I can’t believe an 8 year old has a better accent than the foreign minister Edit: everyone is talking like I know nothing about Denmark in the replies so I wanted to clear this up; I’m Danish myself
It is only in the more recent years that there has been put a larger importance on English in Danish schools. Also, sorry for my grammar, it is pretty awful.
@RubyzchotiaIts not important for any danish minister to be able to speak any language other than danish. They have several translators at their disposal.
Denmark schools another level! Classroom size, kids able to speak English as a second language as good as or better than the Brits, there is trust in teachers, good behaviour, and so on...Nothing comparable with England!!
Yeah, I myself started learning English all the way back in 3rd grade, since then English class has been pushed ahead to 1st grade. I mean it just makes sense in a small nation where less than 6 million people speak the native languages, along with the ever increasing globalization, digitization, and especially Americanization around these parts.
@@drdewott9154 Yes. And the youtube "fever" (the kids rehears and rehears the lyrics of their favourite English language songs) together with viewing all English speaking programs on TV with subtitles :-)
Class sizes are too small, too many children with too little teachers. Too many hours per day. It's not possible to have optimal learning with our current conditions. Don't think it's such a haven, because it's not. Yes, we learn english from an early age, some places even from kindergarten, but the school system before becoming specialists, sucks. You should in no way look towards us for inspiration, perhaps look at Finland instead. Those are even better.
Oh no no no. England has a far better education system than Denmarks. I've been in both and prefer Englands by far - it is more academic and leads a person into a more professional life with the uniforms and the behaviour systems at scoool.
The 2 countries that lockdowned as soon as coronavirus cases spiked : Denmark and South Korea. 2 countries with top goverments in the world! edit : after some comments from you guys, i mean the top goverments that came key into the pandemic. Hopefully everyone if safe
Top 2 governments in the world? We definitely have a horribly larcenous megalomaniac fascistic government here in Denmark. Nothing anybody should look up at and apply in other countries.
I think they both handled the situation very well but I know the South Korean government is very corrupt and such. I don't know much about Denmark. They handled it well but they are not the top 2 governments in the world.
0:59 I'm Danish myself and speak good english as most other Danes, but i'm very impressed by this little boys English. Not only does he have a big vocabulary, but his accent is also very decent. A lot of Danes have a strong Danish accent when speaking English, and it's not a pleasant sound. :D
Yeah, dane here also. He has very impressive english! :) Oh and I live in an UNESCO city in Jylland and we have tons of tourists rigth now. It's almost to much.
I'm danish and I read a lot about the situation in the US. I really hope that the state can keep itself together and maybe reform in some way. Best of luck to you
@@LeanAndMean44 Scandinavian kids usually have better grasp of the English language then most other Europeans, what surprises me here is how good their accents are, even Sweden the young kids sound British.
I suspect they found some native English speakers. They had some accents that doesn't sound like "school English" But yes, our kids learn from a young age.
"Every 18 -30 year old with NO symptom is offered a test....." Compare to UK where you only get a test when you have symptoms despite 25% of carriers being asymptomatic. The UK is simply hopeless.
They are allowed to touch the children that are in their own play-group. All the children were divided in to play-groups of maximum 5. They could only play with the children in their own group and had to keep a safe distance to kids from other groups. In the school where I teach the children participated in making the groups.
I appreciate your comment, my Hellenic brother. I am afraid though, that our success has little or nothing to do with our current Social Democratic government.
@Liberty Constitution Legacy are you here again? Aren't you aware of trumpists are everywhere. Also in Denmark, and they want to open prematurely and wouldn't have instituted the lock down so early. Of course that will forever be speculation. But tell me who has been calling for reopening or easening on many occasions already? The "trumpists"👱♂️ in Denmark 🇩🇰.
@@BeezerWashingbeard tell me which alternative Primeminister would have taken the initiative to institute a lockdown? _She_ even took a further step than recommended by our own health authorities. A woman with the guts to do the right thing! Almost any male politician in opposition I could think of would have held economy more dearly than lives of elderly and vulnerable people. So consider yourself lucky to be Danish 🇩🇰.
@@travelingtheworldretired Ok. I didn't notice. I went and lived 2 months there but in the country sides. People there were good to me. I guess it takes time to see their racist side.
@@travelingtheworldretired What a lot of nonsense is my exoerience with my two children coloured. The real racism is the systematic racism in every day life - jobs etc. And in Denmark some racism - not racism - but problems with some fractions of Muslims :-( ... only some and those filosofies frighten us.
Finn Krone, it’s not only the Muslims that frighten Danes. I lived in Osterbro, the nicest part of Copenhagen and as a black American lady who worked at the U.S. Embassy and traveled all over Denmark and lived in many other countries, I had my worst racist experiences in Denmark. I was screamed at and followed around in stores in Osterbro. I was scared for my life at times riding my bike, and this all happened in the last four years. I respect your statement, but do not agree with it. You should read the book, “How to be an anti-racist,” by Ibram Kendi.
Latest Update from Denmark 🇩🇰 600 dead. Mainly people over 80 years of age. Sweden got 6.000 dead and a population only double compared to Denmark. I wish you all the best to our Scottish friends - See you next year 😊 Love from Denmark ❤️🇩🇰
I Eath You right but actually they are talking about if we have to wear masks! They just decided if you want to take the bus or a train you have to wear a mask
we have to where mask soon, but we are not rising up against government "oppression", becuse we f*cking know that it is for the colltive good, and not soom plot to take away our freedom Poor poor USA
Quick update on things here in Denmark. Numbers are keeping to move in the right direction and we are nearing everything being open, but with social distancing and all. Big events are still far off, so football matches without spectators and so on. On testing - some two three days ago testing for all that wants is now available. You book a time for test, the wait is about a day in most places and most get the result within 24 hours with some waiting longer for the result. More than half a million Danes has been tested, some 20,000 within the last day so test rate is almost 1 in 11, so almost double that of the UK. However I think effective social distancing, early lock down, safety in the homes for the elderly and hospitals never have been anywhere near capacity is what makes the difference.
You need to keep in mind that the CPR system makes for a fully integrated health system. Add the social attitude to follow as instructed by government and a high level of general education, besides an overall affluent citizenship, then the positive result is not very surprising.
Alex Harrington ...and reflected in the disastrous stats and fatality outcomes, besides a timeline that will be much much longer. DK are already stabilising and have things adjusted to be fully functional. It just shows which countries are governed properly and which aren’t really.
@@alexharrington6459 CPR (your central citizens number assigned at birth or immigration). I doubt that it would be possible in the UK. It requires a level of trust in the social contract in soceity that does not and never has existed in the UK. Germans dont even have it, and they are not even thinking about implementing it - last time they had it they where unable to avoid abuse (1933-1945). It requires an ethic, a trust and total absence of corruption in all levels of society that you can only find in the nordic countries - and apparently New Zealand.
Liberty Constitution Legacy it’s not about the size. It’s about the system. It will work for nation states with larger populations as well because they have more resources available!
He is from a different generation and probably had few access to learn the language. Kids nowadays have better access to speak English from social media to better education. I never taught my son English bt is fluent because of listening to youtube.
@@Likkivi at 8 years old, he would have had English in school for 2-3 years, depending on his age when he started. However he is remarkably good, so one of his parents are most likely from the UK. My own kid, who has had English for 5 years speak just as well - but with a thick Danish accent.
f0CUS He doesn’t need to have parents in the UK, just because he can speak fluent English. He most likely played a lot of video games, such as Minecraft, which made him really good at speaking English. That’s how A LOT of people learn it; by playing video games.
@@etyndigtland True, but kids in Denmark still learn from a young age. 40 years ago, I learned from fifth grade. Today I believe they start at around "null" grade - the year before real school. And that kid had a clear Danish accent in his English, like most Danes have.
I'm teaching adults and my students and I really quickly found a new way to teach and learn with distance. Microsoft Teams is an excellent tool combined with Plumbago as a replacement for a black board. BTW. What do you consider best or worse. Missing out on learning or missing out on the rest of ones (could also be relatives) life?
Amazing to be Danish and live in Denmark where we control the situation. We don't go crazy, we locked down fast, and we open up slowly to control the situation the best way possible
Why are Norway and Denmark not united in one, strong country? We do the same, Think the same and are like family? You norwegen are the most popular people for danes, investgations show.
As a danish kindergarten teacher, I think that the section about Denmark is a little superficial. There was a lot of changing guidelines several times which mean a lot of confusion and stress. Yes, it was good that the number of covid19 infected was so low that schools and kindergartens could be held open (with certain guidelines upheld) but it wasn't as much sunshine and rainbow as they make it up to.
Imagine BBC coming for your school to talk to some teacher. Do you pick the teacher that knows the least English? Or the one that is originally Scottish but now teaches in Denmark?
meanwhile in the U.S. we basically screwed ourselves over. LOL I mean by opening when cases were still going up and pretending everything was ok we extended our misery. Plus we have this attitude that masks infringe our rights. My gut tells me we will see school open then close two weeks later.
They missed a detail. There are "play groups". Within those, the children can play like normal. But there are no physical contact between members of two different groups
The kids are split up in play groups, because it's hard to keep children apart, and this way, if somebody gets corona, they have minimal contact with other people, and it is easier to track who the smitten has been in contact with
Double the number of teachers...brilliant. Imagine actually valuing education and teachers as a society. Meanwhile my friends and I are getting ready to back to rooms with 35-41 students in a small classroom
Sweden: No lockdown, no restriction, GDP falls by 7%. Danmark: Lockdown, restrictions, GDP falls by 7%. UK: Initially like Sweden but later like else countries, GDP falls by 20%. well.....
Sounds like a mix of Irish, Danish and mostly Scottish to me. I heard all 3 clear as day in her voice so maybe she's putting the accent on cause she knows how cringe worthy the actual danish accent is
I am a Dane as well as an essential worker... I’m also alone with my now 8 year old daughter.. we live in a small tourist town, and I am 100% sure of sending my daughter to school, they wash hands first thing, then sit down if going outside she(her choice) has her hand sanitizer in her pocket, and one set for class with lotion and wet wipes... parents are not allowed inside the school, we follow them to their classrooms fire escape doors, and from 2. Grade(8years and up) we have to say our goodbyes at the “kiss’n’drive” zone... it works...
Meanwhile Ecuador’s rate of deaths are just getting higher and higher and the authorities are opened the beaches and allowing everyone to go out for a holiday. I love my country but we are lacking culture while facing this pandemic
My child is someone different her mood and mind has gone so down hill it’s scaring me she missed the last year in her primary school so now being chucked right in to secondary school, but I don’t understand how school will work when out pubs and cinema still closed.
That’s awful with your girl I really hope she gets better:)) but I think they’ve opened schools before everything else so that we could get as much learning as possible in before moving on to the next grade and because it’s easier to make sure people are following the rules, also cinemas have opened but bars opened for a short while until they figured out that people were not social distancing and that’s where they think the increase in infections care from
Meanwhile in India : Yes even we(govt) have formed guidelines to reopen schools from September. We are going to follow Switzerland Model. . . . For fucks sake Switzerland's worst school will have better amenities and facilities than our best government run or private aided or maybe even private schools.
You must remember that the population in Denmark and in schools is much less densily populated than the UK and the coronavirus was no where near as bad.You cannot compare.
well, the virus was not bad in denmark, because we did a good job stopping it from the start... and the population per square mile is pretty much the same
@@mortenreippuertknudsen3576 You cannot compare Denmark with London's densely populated communities and population. Also the UK is a more popular tourist destination than Denmark bringing in more foreign people tourist from places like China/Italy etc,which spread the virus into the population more quickly.
@@mrdemocracy7106 In March we had many, _many_ cases of the virus being spread from Danish tourists coming home, though. Danes have a higher median income than most UK citizens (if I remember right), so even if Denmark isn't as popular, we have more people coming home from abroad. This was especially true just when people started to realise this was a pandemic. When you see the charts for how the epidemic started in Denmark compared to the UK, they're very much alike. The difference is that the Danish government locked down as soon as they saw the situation going out of control and the UK government waited another week. Whether you can compare the two countries on opening meassures... Yeah, that's trickier.
I just wish to point out that this school is in a rich part of the Danish capital region, Gribskov. However, English proficiency levels are very high here but it's still worth keeping in mind that this school is better funded than most other schools, just that the eight-year old is very good for his age too.
That's very interesting, could it perhaps be due to the relative income of Greeks making it less likely for them to leave the country, which would lower the chance of getting infected? Do you know anything about the Greek government's response to the pandemic?
@@theposhdinosaur7276 Could it be because they took better and faster measures and the people showed enough discipline to uphold them? Why would your first assumption be so naive and derogatory to Greece?
The key is the early testing and isolation ... if this is done, a lot of additional strictures can be relaxed. Also, I'd strongly recommend not allowing for free travel to / from Sweden. If you can't enforce 14 day quarantines, you will have the experience the Bahamas did, where they opened to the US and ended up with an outbreak that was 6x worse than their original set of infections and a whole new round of lock downs.
For the ppl praising the kid, I'm from Denmark and yes, everyone speaks English here but not that well at that age. Judging from his appearance and his good english accent, he's probably mixed with another nationality, it's not uncommon here.
Wouldn’t be possible here, the classrooms are too small and always packed! Split the classes would help, we‘ve done it for 6 weeks, but one half had to stay at home when the other half was at school.
Christina Marsh From my experience, yes, because they feel safe. Young people seldom die and they don’t notice if they give the virus to someone else. There haven’t been that many deaths in my country, so now people start acting like it’s no big deal. I wish, everyone would keep on wearing masks and avoid traveling until we have a vaccine.
Note that Denmark now recommend wearing face masks in public transit during peak hours since the numbers are rising again... and areas with high numbers have stricter rules: face masks are a requirement and the start of school has been put off or made digital.
Of course. You cant make kids not touch. They knew this when they opened. There is a lot of washing hands in schools. Enough for some people to get rashes (for the lack of a better word) on their hands because of the change. We did not have a big spike since march, and we still have very good numbers.
Yes, this is why my son is being home schooled until COVID is under control. I am fortunate that our district offers a choice. He doesn't physically see his friends each day but they talk absolutely everyday AND share their feelings about not being in school. Explained that sometimes things happen that's not in our control. Be patient because this too shall pass.
Mate, speak for yourself, the only reason you could act like such a stupid idiot is because the majority of the country is serious about a virus that may cost lives, your mindset is that of a child and you represent the very small minority that should find another country to ruin, maybe move to America, it seems like that would fit your personality a bit better.
Kinda like an antivaxxer praising how their kids aren't dying from measles even without the vaccine. I was a health care professional in this and I didn't see my family for month and started having anxiety once other groups started flooding the public transport again because they still didn't understand hygiene and manners in the pandemic environment. Do your part please and thank you
I wanted to take it much more seriously but other people just didn't stay at home during the corona time. As of this time, the schools here have started to reopen and I still think that's a bad idea since over here it's increasing at 75 people a day.
@@casperryborg4869 By "we" I meant most people in Copenhagen. *They* kept walking in the streets and talking to each other. *I* did what we were supposed to do, by staying home and doing online school. At that time I haven't even gone outside for over two weeks. I was scared of the virus before it fucking left china but *all* my friends just told me to calm down.
The store that i work in as a cashier has had no problems with corona and no one is wearing masks only social distancing. I was scared at first when I had to work even tho corona was a thing... Things are going the right Way. My mom is working from home tho but most people are not affected by the virus
@@GarryHardfield Still spared sonewhat here in Denmark Jiuly 7, 2020 - cross fingers but we have been spared - did you read the statistics? But you are right - noone knows what is in line for us :-(
You can’t already say that we are safe after the coronavirus, people are still sanitizing and if the numbers suddently explode we would probably close some things down again, but right, as it seems now we are able to open more and more
Jack Jørgensen Stolthed er hvad der gør USA har en forældet konstitution med en mentalitet der ikke har ændret sig siden 1776. Vi skal være stolte af folket. Alle kan gøre hvad vi kan når først det går op for dem hvor godt vores virker
@@viberie3061 Alt stolthed gør er at forringe vores sans for hvordan virkeligheden er. Vi er kommet så langt, netop fordi vi har et bedre menneskesyn der indrager alle, istedet for en nationalistisk stat. Vi kan se hvilke problematikker vores samfund har, og derfor kan vi ændre på dem, netop fordi vi ikke er stædige som amerikanerne
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Can we All appreciate the fact That an 8 year old is doing an interview in a foreign language? Thank you
Yeah I’m danish and most of the youth can speak completely fluent English
CatKingCool O4 me too
Almost
I'm pretty sure he has an english speaking parent, or it's his mother tongue. We only start teaching english at the age of 9.
@@BPedo8IGHT Not since 2014 - now it is taught from the 1st grade, when the students are 6 or 7
im a simple dane.
i see Denmark, i click.
ok im not a simple dane. im just like any other dane
Same!!
Same but I'm Icelandic lol-
Sofie Christensen same
Det så rigtigt
Konrad Kjaer spurgte ikke
I can’t believe an 8 year old has a better accent than the foreign minister
Edit: everyone is talking like I know nothing about Denmark in the replies so I wanted to clear this up; I’m Danish myself
It is only in the more recent years that there has been put a larger importance on English in Danish schools.
Also, sorry for my grammar, it is pretty awful.
Accent isn’t important, only the content of what is being said.
Haha
@RubyzchotiaIts not important for any danish minister to be able to speak any language other than danish. They have several translators at their disposal.
Ipips art he’s probably attending an international school and therefore grew up with English. We have plenty of those in Denmark
Denmark schools another level! Classroom size, kids able to speak English as a second language as good as or better than the Brits, there is trust in teachers, good behaviour, and so on...Nothing comparable with England!!
Yeah, I myself started learning English all the way back in 3rd grade, since then English class has been pushed ahead to 1st grade. I mean it just makes sense in a small nation where less than 6 million people speak the native languages, along with the ever increasing globalization, digitization, and especially Americanization around these parts.
As an American Expat I'm greatful for the high level English language skills.
@@drdewott9154 Yes. And the youtube "fever" (the kids rehears and rehears the lyrics of their favourite English language songs) together with viewing all English speaking programs on TV with subtitles :-)
Class sizes are too small, too many children with too little teachers. Too many hours per day. It's not possible to have optimal learning with our current conditions.
Don't think it's such a haven, because it's not.
Yes, we learn english from an early age, some places even from kindergarten, but the school system before becoming specialists, sucks. You should in no way look towards us for inspiration, perhaps look at Finland instead. Those are even better.
Oh no no no. England has a far better education system than Denmarks. I've been in both and prefer Englands by far - it is more academic and leads a person into a more professional life with the uniforms and the behaviour systems at scoool.
The 2 countries that lockdowned as soon as coronavirus cases spiked : Denmark and South Korea. 2 countries with top goverments in the world!
edit : after some comments from you guys, i mean the top goverments that came key into the pandemic. Hopefully everyone if safe
thank you so much! Where are you from? 🙏
From the UK where the goverment didn’t lockdown until 20,000 cases..
Top 2 governments in the world? We definitely have a horribly larcenous megalomaniac fascistic government here in Denmark. Nothing anybody should look up at and apply in other countries.
I think they both handled the situation very well but I know the South Korean government is very corrupt and such. I don't know much about Denmark. They handled it well but they are not the top 2 governments in the world.
sirens that wish they were mesmerizing
We have a bad government in Denmark, so you’re right: definitely not top 2.
Kid speaks perfect English as a second language - first rate.
@Lord Kek
I'm a native English speaker and always had lots of trouble with English language at school :-)
He could have lived in the UK or maybe have at least one English-speaking parent?
@@marconatrix I lived in Denmark as Child most Danes speak English and have also have English TV channels
Of course they'll pick the kid with a British father or something.
Kids in Denmark don't speak fluent English in preschool.
American here. That little kid's English shames most of the people on this continent.
0:59 I'm Danish myself and speak good english as most other Danes, but i'm very impressed by this little boys English. Not only does he have a big vocabulary, but his accent is also very decent. A lot of Danes have a strong Danish accent when speaking English, and it's not a pleasant sound. :D
Im Danish too :D
Naw, you guys sound awesome. Makes it feel like I'm speaking to Viking warriors.
As someone who lived in Italy and Germany now in Copenhagen believe me you guys got nothing to worry about!🙋♂️
so true! 😅 that Danish-english accent is.. interesting 😂
Yeah, dane here also. He has very impressive english! :) Oh and I live in an UNESCO city in Jylland and we have tons of tourists rigth now. It's almost to much.
Was I the only one who didn’t expect the eight year old to be that good at English ????
Huge kudos to Denmark. Pray for us in the (United) states😔
prayers to you
I am so sorry about the situation you’re in, it should never have gotten so bad. I will definitely be praying.
I'm danish and I read a lot about the situation in the US. I really hope that the state can keep itself together and maybe reform in some way. Best of luck to you
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We do
These kids speak better English than most English people, even Boris can't be this articulate.
“These kids”? You only heard one!
A A i thought bojo was a polyglot or something? i really dont like him though just what i heard
@@LeanAndMean44 Scandinavian kids usually have better grasp of the English language then most other Europeans, what surprises me here is how good their accents are, even Sweden the young kids sound British.
@@AA-ek5kz Denmark is the second most english speaking country (As a 2. Language.)
Nobody:
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Yeah i’m danish
Yeah i’m danish
Yeah I'm not Danish
this dansih kid speaks better englsih than some americans
I suspect they found some native English speakers. They had some accents that doesn't sound like "school English"
But yes, our kids learn from a young age.
It is going to get worse as they shut down already crappy public schools for phony online learning.
Americans speak dialects ( their own ) of English.
@@Donnah1979 proberly not cause the danish people are really good at english
Thing is though, the Danes actually trust their government ;-)
Yeah, funny right
@Liberty Constitution Legacy What is wrong with you Liberty. Old angry man?
Trusting the gov regarding the unicorn too ruclips.net/video/zue3iBz33Nc/видео.html
marconatrix and that’s why our society functions so well.
@Liberty Constitution Legacy I guess you're a trumpist? Not better than Dummy Dumb or the liberals and right wings in DK!
"Every 18 -30 year old with NO symptom is offered a test....." Compare to UK where you only get a test when you have symptoms despite 25% of carriers being asymptomatic. The UK is simply hopeless.
Actually, EVERYBODY over 18 is now offered a test, even without symptoms...
Again, the UK is simply hopeless.
@@tamsinwood2 nothing new there.... it started out when you elected Thatcher and you guys confirmed when you voted for brexit.
Compared to America, where even if you're sick you may not be offered a test. Thank God I am healthy.
Symptoms ruclips.net/video/udHDUJcE2X4/видео.html
I love the fact that there are not allowed to touch eachother but some kids had a fight in the background
They are allowed to touch the children that are in their own play-group. All the children were divided in to play-groups of maximum 5. They could only play with the children in their own group and had to keep a safe distance to kids from other groups. In the school where I teach the children participated in making the groups.
Luna Lindén i had no play groups in my school.
Huge love from a Dane to the great people of the UK. Stay safe guys
🇩🇰 ❤ 🇬🇧
God bless Denmark, this country has a great leader.
I appreciate your comment, my Hellenic brother.
I am afraid though, that our success has little or nothing to do with our current Social Democratic government.
The U.S.A Should of had one now.
No, we have a horrible leader.
@Liberty Constitution Legacy are you here again? Aren't you aware of trumpists are everywhere. Also in Denmark, and they want to open prematurely and wouldn't have instituted the lock down so early. Of course that will forever be speculation. But tell me who has been calling for reopening or easening on many occasions already? The "trumpists"👱♂️ in Denmark 🇩🇰.
@@BeezerWashingbeard tell me which alternative Primeminister would have taken the initiative to institute a lockdown?
_She_ even took a further step than recommended by our own health authorities. A woman with the guts to do the right thing! Almost any male politician in opposition I could think of would have held economy more dearly than lives of elderly and vulnerable people.
So consider yourself lucky to be Danish 🇩🇰.
Visited Denmark twice, and it's a beautiful place with beautiful people.
Lived there for three years and wouldn’t go back ever. Most Danes are extremely racist.
@@travelingtheworldretired Ok. I didn't notice. I went and lived 2 months there but in the country sides. People there were good to me. I guess it takes time to see their racist side.
ElMo 922, the Danes in the county were normally nicer than the folks where I lived in Copenhagen.
@@travelingtheworldretired What a lot of nonsense is my exoerience with my two children coloured. The real racism is the systematic racism in every day life - jobs etc. And in Denmark some racism - not racism - but problems with some fractions of Muslims :-( ... only some and those filosofies frighten us.
Finn Krone, it’s not only the Muslims that frighten Danes. I lived in Osterbro, the nicest part of Copenhagen and as a black American lady who worked at the U.S. Embassy and traveled all over Denmark and lived in many other countries, I had my worst racist experiences in Denmark. I was screamed at and followed around in stores in Osterbro. I was scared for my life at times riding my bike, and this all happened in the last four years. I respect your statement, but do not agree with it. You should read the book, “How to be an anti-racist,” by Ibram Kendi.
Why is this reporter so passively aggressive towards us in Denmark.. He just makes it sound like he hates that our death count is so low XD
And underlining all the "for now's"
How is it passive aggressive? It's a perfectly valid worry that we might get punch drunk on our success
Because there is more death where he came from and probably wants his neighbours to share the misery
One major component: doubling the number of teachers to reduce number of students in a classroom. Don't know if it's possible in US.
This will never happen in the US. Instead. Where Iam in the US, most schools are reducing staff.
Latest Update from Denmark 🇩🇰 600 dead. Mainly people over 80 years of age. Sweden got 6.000 dead and a population only double compared to Denmark.
I wish you all the best to our Scottish friends - See you next year 😊 Love from Denmark ❤️🇩🇰
600 dead? Either You got some facts wrong or 600 peoble died in 4 days. We are currently at around 1200 deaths.
@@tommyfortress7515 please don't spread misinformation
@Liberty Constitution Legacy Must be awful feeling so anxious all the time
Liberty Constitution Legacy Agreed! 👍 are you from denmark?
@@yellowsparklefish337 my bad, i misread deaths and cases
I'm just here for the danish accent. I can spot a dane from a mile away just by their accent....
Yes and we hate it XD
Oh god, trust me, its hard to get rid of
Men kan du hører dem en mile væk? 😏
In Denmark we have never worn mask!
Not true. You need to have mask on at the Airport
I Eath You right but actually they are talking about if we have to wear masks! They just decided if you want to take the bus or a train you have to wear a mask
@@marie3322 You don't have to, it's just recommended. Maybe you should just stop commenting when you obviously don't know anything.
I just wear the mask now cause I dont want to seem like an asshole at the train station
we have to where mask soon, but we are not rising up against government "oppression", becuse we f*cking know that it is for the colltive good, and not soom plot to take away our freedom
Poor poor USA
Quick update on things here in Denmark.
Numbers are keeping to move in the right direction and we are nearing everything being open, but with social distancing and all. Big events are still far off, so football matches without spectators and so on.
On testing - some two three days ago testing for all that wants is now available. You book a time for test, the wait is about a day in most places and most get the result within 24 hours with some waiting longer for the result. More than half a million Danes has been tested, some 20,000 within the last day so test rate is almost 1 in 11, so almost double that of the UK. However I think effective social distancing, early lock down, safety in the homes for the elderly and hospitals never have been anywhere near capacity is what makes the difference.
You need to keep in mind that the CPR system makes for a fully integrated health system. Add the social attitude to follow as instructed by government and a high level of general education, besides an overall affluent citizenship, then the positive result is not very surprising.
And all of this is an impossibility for the UK!?
Alex Harrington ...and reflected in the disastrous stats and fatality outcomes, besides a timeline that will be much much longer. DK are already stabilising and have things adjusted to be fully functional. It just shows which countries are governed properly and which aren’t really.
@@alexharrington6459 CPR (your central citizens number assigned at birth or immigration). I doubt that it would be possible in the UK. It requires a level of trust in the social contract in soceity that does not and never has existed in the UK. Germans dont even have it, and they are not even thinking about implementing it - last time they had it they where unable to avoid abuse (1933-1945). It requires an ethic, a trust and total absence of corruption in all levels of society that you can only find in the nordic countries - and apparently New Zealand.
Liberty Constitution Legacy it’s not about the size. It’s about the system. It will work for nation states with larger populations as well because they have more resources available!
eow kan du ik husk da næsten alles cpr var lækket til kineserne
1:37 why is she talking like someone who comes from either Scotland or Ireland?
Most likely she has a parent from there or have lived there for a long time period, for exchange, education, etc.
Sometimes people learn English from people from those places and take on the accent
I live in Denmark and my English teacher we should speak English and not American English
Yeah, I was thinking Scottish as well - Maybe she's lived there.
Miller is not a Danish surname. So she is likely to be of Scottish heritage problably
Every danish child, teacher and parent in this spoke a better English than the foreign minister 🤦🏼♂️ embarrassing
He is from a different generation and probably had few access to learn the language. Kids nowadays have better access to speak English from social media to better education. I never taught my son English bt is fluent because of listening to youtube.
that child has english speaking parents. that teacher is either from England or has lived there - nobody speaks that well (with perfect accent)
@@Slyngbom Ever since i was 6 years Old i could speak basic english and at around 8-9 years Old i was fluent
An 8 year old nails english denmark is just showing of
Obviously a native English speaker......
I do not think so
@@Likkivi at 8 years old, he would have had English in school for 2-3 years, depending on his age when he started.
However he is remarkably good, so one of his parents are most likely from the UK.
My own kid, who has had English for 5 years speak just as well - but with a thick Danish accent.
f0CUS He doesn’t need to have parents in the UK, just because he can speak fluent English. He most likely played a lot of video games, such as Minecraft, which made him really good at speaking English. That’s how A LOT of people learn it; by playing video games.
@@etyndigtland True, but kids in Denmark still learn from a young age. 40 years ago, I learned from fifth grade. Today I believe they start at around "null" grade - the year before real school.
And that kid had a clear Danish accent in his English, like most Danes have.
“How do u play without touching your friends” meanwhile two girls touching in the background 😂 jk I wish my school was like that.
I understand why...but the idea of children losing out on an education I find heartbreaking.
The danish school system functions well. So it’s really not an huge deal over here. For many children it has been a nice stress relief actually
I'm teaching adults and my students and I really quickly found a new way to teach and learn with distance. Microsoft Teams is an excellent tool combined with Plumbago as a replacement for a black board.
BTW. What do you consider best or worse. Missing out on learning or missing out on the rest of ones (could also be relatives) life?
Amazing to be Danish and live in Denmark where we control the situation.
We don't go crazy, we locked down fast, and we open up slowly to control the situation the best way possible
The best thing about it is that you're close to Sweden. The last free western country.
This makes me proud to be danish
ja ik?
This makes me, an American, wish I was born in Denmark
Me a Norwegian: Why do i never Get The spotlight?!
I’m sorry, but Norway copied Denmark’s strategi. When Denmark did something, Norway did the same thing 2 days after.
Why are Norway and Denmark not united in one, strong country? We do the same, Think the same and are like family? You norwegen are the most popular people for danes, investgations show.
Norway and Denmark have always been together. We share the same language and our flag are almost similar.
@@sydvestjyden2095 they were one years ago. The great kingdom of Denmark!
Sydvestjyden I guess, because we choose to remain Norwegian 😊
I'm a Dane but from have Somali root happy to see other people appreciating my country ♥️
Im a dane and i feel proud when i hear positive words about Denmark.
As a danish kindergarten teacher, I think that the section about Denmark is a little superficial. There was a lot of changing guidelines several times which mean a lot of confusion and stress. Yes, it was good that the number of covid19 infected was so low that schools and kindergartens could be held open (with certain guidelines upheld) but it wasn't as much sunshine and rainbow as they make it up to.
Do they learn Glaswegian in Denmark?
What's glaswegian?
That teacher has a Scottish accent.
@@kristoffersparegodt420
The way people speak a very thick Scots-English in and around Glasgow.
Imagine BBC coming for your school to talk to some teacher. Do you pick the teacher that knows the least English? Or the one that is originally Scottish but now teaches in Denmark?
Im from Denmark no we dont.
imagine learning a second language at school from a young age 😞
Here in Copenhagen no one wears masks any longer. That all stopped about a month ago.
meanwhile in the U.S. we basically screwed ourselves over. LOL I mean by opening when cases were still going up and pretending everything was ok we extended our misery. Plus we have this attitude that masks infringe our rights. My gut tells me we will see school open then close two weeks later.
Did you wear masks in the first place? I can imagine only foreigners doing that, since our authorities didnt recommend it.
We have never worn masks.
i never saw anyone wear masks lol only asians
Right when he asks the boy how they play without touching each other a girl does a cartwheel and runs up and grabs her friend🤨🙄
Exactly, I noticed that too.
They missed a detail. There are "play groups". Within those, the children can play like normal. But there are no physical contact between members of two different groups
The kids are split up in play groups, because it's hard to keep children apart, and this way, if somebody gets corona, they have minimal contact with other people, and it is easier to track who the smitten has been in contact with
I am so so happy that I am from this beautiful country, Denmark is really awesome!!!
Double the number of teachers...brilliant. Imagine actually valuing education and teachers as a society. Meanwhile my friends and I are getting ready to back to rooms with 35-41 students in a small classroom
Sweden: No lockdown, no restriction, GDP falls by 7%.
Danmark: Lockdown, restrictions, GDP falls by 7%.
UK: Initially like Sweden but later like else countries, GDP falls by 20%.
well.....
So clearly it isn’t about the response :)
i am danish and i have not seen a single face mask
Same. The only people i have seen with face masks are tourists.
ive seen asians with face masks... but 0 danes
I saw an elderly lady with one
Hmmm really? I saw quite a few in the metro the last months, and also lots of elderly people on the street
@@cvk2761 maybe it's a regional thing? The elderly in my area has been staying mostly indoors
They are actually giving their people access to resources. They actually seem to care about most of their citizens.
How is now in September 2020?
The kids English is great, I agree. But one of the teachers have an Irish accent 🙂 maybe it’s in her “rhouts”
The teacher is native Irish working in Denmark
@@AA-ek5kz Cool! :-)
Sounds like a mix of Irish, Danish and mostly Scottish to me. I heard all 3 clear as day in her voice so maybe she's putting the accent on cause she knows how cringe worthy the actual danish accent is
@@beepboop9848 probably
@@BennyDACHO I agree. She's definetly putting on the accent too. If she had Scottish roots the tinge of danish wouldn't be there.
As a Dane i feel proud of my home country
you should as no one else is interested.
@@AA-ek5kz Plenty of people are interested in the Scandinavian ways.
@@AA-ek5kz Speak for yourself.
@@epender Sweden probably yes, not boring Denmark.
I am a Dane as well as an essential worker... I’m also alone with my now 8 year old daughter.. we live in a small tourist town, and I am 100% sure of sending my daughter to school, they wash hands first thing, then sit down if going outside she(her choice) has her hand sanitizer in her pocket, and one set for class with lotion and wet wipes... parents are not allowed inside the school, we follow them to their classrooms fire escape doors, and from 2. Grade(8years and up) we have to say our goodbyes at the “kiss’n’drive” zone...
it works...
Meanwhile Ecuador’s rate of deaths are just getting higher and higher and the authorities are opened the beaches and allowing everyone to go out for a holiday. I love my country but we are lacking culture while facing this pandemic
3 months later... how did this turn out?
Where is the teacher at 1:52 from?😂 I don’t think she’s from Denmark tho 😂😂
My child is someone different her mood and mind has gone so down hill it’s scaring me she missed the last year in her primary school so now being chucked right in to secondary school, but I don’t understand how school will work when out pubs and cinema still closed.
That’s awful with your girl I really hope she gets better:)) but I think they’ve opened schools before everything else so that we could get as much learning as possible in before moving on to the next grade and because it’s easier to make sure people are following the rules, also cinemas have opened but bars opened for a short while until they figured out that people were not social distancing and that’s where they think the increase in infections care from
Meanwhile in India : Yes even we(govt) have formed guidelines to reopen schools from September. We are going to follow Switzerland Model.
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For fucks sake Switzerland's worst school will have better amenities and facilities than our best government run or private aided or maybe even private schools.
You must remember that the population in Denmark and in schools is much less densily populated than the UK and the coronavirus was no where near as bad.You cannot compare.
Denmark is MORE densely populated that the UK - but distribution óf space to live is more equally distributed (just like income and wealth)
mr democracy The UK has twice as many cases and deaths per 1 mil people
well, the virus was not bad in denmark, because we did a good job stopping it from the start... and the population per square mile is pretty much the same
@@mortenreippuertknudsen3576 You cannot compare Denmark with London's densely populated communities and population.
Also the UK is a more popular tourist destination than Denmark bringing in more foreign people tourist from places like China/Italy etc,which spread the virus into the population more quickly.
@@mrdemocracy7106 In March we had many, _many_ cases of the virus being spread from Danish tourists coming home, though. Danes have a higher median income than most UK citizens (if I remember right), so even if Denmark isn't as popular, we have more people coming home from abroad. This was especially true just when people started to realise this was a pandemic. When you see the charts for how the epidemic started in Denmark compared to the UK, they're very much alike. The difference is that the Danish government locked down as soon as they saw the situation going out of control and the UK government waited another week.
Whether you can compare the two countries on opening meassures... Yeah, that's trickier.
Denmark is always doing everythung better
I just wish to point out that this school is in a rich part of the Danish capital region, Gribskov. However, English proficiency levels are very high here but it's still worth keeping in mind that this school is better funded than most other schools, just that the eight-year old is very good for his age too.
Alot of danes speak (almost) fluent english really early since they grow up watching english youtube or other sorts of media
Yes learn from my country🙌🙌🙌
School here are already closed again... But only because it is summer nothing to do with the virus.
Bravo Young man👏👏👏👏👏👏
Cheers Channel4 - I love the tourism ad for my capital :D
Talking about Denmark's response (600 deaths) when Greece which is almost double in population has had 200 deaths.
That's very interesting, could it perhaps be due to the relative income of Greeks making it less likely for them to leave the country, which would lower the chance of getting infected? Do you know anything about the Greek government's response to the pandemic?
@Liberty Constitution Legacy Neither are we. (the Danes)
@@theposhdinosaur7276 Could it be because they took better and faster measures and the people showed enough discipline to uphold them? Why would your first assumption be so naive and derogatory to Greece?
The Posh Dinosaur Denmark is definitely a marxist country.
lol greece is so fucking big compared to denmark, get a damn brain
Everyone is going on about the kid speaking English. I just find it really that the teacher with a Scottish accent
Greetings From
Denmark 🇩 🇰 🇩🇰 🖖
The key is the early testing and isolation ... if this is done, a lot of additional strictures can be relaxed.
Also, I'd strongly recommend not allowing for free travel to / from Sweden. If you can't enforce 14 day quarantines, you will have the experience the Bahamas did, where they opened to the US and ended up with an outbreak that was 6x worse than their original set of infections and a whole new round of lock downs.
the fact that it worked in Denmark does not mean that it'll work in other countries too !
For the ppl praising the kid, I'm from Denmark and yes, everyone speaks English here but not that well at that age. Judging from his appearance and his good english accent, he's probably mixed with another nationality, it's not uncommon here.
Wouldn’t be possible here, the classrooms are too small and always packed! Split the classes would help, we‘ve done it for 6 weeks, but one half had to stay at home when the other half was at school.
What grade do you teach? Do you feel there is a greater risk with high school students?
Christina Marsh From my experience, yes, because they feel safe. Young people seldom die and they don’t notice if they give the virus to someone else. There haven’t been that many deaths in my country, so now people start acting like it’s no big deal. I wish, everyone would keep on wearing masks and avoid traveling until we have a vaccine.
Christina Marsh PS I teach 10-17 years-old
Have u seen how NZ handled this
Nothing. We still have 100 new cases everyday.
Can someone tag the Philippines? Thanks.
Thats the School i go to
Ok
Note that Denmark now recommend wearing face masks in public transit during peak hours since the numbers are rising again... and areas with high numbers have stricter rules: face masks are a requirement and the start of school has been put off or made digital.
*laughs in special needs schools still being open*
Me watching from Florida 👁👄👁
Same here
Denmark
living in denmark really is a dream :(
DENMARK!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Im not sure thats how anxiety works.
He asked how do you play with your friends without touching them? There were two girls behind them who touched. Gtfoh..
Of course. You cant make kids not touch. They knew this when they opened. There is a lot of washing hands in schools. Enough for some people to get rashes (for the lack of a better word) on their hands because of the change. We did not have a big spike since march, and we still have very good numbers.
Yes, this is why my son is being home schooled until COVID is under control. I am fortunate that our district offers a choice. He doesn't physically see his friends each day but they talk absolutely everyday AND share their feelings about not being in school. Explained that sometimes things happen that's not in our control. Be patient because this too shall pass.
I live in Denmark and we never took it that seriously and we kept interacting with each other without disinfecting.
Mate, speak for yourself, the only reason you could act like such a stupid idiot is because the majority of the country is serious about a virus that may cost lives, your mindset is that of a child and you represent the very small minority that should find another country to ruin, maybe move to America, it seems like that would fit your personality a bit better.
Kinda like an antivaxxer praising how their kids aren't dying from measles even without the vaccine. I was a health care professional in this and I didn't see my family for month and started having anxiety once other groups started flooding the public transport again because they still didn't understand hygiene and manners in the pandemic environment. Do your part please and thank you
Speak for yourself. I didn't. Both my grandparent were seriously ill from Corona.
I wanted to take it much more seriously but other people just didn't stay at home during the corona time. As of this time, the schools here have started to reopen and I still think that's a bad idea since over here it's increasing at 75 people a day.
@@casperryborg4869 By "we" I meant most people in Copenhagen. *They* kept walking in the streets and talking to each other.
*I* did what we were supposed to do, by staying home and doing online school. At that time I haven't even gone outside for over two weeks. I was scared of the virus before it fucking left china but *all* my friends just told me to calm down.
Im a proud Dane (‘:
Let's see whether covid19 will bounce back in Denmark.
The store that i work in as a cashier has had no problems with corona and no one is wearing masks only social distancing. I was scared at first when I had to work even tho corona was a thing... Things are going the right Way. My mom is working from home tho but most people are not affected by the virus
@@GarryHardfield Still spared sonewhat here in Denmark Jiuly 7, 2020 - cross fingers but we have been spared - did you read the statistics? But you are right - noone knows what is in line for us :-(
Those numbers are going up right now. Sadly
Am I a nascisist for not only clicking on this video, but feeling proud as a Dane? 🤣
One simply can't compare UK to Denmark.
Sure one can.
@@the2010heroes no unicorn in UK but in Denmark ruclips.net/video/zue3iBz33Nc/видео.html
Watch me
It's not simple to compare, no. But any 2 things can always be compared, usually in a number of ways.
Denmark gang where ya at?
You can’t already say that we are safe after the coronavirus, people are still sanitizing and if the numbers suddently explode we would probably close some things down again, but right, as it seems now we are able to open more and more
If physical distancing persists even after lifting the lockdown, people will have psychotic problems yet unknown, i reckon.
but that is still better than being dead though.
fex144 That’s debatable
I’m from Denmark (not that this is not universal) and most people did not social distance to their closest friends or family
Face maskes became mandatory on public transport
And sertin buisnesses.. to open more
And still stay safe
I live in Denmark
Here, we can't get adults to wash their hands and not to touch each other. Did Denmark ever have high numbers?
I feel like I’m famous 😂
Herd immunity is reached. that is my conclusion minute 3.33. One month after going back back to school and no increase of cases.
Its a wakeup call for those who love the EU .
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all you can learn is that we reopen the schools and now we wait for 2 weeks so they can close them again. I most say simple brilliant ! ! ! !
A laboratory with children?
You go guys ty for showing us how we should
Bois, vi skal være stolte af vores land!
Jack Jørgensen Stolthed er hvad der gør USA har en forældet konstitution med en mentalitet der ikke har ændret sig siden 1776. Vi skal være stolte af folket. Alle kan gøre hvad vi kan når først det går op for dem hvor godt vores virker
@@50shekels vi er stolte til et hvis instinkt, hvilket gør os meget bedre end USA
@@viberie3061 Alt stolthed gør er at forringe vores sans for hvordan virkeligheden er. Vi er kommet så langt, netop fordi vi har et bedre menneskesyn der indrager alle, istedet for en nationalistisk stat. Vi kan se hvilke problematikker vores samfund har, og derfor kan vi ændre på dem, netop fordi vi ikke er stædige som amerikanerne
@@50shekels er enig med dig men kan ikke lade vær med at tænke på at det er Joe Swanson der skriver det her lol
school being more fun in a pandemic, damn
Oh yes, another video about my country with information I already knew. Gotta watch.