Heute in Stuttgart

During the journey in Germany we interview German people about different theme :

1. Nuclear

The German aren't people uninteresting about the nuclear because they use other energy like : old energy: coal but they try to replace by renewable energy: solar power, wind turbine.

When we ask some question at people in the street they can't answer about this because they know nothing.

2. Social life

Contrary to questions about nuclear the german people can answer about minimum salary and the weekly hour. Indeed peoples are more concerned. We had different answer. For minimum salary peoples says the same: around 1500€. But its a new minimum salary because it was change in January 2015.

For question about the weekly hour answer was really different. According some people the minimum weekly hour is of 40h/week and 45/week. These schedules depend on occupations.

3.The studing

We ask question at the young people at the end of schoold and they say it was high level and prestigious school. But the student is rich because the school is very expensive, furthermore for find housing is very hard. The level is very high and the school produce a lot of great famous student.  

Julien Lauberthe , Benjamin Besson (PS:les photos ne sont pas passer)

TV show, school and Nuclear energy in Germany

When we asked to the Germans what were their favorite TV channel, most of them answered us that they were watching ProSieben. ProSieben is the second most watched private TV channel in Germany, it broadcast talkshows like Talk Talk Talk and series like Grey's Anatomy.

Maybe it's why we asked them about their favourit TV program , they anwered Grey's Anatomy.

After we spoke about their education system. They said children are obligate to go to school at 6 years old, they do 4 years in “Grundschule” it look like “Primaire” in France. After that there exists 3 types of schools, “Hauptschule” for tertiary studies, “Realschule” for tchnical studies and Gymnasium for gneral studies but this one is rare. Lot of studens in Germany take technical studies because there are many opportunities afer school.

For our last subject we asked people about nuclare in Germany. Germans are really staisfied about decision of the governement . This one want to exit from the nuclare by 2022. But they don't know more about this subject.
During this investigation we was really impressed about Germans English level, they spoke very well. And we appreciated to talk with German people, they was very friendly.

Way of life in Germany

The German Abitur

The German Abitur can be compared to the French Baccalauréat but this is not exactly the same. First, in Germany, college and high school are gathered and this is called Gymnasium. It normally begin at 11 years old and end at 19 years old, so one year more than the Baccalauréat. The last years of these studies, the students have to choose their school subjects. They also have a continuous rating like the French college.

Treatment of waste

Most of Germans sort out their waste and Germany is a part of countries which sort out most their waste. The principle of their sort ou system is called Grüner Punkt and it consists of green point on packaging. When there is a green point it's necessary to sort out in the yellow trash. There are also brown, blue, green and gray trashs. They are respectively used for organic waste, paper or cardboard, glass, and all other waste in the gray trash.

Hobbies and sports

Sport is a great part of the Germany culture. The most famous sport in Germany is football. They win the World Cup 4 times including the last one in 2014. The other favorite sports in Germany are, from most to least popular:

-Ice hokey

-Basketball

-Handball

-Motorsport

In France, the favorite sport is football, then tennis and rugby. Few people practice ice hokey.

During the travel in Stuttgart we have three questions. He have to talk with German peapole to aswer these questions.


1) Find information about typical German food and typical German drink

For this question we have ask peaple: 

For them the typical German food is: 

-Spaetzle: It is a preparation of pasta in the region that brings together Southern Germany , Switzerland, German-speaking Italy, Austria from the west and Alsace

-Brezel: Bretzel is a kind of bread or brioche poached in a solution of bicarbonate of soda, in the shape of knot
-Wurst: it is sausage

And the typical German drink is beer.

2) Find information about the most popular eating places for students

For this question we have ask young people and the young people eat in mcdonald
3) Find information about "green cars" in Germany

For this question we have ask policeman and man and they say there are electric car in Germany and it is in development and for them it is good idea use electric cars.

Whether it happening in Germany ?

The selective sorting in Stuttgart

Waste is sorted out according to very precise criteria,

White bag is intended for household waste,

The yellow bag is reserved for plastics (bottle)

There is also a trash can for the biological waste,

Cardboards(Boxes) are intended for the blue trash can, as the boxes of pizza for example,

In Germany they also pay a tax for the garbage

For 20 years Germany is considered as pioneer in the field of the sorting.

Where to eat when you are a Stuttgart student ? 

You are a student and you are hungry ? 

NO PANIC !

You have many solutions ! 

You are studing in the Stuttgart University ? 

Why not go to university restaurant ? It's just next the university ! 

You have a little more time and you want a place more fun ? 

Why not ? :

Maps screenshot with all restaurants around Stuttgart University 

Prices between France and Germany ... Where to go? 

Prices quoted in the article are those of a supermarket in Stuttgart and a French retail chain.

In conclusion prices between France and Germany are not so different , German's people, for eat cheese must give just a little more money than french's people ! But if you want make cakes go to Germany ! Eggs have a law price ! For call your friends , go to France , the package have a law price than Germany ! But for your recreation do the bus in France (Only for a single ticket) and go to Stuttgart for watch a movie at cinema! Difficult is not it !!!

An Article By C&C          Clément Devoucoux & Clément Phalip 

Favourite hobbies in Germany, The Nuclear Energy in Germany and Favourite eating places in Stuttgart ?

Favourite hobbies in Germany ?

It's the same in France there no specially national sports or hobbies, people like shopping, to meet in pub, play music etc... many people appreciate football there are a certain amount of German teams who were known in Europe like the bayern of Munich. People like to meet at the park. we seen many artists in the streets of Stuttgart, some of them played music others drew some paints etc...

The Nuclear Energy in Germany ?

Like in France, German people doesn't really know about nuclear energy. When we asked they gave us random answers, like there would be 18 or 11 and even 3 active nuclear station in Germany. Those answers can be explained because of the change of energy production, they don't use nuclear as main energy of production, they use coal. They think that they should use a more ecological energy such as the wind turbines or the water turbines.

Favourite eating places in Stuttgart ?

Again it's almost like in France, German people like eating at restaurants. They are found of exotics restaurants, for example Korean restaurants or Chinese, Japanese, Lebanese, etc... Student people meeting in a pub or when they don't have time, at the lunch time for example, they enjoy eating at fast foods, it's cheaply in Germany. We have seen more people in the Bistros than in the big restaurant, the fast foods...

 Alexis MARSAULT and Lionel DA SILVA

[GERMAN PEOPLE'S FAVOURITE HOBBIES AND SPORT] [THE VIEW OF THE GERMAN ON ELECTRIC CAR] and [BE A STUDENT IN STUTTGART:ACCOMMODATION]

GERMAN PEOPLE'S FAVOURITE HOBBIES AND SPORT


The German population can have very varied hobbies and sport:
These hobbies are very similar to those that we practice in France:
there are Collectors, Campers but also of Musicians (Guitar, Saxophone).
The Germans also love sports: We crossed Cheerleaders for example,
of Tennis, the footballer, but also people practical Water-ball, boxing and finally Volley.


THE VIEW OF THE GERMAN ON ELECTRIC CAR

The German are divided on this question. Indeed, they are aware that the impact on the environment is lower compared to other cars, but, against the price of these cars is very high. In addition, the majority of the population prefers the real cars because they like to hear the latter engine noise. For Hybrids cars, the German think it's a good idea because they make a compromise between the two.


BE A STUDENT IN STUTTGART:ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation in Stuttgart when we are a student is not easy: Stuttgart is the most expensive city in germany for apartments (about 10 € / m²). To remedy this, there are several solutions: The roommate or housing in a university residence (Campus). Otherwise, it is possible to stay in other nearby cities and less expensive to rent and studios

Maxime Soyer 1STI 1
Justin Chaban 1STI 1

Questions about German life

Questions

   1. You want to be a university student in Stuttgart :

Find information about the German Abitur and its differences with the French Baccalauréat.

The German Abitur is an final examination after high school. You have 3 compulsory subjects which are German, Maths and  English. You can also choose 1 subject which gives you points. The examination is only in writing. The German Abitur is different to the French Baccalauréat, for the Baccalauréat you have more subjects and  it is not only in writing.


   2.You want to know more about everyday life in Germany :

 Find information about German people's favourite hobbies and sports. Compare with popular hobbies and sports in France.
  
We asked questions to Stuttgart people's with different ages :

- The favourites hobbies are swimming, traveling, reading.

- The favourite sports are Football and Basketball.

We can see that german people's have similar hobbies and favourite sports to France.


3. You want to know more about sustainable development in Germany :

Find information about the treatment of waste in Germany : recycling, composing...

Since 2005,the pretreatment of waste is mandatory in Germany: urban waste should be sorted, burned or composted. What is left can be dumped in a landfill if the organic matter content does not exceed 5%. With this law, germans are really carefull with waste and really take care of the environment.When we first came to the city of Stuttgart, the city was was really clean.




Mathieu Nalpon, Rémi Leblanc

3 Questions about the daily life in Germany.

1: Find information about "green cars" in Germany (elecrtic cars, hybrids, plug-in hybrids): development, opinoins.

      We have talking with a lot of people about this question. The majority of german are agree with green cars; "This is ecofriendly, that allows to not pollute with fuel and oil. There is some energy terminals in the city for electric cars." say a women in the street.

2: Find informations about the university system: selection after high-school, courses, number of hours per week, diplomas...

      This is a little bit special in Germany, the schedule per week is very small. They have just 6h of class per day (usually 7h-13h). The afternoon, they have some sporting activities. After High School, they can work or continue theire studies.

3: Find information about the cost of living: price of public transports, cinema tickets, foods... Compare with prices in France.

      In Germany, the cinema ticket for exemple is cheaper than France (8€ for an adult in Germany and 9€ for an adult in France). The food is more expensive, for exemple, the Subway cost 2€ more than France. The living is cheaper than France.

Made by Shane Morville and Martin Reboutier.

German renewable energy in figures

This graph shows that renewable energies are the most used in Germany :

Share of electricity production in Germany :

24.4% renewable energy (Wind: 9.5% Biomass 8.1% Solar 6.8%)

Lignite 26.3%

Nuclear energy 16%

Coal 18.5%

27.7% of electricity consumption from renewable energy.

Annual consumption of 3500 kWh

Billing € 220 per month per home

Germany is not the first country in Europe to use the most their wind turbines, but Denmark with 39.1% against 18%, ranking German in the 22nd position in the European rankings.

Craig Morris, energy expert, commented these results as "catastrophic" and "calls to rethink the culture of wind energy in Germany."

Germany price :

The price was a littel bite diferent but in Germany they have better price than France.

Price	France	Germany
Cinema	10 €	9 €
Train any zones	16,6 €	14,80 €
Bieer 1L	3 €	2 €
Tabac	8 €	5 €
Mc Do	12 €	7 €
1 bus ticket	2 €	2,5 €

The Stuttgart University

The Stuttgart University is free. Only the inscription and the canteen is paying. It cost more or less 400€ by years. Disiplines taught are architecture, computing and economy. The time table depends about the disiplines. You can have land surveyor or architect graduate.

Activité 2 : Nicolas Launoy, Nicolas Jendrowiak

The petrol price

In Germany the petrol is very expensive, so it provoke some changes in the German day life: some people use more bike or  public transport for example to go to work or to move in the city. But they also use the car to transport many things like when they go to shopping. Some other people don't have don't have changed their habits because they use the car for their work.

The economy

This country have a better economy than the France. For example the minimum salary is of 1 500 € whereas in France is of 1 200 €. On 80 million persons, there is only 4,9 % of unemployment while there is 10,6% of french people who don't have a job.

The student economy

In Germany, be a student is more difficult than be a student in France.

French students have a lot of aid to find a logement, to pay the school, to eat... Whereas, in Germany they need to find a little job to live, to be independent, because students don't have as help as in France.