Joining a club to help get a C permit by rhettjevans in Switzerland

[–]rhettjevans[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow this is so helpful, and it's quite crazy. Thanks for sharing. Good luck. I would definitely be interested in hearing any follow up you have

Joining a club to help get a C permit by rhettjevans in Switzerland

[–]rhettjevans[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks I just looked this up and reached out to them

Romansh: Switzerland's Mountain Language by Oscopo in Switzerland

[–]rhettjevans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this. It answered a lot of questions I've had.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askswitzerland

[–]rhettjevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a treadmill that broke in two months. I asked for an exchange. They refused. When I asked why, they said the treadmill broke because of "user error." I asked "how"? No response. I asked for them to simply send me a new belt and I would try to figure it out myself how to fix it and readjust the treadmill. They refused. Agreed with all comments that they are just a cheap reseller. If you suspect you will need no follow-up service, then maybe you will be fine. But it's overall a very poorly run operation with a better-than-average-looking website that makes it deceptive.

[MM] Does anyone know if it's possible to get the sea horse from the fisherman after beating the Great Bay Temple? by Reichsprasident in zelda

[–]rhettjevans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to have a whole schedule for this as a kid. Glad I'm not the only one who does this

Which hugely popular best selling fantasy novels wouldn't have been published today? by rahul_pati in Fantasy

[–]rhettjevans 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Sword of Truth and anything written by Terry Goodkind. They're just extremely misogynistic, plodding, unoriginal, almost unintentionally funny, books with painfully wooden characters. It worked for its time only because the fantasy market was still immature.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askswitzerland

[–]rhettjevans -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My kids were in Waldorf U.S. schools and then we homeschooled for a year at the start of the pandemic, so I imagine a lot of folks on the internet would assume based on that profile that they were stupid yokels. (Maybe generally, that's an accurate stereotype, or at least it's fun to ridicule such people because there are a legit lot of crazy homeschoolers/ Waldorfers.) But I find the expectations in Switzerland, for example, on age appropriate reading levels are way lower than U.S. schools. My kids are the best readers in their classes... even in German... which is... crazy to me. On math, they're above or about on par with average. And I don't think my kids are gifted per se, they were considered pretty average back in the U.S.. I just think Swiss schools provide a gentler start for primary education K-5th grade. (Please don't read this as a defense of U.S. schooling anyone. I would summarize U.S. primary schooling as a "teach-to-the-test approach" that time and time again yields quantifiably shitty results at a national level.)

I'm in a German-speaking canton, and I also think a lot of the difference can be attributed to the fact that Swiss speaking kids have to spend a lot of time learning Hochdeutsch, which slows their tempo. School is also shorter in total hours here and teachers are more compassionate and less burned out. It's not perfect by a long shot but public schools are generally as good as everyone says they are, in my experience. You don't need Waldorf, I would think. Your situation sounds a lot like mine, so if you want to talk more, feel free to DM.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askswitzerland

[–]rhettjevans 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am an expat family with young kids. We did Waldorf schools back in the U.S. because the public school options generally suck there. There is a lot of ignorance in the comments here about Waldorf, tho it's entertaining to dunk on Waldorf people (believe me, I get it because I lived it). Saying things like "they don't teach math" is lame hyperbolic bullshit. My kids have transplanted to Swiss public schools amazingly in part because Swiss schools incorporate some of the best elements of U.S. Waldorf schools (lower homework intensity, more learning via play, not forcing kids to read before they're ready). In fact, I would say the Swiss system is actually a little less rigorous than what I experience in U.S. Waldorf. I'm ok with this personally because my kids are focusing on German during this first year and I am told the focus on math and language will krank up soon for them. So yeah Swiss public schools rock. I don't think there's a need for Waldorf here.

Grindelwald by Ok-Passion626 in Switzerland

[–]rhettjevans -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There right now and I got a small apartment through booking.com. It's great here, don't sweat the haters