I have not yet decided how I feel Just a woman who loves books and German shepherds shirt about patriotism and “proud” of my country / origin. I was born and raised in Germany, but my father is English. Although I have not grown up bilingual and besides visiting my grandparents in the UK once a year to spend my whole life growing up “as a German”, I still feel the need to explain that I is German, HALF is English. The move to the UK has been refreshed. While the United States annoys me with my patriotism and Germany annoys me with my patriotism.
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When I was 15/16, I went to Ohio in the United States as an exchange student. In less than a year, I lived in an American family, went to an American high school, and for all my intention and purpose as an average “American” teenager. I had mixed feelings about tremendous patriotism in the Just a woman who loves books and German shepherds shirt United States. I felt awkward during Allegiance’s Commitment every Monday morning. I cringe when people put their hands on their hearts and sing along to the national anthem before football matches.
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At the same time, I was “sucked into it”. Back in Germany, I felt proud to be in America, proud to say that I had American friends, and for a while I truly believed that the Just a woman who loves books and German shepherds shirt United States was the best country in the world. It was not until I returned to Germany for a while that I grew up that I became more objective. England and how its inhabitants can be patriotic while self-mocking so far still suit me.
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6 years ago, I moved to London. I always feel more connected with English and English. I sometimes feel like part of me wants to exclude myself from the guilt I feel about being German. For many years at school in Germany, we not only taught the Just a woman who loves books and German shepherds shirt history of World War II, we also read books with stories from World War II survivors and those survivors going to school. to talk about their experiences. I cried a lot when I read those books. I cried even more when I heard those stories in my body. I don’t think anyone from Germany really understands “Erbschuld” (guilt).
