Comment Re:Maslow's pyramid? (Score 3) 277
I lived in Germany and Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic for a while and I noticed that there wasn't much of a sense of "geekdom." There were certainly techies with all the traits we know and love, but I don't think there is even a pejoritave term for geek in either language. One German I asked had to search for the term "Electro-weakling."
The European high school culture that I saw seemed to be broken up more along traditional class and maybe political lines, like college-track vs. blue-collar. This was probably re-enforced by the way they have separate highschools for university and vocational school types.
I think there might have been an athelete clique, but nothing like the US, and it was scarcely supported by the schools. I think most Europeans find it surreal how much energy, time and money goes into sports in US schools and universities. I guess the English-speaking world in general is different in this respect.
If getting good grades got you singled out for punishment there, it was definitely not evident.
The European high school culture that I saw seemed to be broken up more along traditional class and maybe political lines, like college-track vs. blue-collar. This was probably re-enforced by the way they have separate highschools for university and vocational school types.
I think there might have been an athelete clique, but nothing like the US, and it was scarcely supported by the schools. I think most Europeans find it surreal how much energy, time and money goes into sports in US schools and universities. I guess the English-speaking world in general is different in this respect.
If getting good grades got you singled out for punishment there, it was definitely not evident.
