Free university tuition? Yes please!

Lower Saxony has just become the final state in Germany to revert to free tuition.  This is in stark contrast to what is happening in my home country, Australia, where the current government is trying to deregulate university fees.  Fees which are high enough already in my opinion!

Why learn German?

I guess the first thing I should address is why I’ve picked German to learn, especially given that I’m living in Denmark!  Before even leaving for Copenhagen, I registered for language courses and decided I would make a real effort to learn the language.  I’m really glad I did, it was a lot of fun and I met some great people.  Learning a language as an adult was a completely different experience to learning in high school.   I can’t believe how well I did.  I think the main difference was that I was really enjoying learning.  Having fabulous teachers absolutely helped, but I still think my pure enjoyment of using a part of my brain that had been dormant for years was the real key to my success.

 

The few us of who stayed til the end of Danish class, and our great teacher yielding her pointing stick.