plain food" (I just call it plain since typical Norwegian food are plain and boring and some stuff is just nasty as fuck) I mean eating a sheep head is to sick, even for me... But change of tema I like you so let's be friends :)
Well, I have met many people who aren't afraid to try new things, but the ones that are actually stubborn are mostly the younger generation. But, then again, I guess that's only to be expected. I haven't really been to any of the "big" cities other than in Bergen, so I don't know that if in Oslo or something they would have a more diverse food selection of things and therefore better food. Food is a very big part of my life. Very important, very important. Had to repeat it twice, haha. I might've been here for two years, but I still haven't experienced as many places/things as I would like to have experienced. It's truly a beautiful country that I admire, what with the people and compassion. :)
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I would really love to live in Norway, it has the best HDI, I think
I heard people are very polite and that u can trust each other. Like iF parents want to have dinner as a couple, they can just leave their baby outside and surely someone will stop to take care of it (though it seems impossible).
And the way they teach seems to be awesome, They take care of each and every student checking what they need (well, at least my history teacher told me that) and not just teach for the whole class, where good students will get bored, and bad won't understand a thing.
And I went there last year and it was super beautiful, all the fjord... it was amazing
I wouldn't know about the children thing, seems kind of unlikely to me, but people here are very considerate or at least try to be.
The school system here really is great, they do try their best so every student is comfortable in their schools. But, while I was still in the "innføringsklassen", it was extremely unorganised and spontaineous at times. You can definitely understand how unorganised it was, since they didn't have anything prepared for 3 grades worth of 13-16 year olds that 1) don't understand the language or english. 2) Haven't had the same education in their countries as the Norwegians have had and 3) Have a completly different culture.
It was very hard for the teacher, but the teacher, was one of the nicest, most hardworking people i have ever met. She is truly a magnificent supportive woman that everyone should look up to. :)
Haha, I understand the food is not our thing but typical Norwegian food are mostly potatoes and fish. Kinda boring eating that only but that's what they eat before xD so you can say that Norway is kinda popular with fish xD but I can say now today there's a lot of different food we eat and I don't see Norway as picky when it comes to try new things. Since I grew up too all kind of food, but hey we can't all like the same xD and since you came from a other place the food you eat might be a different taste then coming to Norway and eat "plain food" (I just call it plain since typical Norwegian food are plain and boring and some stuff is just nasty as fuck) I mean eating a sheep head is to sick, even for me... But change of tema I like you so let's be friends :)
Well, I have met many people who aren't afraid to try new things, but the ones that are actually stubborn are mostly the younger generation. But, then again, I guess that's only to be expected.
I haven't really been to any of the "big" cities other than in Bergen, so I don't know that if in Oslo or something they would have a more diverse food selection of things and therefore better food. Food is a very big part of my life. Very important, very important. Had to repeat it twice, haha. I might've been here for two years, but I still haven't experienced as many places/things as I would like to have experienced. It's truly a beautiful country that I admire, what with the people and compassion. :)