So, it was a very cold and dark winter day
And I stood infront of a glass pane, it was maybe, this big
Much bigger than me. And umm. It was, as I said very cold
There was dew on the window, on the outside and I was standing inside, my dad he stood outside
And I was really, really sad, because um.. he was going to Goa, so umm.
But he smiled, and, yea he actually smiled that day, now sometimes
So he drew a smiley like this, on that dew and yea he smiled to me, then he went
Then, a kindergarten teacher came and took me by the hand and then, then...
So 'Jetzt komm, jetzt spielen mit dem anderen' Come on, you can play with the others
And yea, its like one of the first things I can remember when I think of my...
When .. When I started at kindergarten
Because I am not Danish, I am German. Well.. Danish, I am.. It's hard to say
But my family, we'll say it like this. Are German.
My mum, my dad, my grandparents, they come from Germany
They dont speak any Danish, or, they didnt speak any Danish
And um; I was actually born in Berlin
because my parents met there
and then we moved to the island Sylt, just below the border
And um, my dad he met an old friend from his studies,
And their kids were in a Danish kindergarten
And my parents had to, well think about which kindergarten
I should go to, then their friend told them that
It was homely and familiar
And they thought it was really lovely
so my parents, decided that
I should go to a Danish kindergarten
Because of a couple of reasons
e.g. because of bilingualism and so on
because when you learn a language when you are three years old
its just.. there are no problems
it's easy, ive never had problems
with speaking Danish, obviously you can hear
well, you can hear my accent, but I can express myself
it doesn't cause any problems
but yea, anyway. I am 19 years old now
I am in 2nd year at Duborgskolen
which is in Flensborg, in Germany so yea a Danish school in Germany
and umm, yea I have always been very happy
and thankful, or ever since i realised
to be in that school because, um..
to be a part of the (Danish) minority
even though my family hasn't been so before
because it gives you lots of opportunities in a way
you see some things in a different way
because you have both the german
and also the danish in you
and with you throughout your whole life
as such
so I've always been very happy and thankful for that
as such
um, yea, I have 2 younger brothers
they are also in the Danish system
and they will soon move with my parents from the island
to Flensborg, and, um, yea. What should i say about that
I don't know
but, anyway, um ye, normally
I should be 18 actually
when I am in 2nd year, well normally;
you are 19 or 20 when you finish at Duborgskolen
But I was in Taiwan for a year, as an exchange student
That's why I've also learnt to speak Chinese
Um so yea, I actually have 4 languages
which I can speak more or less fluently
And well actually also French, but its kinda.. haha...ok..
You can't really say that I speak french but..
But um.. yea..
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