WHAT IS STUDYING IN THE US REALLY LIKE? PART 1 (ft. Prague girl in California, Anna Horáková)

[@DreamPrague]

Have you ever been to school in the US?? Can you relate to Anna's experiences? Let me know in the comments below!

[@pioneersaigon]

I was in US / Nevada in 1995/1996. Studied last year of high school there. Many good or not so good stories around my one year stay. Highschool and hosting family ... Very crazy sometimes. For me it was kind of replacement for military duty here - leave the parents and face the world at the age of 17. My classes were: PE (fitness), Math, JROTC (haha), Physics, Speach, Computer science, History and English. Got all As but English. Teachers were good and interesting people. I took the levels of math/physics as I would have here in 4th grade of "Gymnazium". As in the US those subjects were not mandatory, only few and most talented students signed up for the most advanced science classes. Quite a different world back in 90ties. Was calling back home once in a month. Cell phones and dial-up internet just at the start, people were not using email yet ...

[@pioneersaigon]

.. and had changed my hosting family there three times as well.

[@Last_Starfighter]

Hey, Jen! I have never studied in the USA, so I do not have my own experience ... I can only evaluate based on information from videos on KZbin, specifically from your memories or from Michal Šopor's videos... 🤔 According to the information from these videos, I believe that the American teaching system is better in that the teacher talks to students more and gives them more space to express their opinions... 👍 On the other hand, I have the impression that the American teaching system for this reason provides students with a much smaller opportunity to obtain important information that they could use in later life... 🥺 In my opinion, based on the information obtained in this way, the best teaching system would be the one that could combine the positive features of the American and Czech (European) teaching system... 🤔😉👌👍 V USA jsem nikdy nestudoval, proto nemám vlastní zkušenost... Mohu hodnotit pouze podle informací z videí na KZbin, konkrétně z tvých vzpomínek nebo z videí Michala Šopora... 🤔 Podle informací z těchto videí se domnívám, že americký systém výuky je lepší v tom, že učitel si se studenty více povídá a dává jim větší prostor na vyjádření jejich názorů... 👍 Na druhou stranu mám dojem, že americký systém výuky z tohoto důvodu poskytuje studentům mnohem menší možnost získání důležitých informací, které by mohli v dalším životě využít... 🥺 Podle mého názoru na základě takto získaných informací by nejlepší systém výuky byl ten, který by dokázal spojit pozitivní vlastnosti amerického i českého (evropského) systému výuky... 🤔😉👌👍

[@petr_kout]

I graduated from Columbia University as an undergrad studying physics. I never studied at a Czech university, but from what I heard and based on my elementary and secondary school Czech education experience, I'd say that Czech education tends to be memorization oriented. American education seems to be more application and analytical thinking based. Not sure about the status now - standards evolve. Also, as you said Jen, the relationship between a professor and a student in the USA is far less rigid than in Czech.

[@veronikasonoga5493]

Hi Jen, I haven't been to high school but I was an au-pair in NJ in 2004. Unfortunately I have a very similar experience with the hosting US family as the girl in the video🙄.

[@tobytja]

My cousin was on high school in USA when she was 16 or 17 as well. She said, that her classmates were asking her questions like if there is Sun and Moon in Europe, if she ever saw a car before... Stuff like that :-D

[@pragueexpat5106]

Sun and Moon? :D

[@tobytja]

Yes. She mentioned several questions like that and these two were the only ones I remembered.

[@slovnicurling9808]

Já myslim, že si spíš z ní dělali srandu, než že by byly hloupý. Protože pro ně je česká republika v podstatě to samý jako země třetího světa.

[@Domihork]

A classmate from my Czech gymnázium went to the US for a year as an exchange student as well... When she came back, she had to stay a year behind (so join the grade one year below us) because "the American way of teaching cannot be accepted in Czechia" :D I felt like that kind of gives you an idea of what Czechs think of the American education. Especially since with almost everything else, when you slap an "American" on it, it's automatically considered good.

[@juliesmith8935]

It depends on the level of classes she was at. Almost every class in HS has 3 and more levels. From basic (mist exchanged students) , mid, PreAP or AP.

[@LQD95]

I went to a high school in Texas for grade 11. Totally agree with Anna about it feeling like a vacation. I took 3 AP classes, and even the AP Physics class was nowhere near as challenging as Physics at Czech gymnázium. I wouldn't say we don't have a lot of homework in Czech high schools, but we definitely have fewer assignments. There might be an assigned book to read or a few math problems, but I can recall only 1 essay we had to write at home in Czechia vs basically 1 every two to three weeks in the US. One thing that you didn't mention (and perhaps will mention in part 2) is grading - the difference is just astounding to me, even to this date. The whole concept of syllabi and percentage-based grades were so mindblowing to me when I first saw them. Like, homework's worth 30%, each exam is 10%, and participation and whatnot 20% - that doesn't exist here (or didn't in my high school days). Here, you get a grade, and the teacher can decide on a whim how much that grade's worth. There are cases where the teacher will just randomly decide that even if you have 6 As and 1 C, they're not gonna give you the A even if your average is in the A range, because they just don't feel like it, or because for some inexplicable reason the C is suddenly worth 3x as much as the rest of your As, and often, there's very little the student can do in that situation. The teachers' authority is much bigger in Czechia than in the US (we often have the same teachers for multiple years in a row), so students are often afraid to escalate the situation, and will maybe complain to their parents about the unfairness of their situation, but that rarely leads to anything. Definitely prefer the American grading system!

[@DreamPrague]

David, That is such a good point about grading! I am so accustomed to the US way, that I prefer it. It made me soooo nervous in the Czech system to have my entire grade relying on one exam at the end!

[@oliviamatthew4516]

Good points about grading. Wow. That said, i know where I’m getting my physicists from!

[@mkriz2140]

it rly depends on school. in the school rules of my school it was clearly defined which grade has what weight (how much will it affect the final grade) Teachers had permission to make the finnal grade worse or better, but only by reducing the grade by 0,5 or increase grade by 0,5 (by "finnal grade" i mean grade point average on the end of the school year) my english is bad so im sorry for eventual mistakes)

[@mari.be.86]

@@DreamPrague In my opinion, not a single system is good. In the American system it is easy to cheat (homework can be copied or stolen) in the Czech it is like Russian roulette. Either you hit a topic you know best and you can excel, or you're unlucky and you hit a topic you don't know much about and you burn, or a well-aimed question from the examiner and you go to the bottom.

[@marcelsvitalsky8993]

@David: It can, however, go the other way as well. I remember when I was in gymnasium (early eighties), the second year, I was smart but also lazy (the latter persists, unfortunately). I was used to not need much studying, especially in math and physics and other science, as it was coming to me kind of automatically. And so at the end of the year, the very last physics class lesson, my teacher called me up and gave me some rather complicated task to solve in front of the class, not the typical one you find in schoolbooks. I did some analysis, proposed solution, did the math and explained principles behind it all, all correctly as he readily acknowledged. Then he turned to the class and said that my grades through the year would average at clean 2, or B in US style, and that I really should study harder and do my homework and assignments better &c., however that he is going to grade me 1 (A), because math-wise and physics-wise I have the best mind of them all. Nobody protested, definitely not me. :-)

[@Aster9]

When I was attending a "gymnázium" (in the Czech Republic) we had so many home assignments.

[@sulista-consulting]

Just simply Czechia who needs this clumsy and cold formal name anyway 😉

[@eiramram2035]

@@Aster9 Pán jenom naznačil, že by bylo lepší použít Czechia namísto Czech Republic

[@josefmalar7837]

@@eiramram2035 čechiji nikdy používat nebudu.....

[@eiramram2035]

@@josefmalar7837 to je v pořádku, jen je škoda, že díky pečlivému vštěpování do hlavy dlouhého názvu the Czech Republic ve školách, kdy tehdá jiná správná varianta skutečně ještě nebyla, nám připadá krátké Czechia nepatřičné až neuctivé. Přitom k tomu není žádný opodstatněný důvod, když se ostatní země jmenují Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Estonia, Moldavia... Nijak podřadně nám tyto názvy nezní 🤷

[@sulista-consulting]

@@josefmalar7837 ja tvrdil totez v roce 93 o svycarskem Tschechie, znelo mi jako Asie a ja ho bytostne nenavidel. Dnes jinak nereknu, proste jsem si zvykl. Vyslovuje se Cekija!

[@cruiserupce]

@Dream Prague I would really not translate 'gymnasium' as a highschool. Highschool is 'stredni skola'. The closes thing to CZ 'gymnasium' is a British grammar school.

[@schauza]

I know from my own experience and from other people's experience that, in grade school, you could skip 2 or 3 grades when moving from the Czech Republic to Canada without any problem. And this has been the case for, at least, 40 years.

[@spiderkate1]

I completely agree with Anna. I have the same experience with the approach of the US agency (local coordinator) to me as an exchange student when I wanted to change the host family. US school system and school premises are so different from those in the Czech Republic but I cannot say that one country is better, each has something.

[@esk8spirit362]

Being an exchange student in the US for 2 years were the best years of my life... The school was like in the movie, everything was easy, sports everyday, so many awesome people... Will never forget

[@DreamPrague]

Very cool, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Where were you in the US??

[@oliviamatthew4516]

Which movie?

[@esk8spirit362]

@@DreamPrague Thank you. Shawnee High school, Springfield Ohio, stayed the first year as an exchange student and got "adopted" for the second year by another family and graduated... managed to get a VISA without having to pay for the school at all which the first year cost my father thousands of dollars

[@MirwenAnareth]

Interesting to know another person's experience with an exchange program. I attended one myself - went to Nebraska and I have pretty much the same experience as Anna here. Gained an academic reward in every subject of mine in the American high school, even when I hardly managed to pass in the Czech Republic, lol. I also feel like I've met some teachers in the US who didn't really know their subject that well, though I might have just been unlucky. And yes, the feeling of helplessness when I was trying to explain something to my family or the coordinator, that was the biggest obstacle. Though I should say that was only the case with my first host family. I traveled far when I changed families and got another coordinator. Everything changed dramatically for the better then. Suddenly, I was a human being and people acknowledged me. So it really depends on the people you meet. My first host family was so religious it bordered with fanaticism and the coordinator was quite domineering, so that was a sick combination to chance upon. But the school was good and I really liked my classmates. My second family was awesome and I enjoyed the school as well, though when it comes to its academic level, it was definitely below the first one. One thing I noticed about Americans is that they quite often aren't interested in anything outside America, so I was like this exotic animal brought to them for exhibition. Especially in the first family, I always wondered why they ever asked for an exchange student. They never travelled, they weren't interested in foreign cultures, they didn't even travel across America. They stayed all their life amidst their corn fields, quite content with the routine and customs they had. I feel like most of the people I met there were this kind - the proud American countrymen who have their cows and don't wish for anything more than to stay with them for the rest of their lives. Well, that's fine, but somehow I think they can't really relate to the needs of an exchange student. :)

[@MirwenAnareth]

Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, I wanted to say that Anna's hair is gorgeous and I want it. :D

[@vitezslavpilmaier1430]

Já mám zkušenost se školou jenom u nás a v Rusku, ale kamarád byl taky na rok na zkušenou ve Státech v 90 letech na střední škole (už po maturitě si tam zopakoval místní maturitní ročník), bylo to taky zajímavé poslouchat. A za sebe bych taky chtěl gymnázium, kde nedávají úkoly - mraky úkolů jsme teda za mých středoškolských let měli jako u nás, tak v tom Rusku. Navíc moje děti tedy taky na gymnáziu nějaké úkoly mají (i když mi taky přijde, že jich je míň, než za našich časů). :). Těším se na druhou část, díky.

[@honzabalak3462]

Chudák. V devadesáti na střední...

[@drakulkacz6489]

Já teda taky pamatuju gympl od osmi, někdy sedmi ráno do pěti odpoledne a k tomu ještě domácí úkoly - a celkem dost. Dva cizí jazyky, programování, biologii až po latinské názvy kostí v těle (některé si pamatuju dosud), domácí přípravy na chemická praktika, fůru dalších úkolů a k tomu ještě mimoškolní aktivity. Ale já skončila gympl v 1993 roce. Některé všeobecné základy jsme měli všichni (historie, zeměpis, matika, chemie, fyzika, biologie, literatura, hudební výchova, základy zemědělství...) některé podle toho, kdo chtěl kam na vysokou (latina, deskriptivní geometrie atd.). Těžko posoudit, kam se to posunulo dnes. Mimochodem, pobavilo mne pečení na gymplu - za nás bylo vaření a šití v sedmičce a osmičce na základce - stejně jako praktická manuální výuka.

[@milanjan7988]

As the World is getting smaller all the time it is quite important for the youth to travel and to exchange ideas and experiences. This interview is a good example of how these experiences can benefit the young ones on their way to grow up.

[@netguy888]

i went to the cook islands when i used to live in New Zealand and it made me realise that people who live in shithole countries are not savages and are the same as anyone else i couldn't agree more with this comment

[@juliesmith8935]

I am from the Czech Republic. Actually lived in California for 8 years. Both of my kids have been to public US school system. Our daughter just graduated. And received a full scholarship to Stanford University in California. She is studying pre-med and is on school’s volleyball team. gostanford.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/annabelle-smith/17085 Our son is still in HS also a student athlete. Growing up in Prague. I think the US education has been great so far. Kids can choose the level of difficulty of their classes. Our daughter graduated HS with 14 AP classes (college classes). I love the fact that many HS offer a lot of activities to be part of. Like music, theatre, athletics etc. I do believe US students are more casual. They are just not as focused on look. I think generally the exchange students are in lower level classes. So they can enjoy their experience. And not to be stressed about performance. It will be very different experience to be in on level classes vs AP classes.

[@KitKat-kg4ku]

Great pronunciation - both of you. Thank you!

[@tomasmraz9451]

I think I had pretty much the same experience like Anna, I went to the US when I was 17, and I also had to switch the families, and that was very difficult. However I really enjoyed my high school, especially the second semester when I was a member of the varsity soccer team. I really miss that!

[@DreamPrague]

oooh, sports teams are really fun in the US. There's a whole camaraderie around it! I was on the swim team and it was my whole life! And making Varsity is always a big deal too!

[@namesurname3659]

Thank you Jen! I'm looking forward to see the second part!🤓👍

[@paoloova]

Anicka mela teda docela poradnou smulu na Ameriku. Nicmene je moc sympaticka a anglictinu ma super ;-) diky za rozhovor

[@jaromir1491]

Nikdy nepochopim, jak muze byt absolutne bez prizvuku. Kloubouk dolu 🙂

[@Anastazka00]

Absolutně bez přízvuku? To si nemyslím, ale budiž.

[@bitkarek]

we had some friendly teachers in střední škola in CZ. I think that really depends on actual people.

[@DreamPrague]

I'm sure you are right ;)

[@martingill1924]

Exactly. Maybe not all the teachers were friendly, but I would say they were always fair (even those that didn't seem to be very approachable). Also if you engaged them outside of the class with a question, they were always happy to help.

[@martinsmejkal8154]

I spent a senior year at High School in Michigan in 2002/2003 thanks to Rotary Exchange Program. Such a great experience! Didn't learned much new things in math or physics class 😎 but just the possibility to be there was something unforgedable! It really was a life changing moment for me. It gave me a lot of new perspective to look at certain things and sometimes the difference between life (and school) in CZ and US was beyond my expectations. No KZbin/FB/Skype etc... at that time, so we basically recieved the info about US just from TV shows (such as Beverly Hills 90210) or movies... The exchange students these days do have the endless info from all possible sources, so the social "shock" isn't that big I think. But still, I can't wait till my kids get older to suggest them the same idea as my father did to me. To spent 1 year abroad.

[@vitskotak3880]

We don't have a lot of assignments at czech highschool, but it depends on the teacher and the subject. But yeah we have few assignments. On the other hand it is commont to write a test from every class allmost every week.

[@pat2row]

Orinda, Ca is Tabor’s sister city and organizers are actively pursuing host families. I went to Tabor’s amazing Medieval 🏰 Meetings Festival last year. They usually have a booth at the 4th of July celebration selling Czech beer as their fundraiser. Glad to hear a balanced discussion of pitfalls of host families.

[@bhdusa9543]

Hi Jen, Great video and interview with Anna. Anna speaks flawless English. Your Czech is quite impressive as well, by the way. As I was watching this, I started having nasty flashbacks of my time in school, particularly all the after school hours spent aka wasted on doing homework assignments. I attended school in the US, mostly in New Jersey. Looking back at it all, the homework assignments honestly felt excessive and kind of a waste of time in some respects. I get that there are times when homework might be necessary.... Hmm, I think... Oh heck, it was a pain to focus when I otherwise wanted to hang out with friends, play sports, or catch up on MTV....etc. I think you mentioned that you did really well on tests but the homework was another story. Same here. Glad it's over. :) Anyway, thanks for sharing, and look forward to another great video!

[@saiien2]

I experienced home assignments very well at the university because our teacher was American (he was from San Diego) and he brought this style of teaching to Czechia. He was a former marine so you really didn't want to resist him in the matter of home assignments :D (he was very friendly by the way but still we had some respect to him). I personaly didn't like it but it's true that we were very well prepared for the final exam and I didn't have to learn so much at home as for the other exams where we had Czech teachers. It was good to experience both systems I think. :)

[@DreamPrague]

That's great you had exposure to both systems! I personally think that homework is really important - I do a ton of homework in between my Czech lessons!

[@Anastazka00]

I think it's very different for a language learning. Especially when u don't have lectures every day. That's necessary. Especially when u have a teacher for yourself and he can give u homeworks that works for u. But for georgaphy or history when u already knew everything? I would hate to have home assigments from lectures I don't like and don't consider important (like when I already know this grammer I would rather focus on vocablurary let's say). I like the freedom to choose and I hate when I "have to" do something. I like to study as a hobby. I learnt way more by watching documentaries And talking to ppl then by homeworks that I considered easy and boring. Home assigments, yes, but not too much. It also depends how many houres u spend in school. After 9 houres there, I simply don't have the mental energy to do homeworks and would prefer to go for a walk or out with friends. I like the way we have it in the uni now. We have big seminar works once per semester (Wich really teach u so much), few easy tests to test your reading, somethimes other small group works or "homeworks", but it's not too much and it's part of the grading system, so u ar less stressed during the final exam. I like the fact that we have a lot of time for these works (so u can make them perfect and in time that fits u) and the homeworks really make sense. But that's uni... I study the major I choosed. It's interesting to see how schools in Finland works for exemple - they have no home assigments and the purpuse of the school is to arouse curiosity in children. So they ar then educating themselves and with joy. I think it makes them more responsible and mature. Too much homeworks can make ppl hate school.

[@LucyMusic1999]

@@DreamPrague i think it depends on subject that you're teaching and which type of assignments you give your students. Only some teachers are able to give "good quality" assignment that supports student's curiosity and makes them look more into the subject by themselves.

[@abigailsmithanciaux2663]

You should Interview Tomáš Urbanec, he spent 6 years living in America playing ice hockey ;) that must be interesting for Czechs

[@neznamyautor4547]

Hi don't you wanna make comparison between American countryside and Czech countryside

[@annalapcikova3271]

It isn't really true about homeworks, it depends on school and the teacher, from my Personal experience i have had a lot of homeworks in primary and also secondary school and also more in 'gymnázium' our teachers are quite hard to us about homeworks

[@ludmilasvoboda57]

But you forgot to say that in US high school is mandatory for kids smart and not so smart , but in CR you have to have good grades and do a tests to get in . Big difference .

[@sulista-consulting]

Do you know that CR is ISO code for Costa Rica? Czechia is CZ, clear, unique and can't be confused with anything else. That's why we have it on our car plates. ČR is a Bolshevik relict, SSSR, NDR, PLR ČSSR, BLR, ČSSR etc. 😉

[@MarvinCZ]

@@sulista-consulting Except for the Bolshevik relict part, I would agree. It was ČSR long before there were any Bolsheviks here (1918-1939).

[@Petr1331]

@@sulista-consulting So you in the Czech lang. say/write instead of. ČR a CZ? Give me a break with bolsheviks😂😂😂 . BRD - Spolkova republika Nemceko- SRN in czech is also relict of comunists?

[@sulista-consulting]

@@Petr1331 I am using CZ exclusively, clear and can't be mixed up with anything else, CR is Costa Rica, Cr is chrome. CZ is the way to go, that's why we have it on our car plates

[@aghiatrias1]

@@Petr1331 Of course! ČSSR, NDR, PLR, MLR, RSR, ČLR etc. Tell me who commonly uses BRD in English instead of Germany. It is a comunist relict of political names and their abbreviations. It was necessary to emphasize and repeat all the time "republic", because those countries were not republic ib fact. CZ is a correct two letter ISO code of Czechia, CR is ISO code of Costa Rica.

[@lusovchak]

Well, if you’re interested in my experience of studying for one year in high school in Idaho Falls feel free to reply to this comment. I didn’t have to change school or host family. Where I lived with a Norwegian student by the way. It was a fascinating experience for me as an atheist to spend that time in a religious family and region.

[@pavelnovy491]

It all depends on the high school you attend in America and how you put your schedule together. If you take honors classes and AP (Advanced Placement) classes, high school in America can be much more challenging than high school in Czechia. So, you have a choice in America how challenging your high school will be, which you do not have in Czechia.

[@TheElafis]

Zajímavý pohled na věc, ikdyž my třeba na střední úkoly měli :D To že se v usa více bere přemýšlení nad věcí než její přímá znalost jsem slyšel už i od jiných lidí PS nechci byt hater nebo něco takového, ale české titulky máš v mužském rodě :) to jen tak na upozornění :)

[@slavekfoltyn9678]

I spent 1995/1996 year at Murray High school in Jackson, MS.... I guess it was standard public suburban high school with students from all the neighbourhoods around (60% Black, 30% Hispanic, 10% white). Well I think that level of the US studies in any class really depends on your own choice. If you take regular math then you will lost a year having vacations, but if you choose advanced math classes, then the level such class will definitely exceed the level of the math class in most of the Czech "gymnasiums" unless you attend math oriented "class", I.e. I was learning derivations/integrals at Murray the same way as I was in my math oriented class in Karlovy Vary. And the same applies to any other classes you can take in US high school. I wish our Czech literature is studied in our "gympl" the way the the English is taught in US, ie not as stupid history lessons with overwhelming facts storms (as God Maturita wills it), but rather as selection of several the Czech masterpieces, having some real time spending with them on order to get them known more in-depth, understand them and understand why these pieces are so important for the Czech literature. Moreover, US high schools can offer you many more school and other artistic/sport etc activities than the czech high schools offered us in 90's. It is very important to know that the US public/charter/private schools might be very different in every school district but the same applies to our school system too from its very beginning. I am not willing to let my daughter study at "our" Balabenka primary school due its very vad reputation (as all my neighbours and friends around me). When going to US for a whole year, the most important is the family you will be with. Unfortunately, most of the families who take an foreign students are doing it as charity/indoctrination encouraged by their local churches. I was lucky to live with an older couple that did not take this church encouragement so seriously, but many my friends ends up in very orthodox Christian/judish/mormon families that lead to many struggles and problems having usually only two solutions ... exchange the family one time (two times ... stay with coordinator) or early return to the Czech Republic (if the coordinator doesn't want to have any troubles). Its always kind of lottery .... what family you will be living with, what kind of public school you will be attending...

[@DreamPrague]

Thanks for sharing your experiences!

[@shiro_21]

Sympatická slečna a hezké video :)

[@pavelrinn5714]

I "graduated" US high school in 1999 (got there when I was 17, turned 18 there) and I had totaly different experience... 1. I went there with almost zero knoladge of English. They asked me: "Are you cold?" and I had no idea what they were talking about. I knew how to say that I am hungry, but had no idea how to say that I am thirsty. It was fun :-D. 2. it was in time, when there was almost no internet yet. There was no skype, facebook, voicechat, or even a chat over the internet. There was email, but even that was not a common thing, so mostly we comunicated with my parents by letters. And I wrote a loooong letters at the bigining :-D. 3. I was a city boy dreaming to get somwheare close to the sea - to live on a beach - Hawai, California, Florida,... And I got to a farm in the middle of Minnesota (sheep, cows, corn, soybeans,...), there was like -40°C in winter, I was driving all sorts of farming machinary stright from the start, with just 5 min of training - trucks, tractors with trailers and other attachments, even combine... We were castrating sheep and bulls, shearing sheep... My daly chores was to take care of the cows in the evening - feeding them, giving them new straw for them to sleep on and stuff like that... I could say that I do not want to do it and sometimes I was quite grumpy, but mostly I took it as oportunity to have that authentic American experience and took it as part of the FUN... It was a great family and I love them. I even called them mum and dad, and still do :-).

[@itsfreeanddizzy]

Hmmm I remember so many homework assignments while attending elementary and high school in Europe, so it depends where you go to school. Universities and colleges .. that is a different story.. in Europe there is no homework, maybe some papers and final exams, in the US universities you will feel like in high school because they give you so much homework and constant tests and quizzes...

[@MrNivarox]

8:25 chápu, já jsem dělal gympl 79-83 a to byl jeden velký stres. Držet hubu, krok, makat - direktivní výuka. Ovšem cosi do nás nacpali 😁

[@gingersimasnaps]

Okay but did somebody notice Tobik lying behind Anna on the couch?

[@DreamPrague]

He's too cute :)

[@Martinec1998]

Anička vypadá opravdu, že ví o čem mluví a krásně se angličtinu naučila a je taky inteligentní a btw je taky "cutie"

[@marekhubner2801]

V tom videu se vlastně ukázalo, že učení se informací na určitém stupni školy prostě musí být. Jak chcete diskutovat o nesmrtelnosti brouka, když nevíte co je to nesmrtelnost nebo co je to brouk? Pokud nemáte informace a fakta, tak o nich nemůžete diskutovat. Základní škola - nalít základní informace a fakta. Střední škola - nalít rozšířená fakta a informace a už učit i učení se a přemýšlení, tak půl na půl. Vysoká škola - diskuze a přemýšlení. Určitě nechcete automechanika, který neví co to je motor, ale který o jeho funkci umí diskutovat.

[@vanessablaho8622]

I'm so curious about what city she studied in that they had a "baking class." I don't know any high school in LA county that offered baking classes. And maybe she didn't have to study for any finals and things were "easy" because she wasn't in AP classes. I have to say that high school was way more stressful for me than university because I was always working hard to have the best grades (with my fellow classmates) to be able to get in to the best universities. Not to mention SATs, which was additional studying and homework to prepare for. I spent most of my free time and Saturdays in after school study programs for the SATs. Maybe that's another reason her high school experience was so easy; when you're in your final year of high school, if you're not going to university, there's really no pressure to excel .

[@DreamPrague]

Yeah, I totally agree - I think baking class might have been part of a Home Ec syllabus? But the main point is, when you're an international student and not worried about getting into US universities, you're not taking AP classes and SATs, but for the ones who wanted to advance to universities, those were a must. I do know that the kids in my high school who had no college plans were taking about half the classes I was.

[@Anastazka00]

I think she mentioned being in AP classes. If she studied "gymnázium", she was planning to go to uni for sure. I know students who had many C,D or even E in Czech schools, but all A during their exchange in the US. On the other hand they had issues coming back to the CZ schools as they missed a lot. I also heard about Mexicans who moved to the US and skiped a class or two. So it seems US high schools ar quite "easy" for foreigners, at least knowledge wise. Maybe there Is bigger pressure on being perfect or the best, which makes it stressfull and mentally demanding. U studied in public school, btw?

[@vanessablaho8622]

@@Anastazka00 She said that there were AP classes offered, and talked about the big differences in classes and workload from students in those classes versus ones that were taking regular classes. Im curious about the statistics of US high schools being "easy" for foreigners. In JUST California we have 977 school districts. In each school district there can be up to 1,000 schools. Each school district has different curriculum and standards. Again, this is JUST California. In the entire United States we have 13,506 school districts if there are up to 1000 schools in each of those districts, I think you can imagine how big that number is. So, I think it's hard to make a generalization that US schools are "EASY" for foreigners. If you are planning to go to an American University, an Ivy League University or even a state University like UCLA, you have a lot of pressure to be the best (as Jen mentioned) . You have to have the best grades, prepare a lot of essays , do many extra curricular activities, have many letters of references; a very big difference from students who don't have plans to go to an American university . The statistics I mentioned above are just public school districts, private schools are not included. But I can imagine if you come back to the CZ and enroll in regular school and are faced with the extensive memorization form of education, it will set you back quite a bit from the applicable knowledge you gained in an American school. I attended public school in Walnut Valley Unified school district, which has been ranked as one of the best schools based on standardized test scores in Southern California, but still doesn't even rank in the top 50 best school districts in the entirety of California.

[@Anastazka00]

@@vanessablaho8622 It was just my assumption that if she talks about AP classes and people there, she intended them, but yea, it´s not sure. The students I know were attending AP classes and all three were saying pretty much the same thing. They all went to different states and schools, but the "easiness" was something they all had in common. Oh wait, different CURRICULUMS?? Within one state?? I would like to compare "avarage" Czech school to "avargege" American, but u ar kidda saying the "avarage" is not suitable for comparing the US system. Unfortunatelly there is not much official data we can compare. At least not what I found. Just PISA testing of 15 years olds, wich is not high school so... That´s hard to tell. But saying all people (that I know and also dozens more who wrote their experiences here) agreeing on the easiness is simply a "coinscidence" is just.... Dilusional? Maybe if they all went to some "shitty" schools, wich they did not. By that I don´t mean the school is easy for you, especially if u have a lot of home assigments. School can be very stressfull and time consuming, no doubt. Especially if u add the the social pressure. The PISA testing is not perfect for the issue we talk about, but here is quick summary: factsmaps.com/pisa-2018-worldwide-ranking-average-score-of-mathematics-science-reading/ This PISA testing is measuring 3 categories, Math, Science and reading. They include private schools in their testing as well. In avarage, CZ is 24. out of 77 countries with avarage score of 495.3, US 25. US with the score of 495 - so not much difference. There is difference in each category, with Czech students scoring significantly higer in Math, while US students score significantly higer in reading (I guess all the essays pays off). I would expect private schools in the US will be better then the public once and the opposide situation for CZ. About why all of them think it was easy... 1. I think it´s OK to say that Math is the most difficult and hated subject in CZ, so if, as the testing suggests, US is "easier" on Math, that can be a big factor. 2. Even bigger factor, most of the exchange students ar from "gymnázium", wich is "elite" school that preselects students. They were already choosen based on testing they done at the end of the grammar school or elementary school. So we ar comparing above-avarage students of CZ with all students in the US. So it shouldn´t be surprising they find it "easy". The problem wasn´t them adjusting to "memorising" it was them simply not having the knowledge and not having the skill (if we talk about math) or they had it on a totally different level. Even applicable system should provide u with knowledge, so I wouldn´t use it as an excuse. I also don´t think Czech system is significantly based on memorising, to a degree yes (especially chemistry, biology, physics and math have some axioms u just have to memorise and there is no way around it), but not for most teachings.

[@martinajurickova5750]

I have no experience with US schools, but a ton of experience with Slovak as a student and now a teacher 😁 I am personally no fan of homework, as my teaching experience shows that half of the students dont do it at all and half of the rest just copies it from the class nerd. But my current employer pushes me to giving them as we are at gymnazium and those students allegedly expect it (mine never said so and are happy not to have any). I do give it to the younger students (11-12y) as parcticing math is important and they all are still very thoroughful in doing them. But with the older students I only limit HW to such assignments that require inclusion of personal creative input, eg making posters, writing essays (as preparation for maturita), making ppt on a given topic, book reviews. And i am super strict about copying, no plagiarism is tolerated here 😁 ps. I am also a student and a lecturer at university. We have % grades for the whole semester work, not just the final exam. Eg in math we had to pas two tests during the semester, do assignments and if you gained 60% of this, you could do the written exam, and if you got 60% of this, you could do the oral exam. (This Math grading system was actually pretty illogical, it was like unlocking pc game leves to get to the final boss fight 😁) In my English literature analysis classes it is similar now, make two analysis presentations, 30% each, write one test or an essay for 30% and active participation makes the rest. Minimum to pass the course is 60% total.

[@DreamPrague]

Thanks for your perspective, Martina! I agree with you on the homework - I never did it, always got in trouble for not doing it, even though I did really well on tests. I will say it's hugely important for language learning though...perhaps its the repetition that's needed. Also glad to hear your a strict about no copying - I've heard that plagiarism is a bit rampant in Czech schools, moreso than in the US.

[@MacGyver5AF]

Hi, Jennifer, Sir Mac here as always! I haven't attended any high school in the U.S., but I can't say a bad word about czech school system. During the elementary school, I was considered to be a nerd, getting all A's (1). During the time of high school (gymázium), my marks resembled more an ice-skating competition, I got many D's and F's (4, and 5). Why? Because the teachers tried to overload my head with useless facts. I am a human being, not a dictionary. And during the time of my university studies at Charles University, I became the perfect scholar again. And what am I? A librarian and an information (science) professional. I have a suggestion for you, Jennifer. There is one specific symbol, almost a legend, in the terms of the school system of the U.S. It is the YELLOW SCHOOL BUS. You can talk about the origins, about current situation, where the bus model was used as well (military, hospitals, etc.)... I don't want to sound offensive towards Anna, but I don't know why, but I felt like she is the foreigner, the alien here and you, Jennifer, were the home, the czech lady :-)

[@DreamPrague]

Of course you were the perfect scholar! I have no doubts. Anna's English was so good, I would have taken her for the foreign expat as well! I had no idea the yellow school bus was so iconic! I'll look into its origins! nice to hear from you, Sir Mac, as always :)

[@annahorakova2138]

Maybe that's a compliment for me, haha :) Well I was born and raised in Prague and I really really appreciate it, I am grateful for living in the Czech Republic :)

[@MacGyver5AF]

@@annahorakova2138 I was born, raised and I still reside in Prague... I tried to point out that Jennifer is now "half czech" and you, Anna, seemed to be some sort of a contrast with Jennifer... @Dream Prague I think U.S. should closely observe, what are we now going through with the COVID pandemic. We are now knee-deep in trouble and from here, there is no way than up. As Gavin Roy said "I think you in the Czech Republic are 14 days ahead of us." . His statement is, I believe, still up to date.

[@drakulkacz6489]

We have something in common. I had in my third grade of high school (there was just 8 years of elementary school and 4 years of high school - gymnázium - we ended in 18) marks 2,3 and 4 - nothing else. They just selected the best from elementary school (mostly just 1 marks) again to the 1-5 marks in high school. Today I have 3 more school after that and I am manager - nowadays for scientists.

[@josefmalar7837]

na soukromé střední škole jsme moc úkolů nemívali, ale kdo nechtěl mít známky 3-5, tak se opravdu musel dobrovolně učit doma. Kdo se pak učil ze sešitu, ten míval za 3. a kdo se dokázal nabiflovat z učebnic a dalších zdrojů, tak ten míval 1-2. To byl obor automechanik. No kdo na to dlabal nebo mu to moc nešlo asi jak mě, tak posléze v autoservisu na praxi se to nechutně projevilo. :-D Zvláštní pocit, že po práci v servise měl člověk chuť se naučit celou učebnicu, protože cítil, že mu opravdu chybí znalosti. jenže když je člověk automechanik, tak mě osobně se opravdu špatně učily záležitosti metalurgie, kde v praxi člověk použil asi tak jen žíhání a kalení. No proto dneska nejsem automechanik, ale zabývám se prací ve výrobním závodě a zlepšuju se ve studiu burzovního obchodování. tedy kancelářský tvor do budoucna.

[@mamabear8373]

The way she describes high-school is exactly why I homeschool my kids. A lot of these kids have no respect for teachers even in younger grades. It's really a shame.

[@terezatobiasova2760]

We had sooooo many home assignments. I was attending "gymnázium" then Charles university and Life science university...home assignments and esseys everywhere...i could even swim in that pile of papers :D :D And I was friend with half of the teachers at least :D I have them on FB as well :D :D

Anička je neuvěřitelně milá holka s krásnou angličtinou. Držím palce. Jsem Tvůj velký fanoušek.

[@coudas80]

Every time I tried to explain "tykání" to someone, I always went with "being on a first-name basis" with someone. How wrong is it?

[@DreamPrague]

That's probably the best explanation I've heard ;)

[@martinajurickova5750]

I would direct people to look up the Old English system of thou/you. They had the same addressing distinction back in the "good old days" 😁

[@linogalveias]

we also have formal and informal in Portuguese (and Italian, Spanish... for example), but in Portuguese it's more strict, I believe, when you're formal it's quite demanding ehehehe

[@northernbohemianrealist]

I always wanted to study abroad, but my mother told me to just find a nice Bohemian girl in Cadott.

[@Alex-hx4on]

I hope all who had oppurtunity to study in different country knows how lucky they are

[@DreamPrague]

It's true, it's such a privilege!

[@rudolfblaha7701]

her english is very impressive

[@DreamPrague]

It really is!

[@annahorakova2138]

thank you:))

[@pseudoAndy]

Tykání/vykání is known as a T-V distinction in linguistic circles, but I'm not sure if the term would be naturally understood by a non-linguist.

[@michalzak5513]

Já měl na střední škole teda hromady úkolů a to jsem ani nechodil na gymnázium ale na odbornou školu.

[@sharpshooterCZ200S]

Asi tak. V prváku to bylo celkem OK, takže když jsem v druháku uviděl rozvrh, tak jsem na to hleděl s otevřenou hubou - krom dvou dnů (kdy jsme hodin měli 8) bylo 9 vyučovacích hodin - prostě od 7 asi do 4 zavřenej ve škole a to doma ještě následovaly úkoly. To bylo celkem peklo a asi pět spolužáků to nedalo. A přitom jsme se učili častokrát i naprosto neužitečné nebo zastaralé a v praxi nepoužitelné věci. Naštěstí třeťák už byl zase celkem v pohodě...

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

I always found it weird, watching American tv series seeing people in high schools, they always created these special groups and if you aren't in a group you are an outcast. Also these people who don't even want to talk to others because "They aren't on their level." Like wtf, they are all still kids, students. It is unknown if the "outcast" becomes a great scientist or famous singer in the future, but they are still treated like trash if they act a certain way, don't join a group or are from a poor family.

[@Martin.Lazo.Ireland]

Hey Jen! great videos, very easygoing relaxed content. Keep making the videos. BTW is that an air baloon painting above the sofa? I love it, is it any particular airtis, or where does it come from?

[@DreamPrague]

Hi Martin! Actually, it is an air balloon from a place in Western Germany. We stayed in an AirBNB there, and the owner was an artist and we bought it from her.

[@kacka3497]

Anna has a great accent!

[@janpetros5361]

Correctly once again: Please what is the difference between "homework" and "assignment". Thank you very much. I am Czech and I only know Czech schools.

[@DreamPrague]

They are the same, although an assignment can also be some work that the student does in class. Homework is only done at home.

[@janpetros5361]

@@DreamPrague Thank you for explanations

[@sparkybonobo6196]

Is it possible that when Anička speaks about assignments (and that there were more in comparison with Cz), she might have meant ESSAYS really? Because there is definitely lots of HW in Czech gymnázia, too. (Well, depends on each school, of course, but in general it's the case). While essay writing is typically an American (or British) thing. Here, i.e. in the Czech Rep., you don't have to write that much, on the other hand you have to study facts (memorize) much more.

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

Anna has a cute voice, certainly more than my voice. Yours is also better than mine, I always hated my voice xD

[@hanka4077]

Honestly it probably really is more her and not a system. She was critisizing everything. I didn’t hear her to say once she liked something, mostly she disliked or didn’t enjoy it. In the end she admitted she changed a school even here. So yes, she seems very picky, very critical and not exactly agreable person.

[@ladaminuetkittens5216]

Jen, you should ask her if her schoolmates knew WHERE CZ R WAS.

[@petrhavlat5159]

hi jen (its with with one n or two n?) i was just watching crocodile dundee (i have seen it for i count how many times) i love that movie cuz i can always find something new. yeah lady i have protest, everytime that they try to kick me out of pub :) I love ur channell. ur great!

[@petrhavlat5159]

i am that bad guy who make cardiostimuklators (and skynet) this is not joke, have no idea how we progress on AI. period. I used to be pirate, really. And I have little bar on czech crown town called zbraslav (its part of prague now). I would be really honored if u accept my invitation to my club (with ur husband, my beloved would crucify me) it is called Bar u Černýho Kocoura . I am cat lover as my friend. She is not my girlfriend. My Girlfriend is really jealous on her. I love my love, i have never cheat on my love and i never do. If u wanna see czech pirates, ur invited :) and again ur great

[@danykunesova7797]

Anna is right about this way of learning through home assignments. Especially in learning foreign languages. To you, Jenn, regarding learning or approving foreign language in order to get a better job....I remember applying for a job by Škoda Cars and was told by HR that two foreign languages are not enough. 76% in English, 94% in German wasn't enough! At that time I knew no one among my Czech friends who could speak two foreign languages on that high level as me. Never mind. I got a job there few years later anyway but found out it wasn't made for me anyhow :-D Now I am in Germany and approving my Russian :-D Jenn, your Czech is great and I admire you, how you manage it! If you want to learn spoken language I am not a teacher but I did tutoring in Czech as foreign language. Do you know what does it mean - "Dávej bacha?" I would love to talk to you personally, I have already written this to you.

[@DreamPrague]

Hi Dany, thanks for your comment. Wow, I'm impressed by your language skills! I looked up Dávej bacha because I'd never heard it before. " Watch it" - is it considered impolite?

[@schauza]

Slang for "be careful".

[@danykunesova7797]

@@DreamPrague Yes, you're right. Watch out, look out. I would recommend you watch the Czech movie - Účastníci zájezdu with English subtitels. Actually watching movies and reading books in German and English is my key for learning a foreign language. And sure, talking to people about everything. I would like to recommend you the Facebook sites - Language mentoring with Lýdia Machová. She speaks 8 foreign languages. Every each of them she taught herself and she gives great tips how to learn foreign language at home.

[@janpetros5361]

Please, what is the difference between "homework" and ". Thank you very much. I am Czech and I only know Czech schools.

[@jaymesmensah]

Homework is work given to you to do when you get home after school.....

[@jaymesmensah]

Which part of Czech are you?

[@janpetros5361]

@@jaymesmensah Northern Moravia

[@jaymesmensah]

@@janpetros5361 I see that is cool.. i will be there soon

[@jiriglet8157]

Who made the subtitles? ( Who made the headlines? Grammar for male and female gender)

[@higochrana6424]

How many Czech people think America is the best country in the world? I certainly don't.

[@annahorakova2138]

I’ve met a lot of people who had this opinion:)

[@Anastazka00]

It's more teenagers who watch American series and think US Is "cool" and their high schools ar like "high school musical" :D Few of my schoolmates were having this view as well. America has a good PR. I don't think they kept this opinion till now though. But children ar dreamers.

[@TheHed94]

20yo when I was a kid, I thought of America as a great nation. But then you grow up and you see all the sh*t thats happening everywhere and I realised that Czech Republic is much nicer place to live in. Even though there still some who thinks we are third world country 😂😂

[@Gorbi1985]

@@TheHed94 "Even though there still some who thinks we are third world country" Actually, that´s what we still are.

[@TheHed94]

@@Gorbi1985 Yea? Why do you think so? :D

[@ellislepier7026]

I reallly like your videos and it is helpfull because i thought US is the best country and Czechia is worst country, but I realized that my home is really good and I am glad I live here in the Czech republic

[@vockoiii]

Dnes se vám nějak nepovedly titulky. Jste tam dvě holky, ale titulky jsou, jako by mluvili muži. Že by Google translator?

[@Gravitraxer_AangCZ]

Rozhodně

[@DreamPrague]

bylo to velky chyba, promin!

[@LucyMusic1999]

Promiň, ale Jen není češka. Takže je jasné, že titulky nebudou 100% správně. Taky bys udělal nějakou chybu v anglických titulkách? Otitulkovat něco není lehká práce. :)

[@MarvinCZ]

@@hanselvogis7301 Není to profesionální projekt. Pořád je to práce jednotlivce "z lásky", a titulky jsou vyloženě něco navíc.

[@MarvinCZ]

@@hanselvogis7301 Může mít korekturu, když bude chtít. Já se vyhrazuju proti tomu "má mít" - to vyjadřuje až nějakou povinnost.

[@kacp6485]

Jen poznámka..."gymnázium" není totéž jako "high school" :-) možná by tvé češtině prospělo, kdybys mluvila česky ve videích - mola bys dostávat velký feedback

[@Pidalin]

Gymnázium je druh střední školy, ale možná by (pro Američany nebo další cizince co to můžou sledovat) bylo dobrý poznamenat že většina lidí nechodí na gymnázium a máme víc druhů středních škol. Ale ono to třeba na technický škole neni zas tak jiný, akorát místo šprtání třeba literatury nebo angličtiny musíš šprtat svoje odborný předměty, na konci stejně musíš maturovat z literatury a z AJ nebo matiky, akorát na gymplu si možná spousta lidí vybere tu těžší úroveň maturity nebo maj ještě další jazyky ve školní části maturity, takže pak můžou mít na vysvědčení klidně možná 2x literaturu atd...ale to jenom hádam. Odmaturovat z těch odbornejch předmětů na technický škole taky neni žádná prdel, lidi z gymplů si často myslej že lidi co nechoděj na gympl tam maj ňáký lážo plážo nebo co, ale to je fakt hodně daleko od reality. Ať mi ten gymplista ukáže jak navrhne otopnej systém pro celou budovu, včetně všech výpočtů, průměrů trubek v každý částy tý soustavy, výpočtu tepelnejch ztrát budovy a podobně....fakt to jednoduchý nebylo a ta matematika je tam překvapivě celkem náročná. Většinou ty předměty na sebe celkem navazovaly, takže co jsme probírali zrovna v matice se nám hodilo třeba za dejden ve vytápění nebo vzduchotechnice. Jasně, derivace a integrály jsme nepotřebovaly, ale to neznamená že to bylo jednoduchý, uděláš jednu chybu někde na začátku a vyjde ti nesmysl a ty vzorce měly kolikrát třeba i několik řádků v sešitu. :-D Nebo co jsme počítali v mechanice a v laborkách, různý zatížení ve smyku, výpočty příhradovejch konstrukcí atd....a v laborkách milion dalších šíleností. A to jsem ani nebyl na průmyslovce, jenom na obyčejný technický škole. Když jsme pak měli jednou za 2 tejdny praxi tak to byla uplná pohoda v tý dílně když jsme celej den něco pilovali pilníkem a nemuseli jsme nic přehnaně řešit, ale i na praxi jsme občas museli něco psát a dělat ňáký testy, třeba jakej má bejt úhel ostří vrtáku při broušení pro různý použití (dřevo, kov atd...) a podobně.

[@kacp6485]

@@Pidalin doufám že se nebudeš zlobit, ale nepřečetla jsem si to celý :-D důvodem je, že, i když je to super zajímavý, tak je to v případě tohodle problému úplně fuk. Rozbor českého vzdělávacího systému fakt nebylo to, co jsem tím svým komentářem chtěla vyvolat. Myslím že informace, že high school se do češtiny nepřekládá jako gymnázium, je úplně dostačující. Daleko víc mi šlo o to, aby Jen víc mluvila česky a komunikovala s rodilými čechy, protože jinak se v té řeči moc nikam neposune. Není to myšleno ve zlém, ale dělá pořád velké množství chyb, a má o dost horší výslovnost, než třeba TadyGavin, který na rozdíl od ní v čechách nežije, a i tak mluví o dost líp než ona - protože mluví s čechy, poslouchá čechy a jejich řeč a opravdu se snaží něco naučit, někam posunout, (přestože už nějaké znalosti má) a nebojí se mluvit pro něj cizím jazykem po celou dobu videa. Ona to nedělá a jejímu umění češtiny to těžce nesvědčí. Umět pár základních slov, a nula nula nic z výslovnosti, fakt nestačí k tomu, aby každý na první pohled nepoznal že jsi cizinec, co češtinu zkouší potřetí v životě. O tohle mi šlo

[@Pidalin]

@@kacp6485 Jo, na tom asi něco bude, ale asi se na to holt ještě necejtí točit videa v češtině.

[@kacp6485]

@@Pidalin 🤷🏻‍♀️asi tak... Ale, podle toho co vím, bydlí už v čr nějakých...šest let? Nevím, řekla bych že kdyby se odhodlala, určitě by to zvládla😊jednoduše, budeme to brát, jakože jsem jí to prostě doporučila

[@Pidalin]

@@kacp6485 Asi dělá ve firmě kde komunikujou anglicky a když ještě učí AJ tak nemá zase takovou reálnou motivaci na tom jazyku víc zapracovat. Já to vidim třeba u Ukrajinců v práci, jsou tady roky ale Česky kváknout neuměj protože to prostě nepotřebujou, ona aspoň normálně žije mezi lidma, chodí nakupovat a tak, takže přecejenom něco určitě pochytí.

[@smutnejklaun]

Při spojení High School Musical a American Culture mi naskočilo tohle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3KqgpWbbtKKkLc kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIulc4Guop6nfKM :D Přesně ten okamžik, kdy se ten seriál začal překlápět do polohy "velký špatný" :P P.S.: jinak slečinka moc hezká, ale tak na vesnici se nehodí, no... když ani prase doma nesnese :P

[@mari.be.86]

Very interesting topic, the girl is handy, she can speaks English really good, she has nice self-correction. She still makes mistakes, but she is also aware of them and tries to correct them immediately. So far it looks more like a nightmare from the point of view of everyday life and a sloppy lifestyle at school :( Hm home assignments vs main teaching in school .Due to the ability to learn everyone is different and everyone needs a different time to learn the same thing. I need to see and hear, reading is not a good method for me. After work, I need to relax so that I can concentrate again the next day. I had the same at school, I didn't learn after school, there was no need, or almost no need at all. Now I have the same thing at work, overtime is ineffective for me, once my brain gets tired, I'm useless.

[@DreamPrague]

Yes, her English was really impressive! It's so surprising to me not to have homework. It's such a main part of our studies in the US!

[@cinskybuhsrandy5099]

I agree that the girl seems very bright, but "she can speaks English very good" instantly reminds me the Weird Al Yankovic's song "Word Crimes" ;) No offense, don't whoosh me if it was intended.

[@ladaminuetkittens5216]

Some kids want to study and some do not. THEY HAVE TO BE DIVIDED INTO TWO DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL. There should be just COMMON HIGH SCHOOL and a COLLEGE PREPARATION HIGHT SCHOOL. At least two. Yes, people should be treated equally, but they were not created equal.

[@happylittlehippo8732]

Love the americna point on Italki :D Learn the language, you can make more money that way :) Do not take it wrong, I mean no harm. it is just cute :D

[@DreamPrague]

Yeah I guess that is an American perspective?!

[@LeonardodaVinciXIV]

2:04 Hej Jen, my houby nelovíme, ale hledáme nebo sbíráme.

[@tomsydney2430]

To je idiom :-) Mushroom hunting, mushroom picking,...

[@LeonardodaVinciXIV]

@@tomsydney2430 To jsem pochopil, ale překládat to doslova je zhovadilost. V angličtině klidně můžeš houby lovit, ale v češtině se sbírají nebo hledají. Myslím, že Jen se chce naučit česky a uvítá, když jí někdo poradí s překladem. To je to samé jako kdybys přeložil "tlouci špačky" doslova, v angličtině k tomu musíš použít idiom, který tomu odpovídá. Pusť si titulky laskavě.

[@jacoboleary9076]

I don't even know what normal high school in the US is like, because I had to go to private religious school 😑

[@DreamPrague]

I did too! first two years in All girls catholic school, then last two in public school. I wanted to be in "Saved By the Bell" 😂

[@jacoboleary9076]

@@DreamPrague I just wanted to have AP classes instead of Bible classes but nooooooooo

[@cinskybuhsrandy5099]

I've read somewhere that several US schools wanted to add alternative (religious) theories like Young Earth or Intelligent design to curriculum. What was the situation at your school? Did they teach anything contradicting science?

[@jacoboleary9076]

@@cinskybuhsrandy5099 oh I learned basically nothing about evolutionary biology. Was absolutely clueless when I got to college (university for those outside the US). Really, really annoying!

[@jacoboleary9076]

@PragaMaterUrbium mmhmm

[@pavelklenot7152]

ten peklad to je translator???????

[@Petr1331]

America - California. a heaven on Erarth. 🤔 Oh kid....😉 I was kid too, no ofence. Pros and cons everywhere..... Host “piggy family” must have been something......

[@petrhavlat5159]

,hey, ever study ČVUT or FIRST FACULTY OF MEDICINE ON CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE? EVER MET pan prof. Petrovický (who was a head of anatomy institute?) na to ti sere bílej tesák na ty tvoje džendrový studie

[@abirwait5636]

Important American high school courses: banana peeling and shoelace tying... (along with the baking class!) Grade 12 is an equivalent to the old Czechoslovakia grade 8. Even Mexican schools demand more - see the Sopor-Jen interview.

[@vladimirskala]

Honorifics - vykanie

[@gacha_mizi_8724]

Ona má stejné jméno a příjmení jako já 😂😳

[@DreamPrague]

😳

[@bitkarek]

tak nema zrovna atypicky jmeno a prijmeni :) myslim, ze vas bude vic :)

[@MrAharwaisil]

You know?

[@josefmuzatko4042]

hups, that advertisment makes me crazy. bye.

[@trevorpalic6216]

Tak nejak si predstavujem matku mojich detí. :D

[@ivozavadil8385]

Zajímavý rozhovor. Jen Anna je trans? Protože o sobě mluví jako muž, nebo je to chyba v titulcích?!

[@annahorakova2138]

To mě pobavilo😁😁 Trans opravdu nejsem. Asi špatné titulky😊

[@ivozavadil8385]

@@annahorakova2138 jj to byl fór... 😂😂😂👍

[@DreamPrague]

WHAT???? This was a huge mistake with bad subtitles!

[@jiribartunek2610]

Please, don't use the term Czechia in your great videos, thank you. I know it is official, but it is also totally b*llsh*t and annoying.

[@netguy888]

why is this? every Czech person who i spoke to prefers Czechia not starting an argument just curious

[@jiribartunek2610]

@@netguy888 Actually no, any normal Czech person doesn't use Czechia. We do not like it. It is absolutely stupid term with no history and logic in it. It was artificially made for stupid tourist and for easy advertisement of Czech Republic abroad. I understand that Jenn doesn't get it, and her local Czech people in Prague who use it is not regular citizens of Czech Republic...

[@netguy888]

@@jiribartunek2610 i do personally prefer the term Czech republic but i think your missing the point you see here in New Zealand we are having a debate weather we should re name our country Aotearoa or New Zealand because Aotearoa was the first name given to New Zealand and is a way faster way of saying New Zealand more the point people dont say "The Republic or Ireland " "the Russian federation" "the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" "the republic of Congo" everyone just says Aoteroa, Ireland, Russia, North Korea, Congo its just a shorter less formal name i say Czech Republic myself but theres the reason why for Czechia sorry for anything that doesn't make sense English is my second langue

[@jiribartunek2610]

@@netguy888 I understand. I know that Czechia is faster to say then Czech Republic. But I still like it more in the old way... Problem is, they wanted oneword name for Czech Republic. A then they invented artificial name Czechia. It has no history, no tradition, no sence in it. But there already was a oneword term for Czech Republic. It was Bohemia. It has history, tradition, Czech people already know it... But government didn't like it, so they choose Czechia instead. Shame. Well, I don't know about debate about renaming of New Zealand. For me, this trend with renaming countries with new short easily remember names don't make any sense. Why? Keep it like it is. But if you like it, no problem, rename it. But I think for rest of the world it will be still New Zealand. :)

[@netguy888]

@@jiribartunek2610 oh yeah no one outside of nz will call it aoterora people probably cant even pronounce it and also naming it Bohemia probably wouldn't fly well because its the same name as the Bohemia region and like what about Moravia ya know?

[@tchuddi]

Please stop saying Czechia. This is Czech Republic, not Czechia FFS

[@DreamPrague]

okay, so Czechia is the international name. also did research and a video on it kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYqpeqeqiLaLj6s, so, what can I say?

[@jiribartunek2610]

@@DreamPrague Term Czechia comes from Czech goverment, they just wanted to simplify it for the world, people outside and tourists. It is totaly artificial construct and exact translation of the official term Česko, who is the short version of the Czech republic (not to be confused with Čechy, that is just one of the three geographical parts of the Czech republic). There were debates about it, because they simply wanted a singleword term for the Czech republic, and officials didnt want to use historical term Bohemia, because it would be confusing for people outside and bad for tourism. But people in the Czech republic mostly dont like term Czechia, because of multiple reasons (eg. sounds stupid, why change something that works, they are use to use the Czech republic...). In the 90s, there was very similar debate about the term Česko in our Czech language. And today, after 25 years, some people still doesnt like it a doesnt use it. So maybe we are little bit conservative in such matters. And I personally think that term Czechia is OK for people from outside, for tourists, for Americans, who thinks that Europe is a country... But not for you, because you are not people from outside, you are already ours. :) Foreign people living here have no reason to use it and it's a little inappropriate for them, especially during communication with Czechs or when supporting Czech republic during some sports events. Because in Czech, if you are cheering on some Czech teams or sports(wo)men, you dont say "Go Czech Republic", but "Go Czechs". So actually you dont need to say the word Czechia.

[@MarvinCZ]

@@jiribartunek2610 Why don't you rather watch Jen's linked video on the subject where she addresses that? And if I were you, I wouldn't assume that "most people" think the same way I do, even if the people I hang around do.