A.YOUTHINGERMANY

= = =My challenge is to find out as much as possible about life for young people in Germany. I've been challenged to:  -Observe  -Investigate   -Make comparisons with my own experiences   -Evalute    = = = =A.YOUTH IN GERMANY =

A. Youth in Germany – An introduction

I had looked at the changing pictures at the t of this page. http://www.goethe.de/ges/soz/doz/jug/enindex.htm

I has also looked through the gallery of "Favourite things". http://www.goete.e/lrn/prj/jgd.aus.lbd/deindex.htm

Young people in Germany are diverse. There have a huge range of favourite things including things like electronics (laptops, music), instruments (piano or violin), extreme sports, smoking, necklaces and more things like cameras, house keys and photos of families which shows they mature side as well as they wild side.

I read the article "A PragmaticGeneration under Pressure", linked from this page. http://www.goethe.de/ges/soz/dos/jug/enindex.htm

As I read the article ‘A pragmatic Generation under pressure I was interested to find out that, according to the new Shell Jugendstudie) “69 per cent of the young people in Germany are afraid of losing their job or of not finding adequate employment.” Also I realised that young people in Germany keep far away from parliaments and political parties. Although they strongly support them, that don’t want to participate in them. There are less riots and protests, instead young people in Germany are focusing on studying hard and following there ambition. Another amazing fact that I found out that was that the young member of the local population have a great many less prejudices against immigrants than the older members – but they do have some. I was really surprised by this because normally the young generations learn off the older generations and that young people are so consider surrounded by all the prejudices that occurs that they find it normal for prejudices to occur. A typical combination that I’ve heard occurs over the past few years it that girls have overtaken boys when it comes to education and careers. ‘ Most young women would like to have children but they know that it is difficult to combine a family with professional achievement. Overall: In 2006 the young people are not viewing the future so optimistically as the young people of 2002: 69 per cent are afraid of unemployment; the four years earlier it was only 55 per cent. Also, in times that are seen as insecure the family gains in importance. Only 30 per cent apparently believe in a personal God.

I know, I write a lot but I can't help it, until next update see you laterz.

vanessa x

= B.Music  = = =  Many believe you can tell a lot about youth culture by the type of music they listen to. Let's investigate some music, which are popular in Germany.  Music is very diverse and not just young German people listen to German music. The current Top 20 are:

20 33 "Infinity 2008" Guru Josh Project
MASSIVE TONE

Music Style: Hip hop Band members: Jean - Christoph “Showi” Ritter (vocals), João “Ju” dos Santos (vocals), Alexander “Alex” Scheffel (also known as DJ 5ter Tone (DJ), Wasi Ntuanoglu Name means: “Massive sounds” Massive Töne is one of Germany’s first hip hop groups and was founded in 1991 in Stuttgart. Showi, Ju, Alex and Wasi started out rapping in the city streets- they first began singing the lyrics of their idols and soon after they sang their own rap lyrics.

They performed in clubs, parties and at local concerts. In the next few years, Massive Töne was making appearances in major German hip hop events and was working together with such musical acts as Fettes Brot, Ferdeskreis, Absolute Beginner and Afrob. They have also made appearances with Missy Elliot, 50 Cent and MC Lyte. The band moved to a major record label, Eastwest, in 1998 and produced the album //Überfall// in 1999. The album was a great success and it reached the Top 10 German LP charts. The music video of the song “Rapgame” could be seen on the German music TV channel Viva around the click. The LP sold more copies than any other German hip hop album before it.

Wasi left the group in 2000, officially, due to artistic differenced. However the remaining trio continued under their own newly founded label, Kopfnicker Records. There next album was MT3, released in 2000, and ranged from pure head-banging party music to songs tthat tinged with social criticism. The title of the next album, //Zurück in die Zukunft//, 2005, offers a continuation of varied work done in //MT3// rather than a remixing of their hip hop roots.

The group remains on of Germany’s best-known hip hop bands.

SCOOTER

Music Stlye: Techno, hardcore, hardcore dance, Happy Hardcore and Jumpstyle. Like most band the Scooter started as a started project group it wasn’t until the release of the melody “Hyper Hyper” did Scooter officially switch to the a band. Baxxter’s “rapping” became one of the band’strademarks. Band Members: H.P.Baxxtar, Rock J.Jordan and the newest member Micheal Simon. Scooter have been active since 1993. They have sold over 14 million records and have earned 8 gold and platinum awards, they are also considered the most successful single-record German act with 20 top the hits on their resume. Some of their trademark sound features: spoken or shouted vocal, pitched-shfted chorus and live perfomance elements such as crowd sample. The group is made up of H.P.Baxxtar, Rock J.Jordan and the newest member Micheal Simon.

Some of their well known hits are “Hyper Hyper” “Move Your Ass!” “Fire” “How much is the fish?” “Posse (I need you on the floor)” “Ramp! (The Logical Song)” “Nessaja” “Weekend!” “Maria ( I like you)” “One (Always Hardcore)” “Hello! (Good to be back)” “The Question is what is the question?”

=C.Food = code "Breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a king, and dine like a beggar." code

**1. What is TYPICAL German food?** Pork, poultry and beef are the typically used meat in Germany. Of these three, pork is the one that is used the most. A typical German meal may consist of any of these meats. **2. What would you eat for a typical German breakfast?** A typical German breakfast may include bread, toast or rolls with jam, marmalade or honey as well as eggs and strong coffee or tea. Ham and salami are typically eaten with breakfast in Germany as well as a variety of cheeses and leberwurst or liver-sausage is a commonly found breakfast food. **3. What type of fast food might you find in Germany?** ?? **4. What do Germans typically eat for Christmas?** A roasted goose is about as important as a turkey is to Thanksgiving, and side dishes of potatoes and cabbages. There are cookie recipes galore, Spritz cookes made with a cookie press, Spreingere and Gingerbread are spicy. Sweet breads like Stollen and Lebkuchen with fruits and cinnamon are a must. **5. What should a foreigner know about German manners? eg What would you say just before starting a meal? What should you take with you if invited to someone’s home for a meal?** If you’re invited over for dinner by friends or acquaintances you should bring a small present with you. Flowers for the hostess, wine for the host and sweets for the children are typical. Homemade presents are always welcome. Most restaurants in Germany hang their menu and price list in the window next to the entrance. This way you can decide whether the selection of dishes and their prices suit your taste. When you enter a restaurant you can usually select a table yourself.

If you’ve met a group of friends, the waiter will normally ask whether you’d like to pay separately or together. Service is included in the price, but a tip is usual. Depending on the amount of the bill, it is rounded up by one or two euros. In more exclusive restaurants around 10% of the bill is usual. **6. What do Germans generally think about organic food?** ???  **7. What type of food do you think young people are most likely to eat in Germany? Why?** This question depends on where the young people are hanging out at the time and what part of the day it is. If the questions asked where young people would most likely eat 'out' then I would say take-away. But if the questioned referred to the what they most likely eat at home, then I'd say meat ( pork), some vegetables and some breads.

**8. After finding out about food in Germany, what would you most like to try? Why?** I want to try their baking goods. Mostly because i have a strict diet, where I can't a large amount of certain food categories (likes seafood). And I also heard that they breads taste really different from the ones in Australia.

**9. What is similar and what is different to what YOU typically eat?** As an Australia with asian parents, I'm forced to eat rice mostly every dinner, other times noodles. At least one type of meat must be included in the dinner and some vegetables.

I probably wouldn't be use to the amount of beer that they consume, apparently Germany is the 'land of beer'.
 * 10. If you went to stay with a German family, is there anything about their eating habits/what they eat that you think you would find difficult or challenging? Why (not)? **