First things first

Hey guys!

My name's Jeanette and I'm currently an au pair in America. I've been here for incredible 10 months now, "time flies" has been my favorite sentence during all of them. Living in America has been quite an experience until now. Many things here are very different from what they are in Germany, no matter if it's food (Give me my German bread!) or politics. But let me talk about something else this time: Watching American news is a really unique experience, but not always a good one. This is not because the news is sad and depressing, it's because they're all about America and almost nothing about what's going on in foreign countries. Many people all over the world think that a large majority of Americans are kind of stupid and uneducated, but then again that might not be their fault (or at least not completly). Since the common news channels aren't exactly a good source of information and subjects like world history aren't obligatory in most schools, it's not surprising that many Americans don't have a clue about what's happening/ what did happen outside of their country, and especially why it's happening/ why it did happen. If I compare American news to our German ones, then the most striking thing is, that American news seems to be more of an exciting, glamorous show, whereas German news tries to focus on the actual news and not the anchor.
These are only some of my thoughts about American news, but as you could read, only the most negative ones. I'm sure that there are some great TV and radio channels out there, that are more informative. Maybe you've got some tips for me!

Thanks for reading my first entry,

Jeanette