Montana Showalter

Montana Showalter

Hallo! My name is Montana, and I was an exchange student in Germany with the CBXY Program from 2019-2020. My videos often compare US and German culture as well as showing my experiences as an American teen living abroad and learning German!

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  • @nathanjaerhard7352
    @nathanjaerhard73522 күн бұрын

    How to make Friends in Germany: 1. Understand that Germans take friendship VERY seriously. That isn't a topic to be taken lightly here. 2. Connect through HOBBIES, and the same interests, like musik, sports, cooking, knitting (Vereine!) Always follow, were the germans disapear to... :-) 3. Ehrenämter: Connect with other people who want to commit oneself to the same cause, like saving animals, human rights, soup kitchens, etc. 4. Local independent churches. They are often very family like and warm hearted and welcoming to strangers. 5. Try going to pubs with germans. When drinking beer, germans loosen up. I personally as a german don't like alcohol, but at least go to the pub and drink something else!

  • @GenerationNextNextNext
    @GenerationNextNextNext5 күн бұрын

    I feel American parents are getting more and more conservative. They don't want even their teenagers having sex ed in schools, going to gay pride events, and wearing certain clothes. They don't allow their children to have their own religious ideas. They don't want their children to be independent individuals and want to make them carbon copies of themselves. They feel their children should only go to certain colleges and work certain jobs. They should only have certain friends and a strict schedule. The helicopter attitude of parents comes from being extremely conservative, religious, and afraid of new ideas and influences on their children. Parents don't trust their children to make their own decisions or form their own conclusions in the USA like they do in Germany. At the same time, I feel that children aren't raised to be responsible for their mistakes, either, because either their parents are doing all the work for them or their parents are making excuses for their child's misbehavior or lack of dedication. Working in the education system for 10 years, children were failing their subjects in the school I worked in, and they didn't care. Their parents pressured teachers to pass their children, even though their children did nothing all year. Children would be disrespectful to teachers and administration, and the parents would applaud and reward their children for behaving this way. I don't think American children are raised to be as responsible as German children. In Germany, I think having that 3-Tier school system, where they are broken off at 9 years old, makes them realize the decisions they make at a young age can affect them the rest of their lives.

  • @KarolaHughes-xd6bd
    @KarolaHughes-xd6bd6 күн бұрын

    Beeindruckend wie du Montana die Deutsche Sprache meisterst. Einen ähnlichen Erfolg wünschen wir beim Spanisch lernen. Karola Hughes

  • @John.bww03
    @John.bww037 күн бұрын

    RIP

  • @KarolaHughes-xd6bd
    @KarolaHughes-xd6bd7 күн бұрын

    Hallo Montana, dein Deutsch ist rasant gut. Du bist offensichtlich sprachbegabt. Weiter so.

  • @user-mc5ry1rg7l
    @user-mc5ry1rg7l9 күн бұрын

    Sendung mit der Maus - my choldhood in Czechoslovakia 😂 it was also broadcasted here - some episodes and as a kid I used to have some stickers with this Maus 😂

  • @iPhonesuechtler
    @iPhonesuechtler13 күн бұрын

    90s kid here. OMG I hate our emoji culture as well. When did xD and ^^ get out of fashion?

  • @iPhonesuechtler
    @iPhonesuechtler17 күн бұрын

    U got a Siemens washing machine? Haha 😂

  • @fredlar9421
    @fredlar942117 күн бұрын

    Cigarettes vending machines are everywhere in Germany. I didn't see any of it in the US.

  • @anjin-san
    @anjin-san17 күн бұрын

    Warum zum Beispiel "der", "die", "das"? Deutsch ist eine sehr präzise Sprache, und anders, als im englischen, muß man die Verhältnisse nicht aus dem Zusammenhang erkennen. Weiterhin gibt es für Verschiedene Begriffe jeweils einzelne Wörter, wo es im englischen nur eines gibt: Kraft, Stärke, Macht, = power Schlagsahne ohne Zucker: Amerikaner scheinen seeehr süß zu essen. Bei Eis, ist doch das Eis selbst schon süß genug, und in der Kombination fällt es nicht mehr auf, dass der Zucker fehlt. Ebenso bei Kuchen. Und, sorry dafür, schau dir deine amerikanischen Mitmenschen an. Warum sind sie so dick? Ein Grund ist Zucker in allem, und da, wo er hineon kommt, in viel zu großen Mengen.

  • @benutzername2.031
    @benutzername2.03117 күн бұрын

    Gott bist du süß 🤩

  • @benutzername2.031
    @benutzername2.03117 күн бұрын

    Adam Sandler

  • @bjorndebar8361
    @bjorndebar836117 күн бұрын

    99.99999% in Germany not only sign with cash on delivery, they also at least take the first letter of their first name, or write both names in full. I can't remember ever seeing someone just use their last name.

  • @bjorndebar8361
    @bjorndebar836117 күн бұрын

    Half a liter of cola/limo is easily enough for mcd, before drinking 1.5 liters I would rather buy one more Royal TS.

  • @user-ks3ol3lw3b
    @user-ks3ol3lw3b19 күн бұрын

    European exchange students in America: 'My American Dream!" Germans listening to an American exchange student in Germany: Americans are so stupid!' Seems like we only get the good ones.

  • @SpartanOfFinance
    @SpartanOfFinance20 күн бұрын

    I would love more German beer in the states. Mmmmm beer.

  • @alfredrein699
    @alfredrein69926 күн бұрын

    Thanks for that video, like this

  • @SvenGold
    @SvenGold27 күн бұрын

    About the card rant - the last few years there have been some talks in germany about getting rid of cash money to fight corruption and money laundering. And as usual in politics, some ultra conservatives come along and poison some minds with stupid populism and crazy conspiracy myths. Maybe the Weihnachtsmarkt-Dude was of them and his rage was incited by our german version of the crazy parts of your GOP, called AFD.

  • @reesofraft4166
    @reesofraft416629 күн бұрын

    super market bread? the worst there is. there are sooo many bakeries where you get much better bread. and fresher. did you get Haxe? h > k. come on! they are looking for you, not for a certain body part.

  • @joncolburn1501
    @joncolburn1501Ай бұрын

    Absurd one must be 21 to smoke in the U.S. when you can be sent to suffer and or die in battle.., I say this as an Army retiree

  • @Himmelgrau68
    @Himmelgrau68Ай бұрын

    Germany does not have "high schools".

  • @blessedbeJesus
    @blessedbeJesusАй бұрын

    I never heard of No Cap.

  • @Izanuela22
    @Izanuela22Ай бұрын

    Today a customer wrote a complaint to my boss about a colleague of mine who works as a security guard at the entrance. The security lady had not smiled at him. He did not feel welcome. I was actually very annoyed by that. I am so used to a culture where you smile when you feel in the mood for it and look grumpy when you feel grumpy and I actually like it that way… I have lived in other countries and I find it very confusing when someone smiles at you but the eyes don’t smile. Like…you can see that the person is fake smiling. I prefer it when you know exactly where you are with a person. Someone looks angry? He IS angry. Someone looks annoyed? She IS annoyed. Someone smiles? This Person ACTUALLY is happy to see you… way easier…! Btw. I told my boss about the complaint and she just rolled her eyes…😂

  • @syedredoanahmed
    @syedredoanahmedАй бұрын

    why aren’t you making videos?

  • @yuliawolf1617
    @yuliawolf16174 күн бұрын

    Ikr

  • @user-sm3xq5ob5d
    @user-sm3xq5ob5dАй бұрын

    The cookies with the "cardboard" bottom I don't like either. The bottom is called Oblate(n) because they are the same as served in church. The idea is simply to make it easier to separate the dough from the cookie sheet when they are done. That guy with his credit card rant hit upon some history. When I visited Paris, France in the 90s you could pay even for your morning paper with a credit card. At a newsstand to boot. But in Germany doing that was unheard of. People used EC-card or mostly cash. The reason was simply, as the guy mentioned, that it would cost the shop owner dearly. The commission the CC-companies would charge in Germany were pretty steep. And in addition you had to have an online connection (telephone) or trust the customer. Many small businesses didn't have that. A friend told me of a trick he supposedly did with his American Express CC. In shops (very few, mostly high fashion Gucci style ones) that did accept payments with Amex he asked for a discount if he paid with cash. Amex was charging about 10% commission at the time. And the shops were happily giving him a better deal then.

  • @gunthergenhard9358
    @gunthergenhard9358Ай бұрын

    Das rote Backsteingebäude ist übrigens das Oberlandesgericht und das alte, schöne Gebäude dahinter, der Justiz Palast! 😊😉

  • @Rednosei
    @RednoseiАй бұрын

    8 Monate in Deutschland und ihr sprecht wirklich gut deutsch! (Ich wäre froh könnte ich so gut englisch sprechen wie ihr deutsch!) Und ja, das rechts sitzende Mädchen hat recht, es heißt in diesen Kontext: Ich heiße ...! Grüße aus Deutschland (Kiel) Michael

  • @madelynchaos
    @madelynchaosАй бұрын

    The snow thing is funny, coming from an American. I lived right by Mexico for mot of my life and 3 inche would cancel snow but now i live in Wisconsin (Near Canada) and it takes a foot and a half.

  • @napoleon1235438743
    @napoleon1235438743Ай бұрын

    WELCOME BACK HONEY

  • @napoleon1235438743
    @napoleon1235438743Ай бұрын

    hopefully that teacher in leipzio is not going to teach you SACHZIG deutsch lol

  • @napoleon1235438743
    @napoleon1235438743Ай бұрын

    ahh, great you are back again. i missed youi for the last couple of years

  • @cellevangiel5973
    @cellevangiel5973Ай бұрын

    Dear, I think you know by now, that Europeans and Americans THINK differently about many things. Can you imagine, as an example that in the USA you would have a choose of 10 parties with an election. In the Netherlands they have 20. We think THAT is normal. 2 Parties only we consider as non democratic.

  • @juliasteinert7570
    @juliasteinert7570Ай бұрын

    Es ist normal im Kopf, also du sagst eine oder einer automatisch

  • @janheinbokel3969
    @janheinbokel39692 ай бұрын

    You are so beautiful and it's very informative to follow your Channel - Just want to mention it

  • @nomaam9077
    @nomaam90772 ай бұрын

    3:50 - Das nennt man "Oblaten", die kann man aber mitessen. 🤔🤷‍♂

  • @TierchenF95
    @TierchenF952 ай бұрын

    13:54 But that's why mixed use of toilets isn't really a thing for us. You can't see each other and you have real privacy on the toilet.

  • @TierchenF95
    @TierchenF952 ай бұрын

    11:57 You haven't really ridden a bike on the highway, have you? That would not only be illegal, but also incredibly dangerous 😱

  • @TTMHEST
    @TTMHEST2 ай бұрын

    "horglig" !!! Gibt es sehr wohl im Hochdeutschen und heißt " meklig" . Das kommt vom Wort " mekeln" und lehnt irgendeine Mahlzeit ab. Ja und die sogenannte " Berliner Schnauze" beschreibt nicht nur die Art zu sprechen sondern auch die Aussprache. " Icke" heißt im Hochdeutschen "ich".

  • @TTMHEST
    @TTMHEST2 ай бұрын

    Also eine Idee für Leipzig wäre auf jeden Fall ein Zoo Besuch.

  • @TTMHEST
    @TTMHEST2 ай бұрын

    Ein Emoji, also Affe der seine Hände vor die Augen hält zeigt peinlich beschämt zu sein. Wenn man also einen peinlichen Fehler zugeben muss, ist dieser Emoji unter Umständen angebracht.

  • @TTMHEST
    @TTMHEST2 ай бұрын

    Wie du in deinem Video beschreibst ist die deutsche Grammatik sehr umfangreich. Was deine Frage des Schauspielers betrifft? Ich verstehe es auch nicht. Denn es gibt tatsächlich eine Menge deutscher Schauspieler die besser sind als der beschribene Elias. Bayern wird nicht gehasst vom restlichen Deutschland. Aber es missgünstig angesehen. Warum? Bayern hat immer versucht und tut es nach wie vor eine Sonderrolle innerhalb Deutschlands einzunehmen. Bayern ist ein Bundesland ähnlich wie Texas. Es ist ein wirtschaftlich starkes Bundesland mit alten Traditionen und konservativen Einstellungen. Einstellungen die noch aus Zeiten stammen als Bayern ein eigenständiges Land gewesen ist. Darauf bildet sich Bayern sehr viel ein und meint über vielen Entscheidungen zu stehen die ganz Deutschland betreffen.

  • @anne-katrinlehmann9716
    @anne-katrinlehmann97162 ай бұрын

    These gardens, also known as allotment gardens, date back to a time when it was important for as many people as possible to grow vegetables and fruit, even those who did not farm or have their own land. Even today, it is very often stipulated that if you are given a garden, you are obliged to cultivate a percentage, e.g. 60% of the area, with vegetables or fruit. In Berlin at least, there are annual inspections by the garden board, which checks whether this area is really being used for this purpose. Diese Gärten, auch Schrebergärten genannt, stammen aus einer Zeit, in der es wichtig war, dass möglichst viele Leute Gemüse und Ost anbauten, auch, die, die keine Landwirtschaft betrieben oder ein eigenes Areal zur Verfügung hatten. Noch heute ist es sehr oft vorgeschrieben, dass wenn man einen Garten bekommt, man verpflichtet ist, einen Prozentsatz, z.B. 60 % der Fläche mit Gemüse oder Obst zu bewirtschaften. Es gibt, in Berlin jedenfalls, jährlich Begehungen durch den Gartenvorstand, der kontrolliert, ob diese Fläche wirklich dafür genutzt wird.

  • @Keinerliebtmichsowieich
    @Keinerliebtmichsowieich2 ай бұрын

    Made in Germany 😊✌️

  • @sandra8991
    @sandra89912 ай бұрын

    As a German I went to school by myself since I was 7 years old first by foot and later by bike. As every other kid too. I went by bike everywhere and my hobbies had to be where I could bike to. With 15 I had to be home by midnight on Saturdays and we went to a club with a faked school ID 😁 thst is now 30 years ago. No mobile phones either. Ah and my sister and me spend the weekends at our boyfriends place since 16. My parents made sure to know our boyfriend and their parents and we got on the pill as soon as we had a boyfriend 😁 My Mum wasn't allowed anything in her teenage years, she wanted us to enjoy life.

  • @martinsturm4087
    @martinsturm40872 ай бұрын

    The Mainzelmännchen got their name because they were an invention of the German TV station ZDF. ZDF´s headquarters are in Mainz, the capital of the state Rheinland-Pfalz, and that´s what gave them the name MAINZelmännchen. :-)

  • @martinsturm4087
    @martinsturm40872 ай бұрын

    Hallo, ihr Lieben, euer größter Fan ist zurück! Ich hätte gerne ein Autogramm von June! Wie kann ich das bekommen?

  • @jrgptr935
    @jrgptr9352 ай бұрын

    Einfach schöne Gebäude, die man hier sieht. Vielleicht aber mag ich auch nur Backsteine und auch die nach ihnen benannte Gotik.

  • @jrgptr935
    @jrgptr9352 ай бұрын

    Frage an die Allgemeinheit: Was meint sie mit Clubs, in die junge Leute gehen? Unter Club versteht man doch eine Institution, in der alte Männer auf grünen Ledersesseln sitzen, Zigarren rauchen und dazu Bohneneintopf essen. Oder einen Hasenzüchterverein. Das kann sie aber doch kaum meinen!?

  • @RobTheWatcher
    @RobTheWatcherАй бұрын

    Sie meint “Diskothek”. Dazu Club zu sagen ist eigentlich gängig.

  • @user-yb2lb5et1t
    @user-yb2lb5et1t2 ай бұрын

    Es gibt in Deutschland schon einige " craft stors" Hobby- oder Bastelläden. Zum Beispiel Hobby made!. Vielleicht nicht in Süddeutschland. Bayern ist ja sowieso ein bisschen anders als Deutschland. Komm doch einfach mal ins Ruhrgebiet oder ins Rheinland. Hier sind die Leute freundlicher und lustiger als im Seppenland N

  • @user-yb2lb5et1t
    @user-yb2lb5et1t2 ай бұрын

    11:17