Foreign Exchange Student's Opinion of America
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2014
- Over the 2013-2014 school year I got to know one of my school's foreign exchange students from the Czech Republic. Matej was an awesome dude, and it was pretty cool getting to know someone who was literally from the other side of the world. Anyway, I thought it'd be cool to film an interview with him so I could see what he really thought of the US, so I did. Also, I made sure to film it on one of his last days in America so he would actually give his real opinions.
"Your fast food is really good, but it's really bad."
There's literally no better way to describe it than that.
Paco Ramirez that’s great 😂😂😂
04:54 "But they're not fat"
*chubby guy with afro hair walks behind him*
omfg I saw that! The timing couldn't be more perfect.
+Faith Ike-Elechi HAHAHA I was going to comment on that too! That's some ironic shit right there.
Oh my lord perfect timing 😂
XD
haha yes! I was waiting for that in the comments
They asked if he can see the moon?? WTF
They asked if Czechs can see the Moon from Czechoslovakia!
Pretty smart
Uhh I don’t wanna say where I’m from, but it might be obvious when I say this lol. but I live in the US and some people think we still live in teepees and ride horses. Like w h a t
@@anagrace9162 "What are you?" *Insert Native American tribe* "OH WOW DO YOU LIVE IN TEEPEES AND RIDE HORSES?" 😂 It's really surprising/sad how little Americans know about Native Tribes still.
Lol! 4:54 "They're not fat" and that fat guy walks past behind him xD
lmao 😂😂😂
+Bob Fist I was crying LMAO
+Bob Fist I lost it.
I was looking for this comment 😂
+Bob Fist Yes because one person defines the rest of the 300 million Americans...
I was granted the privilege to be this kids Dad for the 11 months he was in our country and little community of Sanford. I love the kid and very proud of him, and I know everything about his successful year. Our school and town gave him values and ideas he took home, and during his time he very well gave to us as well. He is a true example of what exchange is all about.
Damn
Man, crazy to think how different the experience would've been in a large city. I'd honestly love to exchange with a student and see how public school in a major city compares to it in a town in the Czech Republic.
I am single parent and have hosted 8 great young men in last 6 years...4 from Germany and 4 from Italy...you no doubt get very attached,but the emotional part is when they leave ..that is the hardest part...I try to hold back my tears,but seeing them leave,I cannot stop crying..
"and kittles " awwhh
+2muchWack One time I say it weird and its on camera :D
george kittle
I was really impressed his English, he hardly had any accent, and it was way better than my Czech. Well I don't actually speak any Czech.. ;)
philipem1000 Thanks! :)
4:55 laughed my fuckin ass off. OMG this is hilarious! This wasn't random.
Leonard Graf Believe it or not..But I have no idea who that guy was and I didnt realize it until I saw the video lol
I laugh sooo sooo sooo hard omg
First video I've seen where he cares about his grades. Every other exchange video has had more of a vacation experience. High school in america is probably not the best for that. I think college is fine, but high school. No way
Totally agree with you...
High School in Amaerica is VERY easy so it does seem as a vacation as you don't have to work anything
Ok I thought of being an exchange student there I changed my mind now 😆, is not the like the movies haha
When he said, 'They're not fat' a rather large guy walked across the background.... o dear.
Soooo great to see something like this :)) I'm an exchange student in Indiana from the Czech Republic and that guy is talking like me, exactly the same opinions as I have. Made my day!! :D)
Well at least you know that you are not the only one! :D
This was cool. Thanks for posting this you guys!
Loved your video. I'm planing to be an exchange student too and this really helped me. Oh and btw your friend is cute😌✋
4:57 “they’re not fat”
Guy in background: “hold my beer”
Don't ever say "Hold my beer" to a Czech guy. We would drink it instantly😝🤣
haha this came up in my recommended playlist and it's actually my school 😂 cool. nice video
They're not fat.....fat guy walks by. I laughed my ass off lol
This video was a suggested video on the side of another video, so I watched it and I actually live like 20 minutes away from Sanford! That's so cool! :)
That's awesome..Where do you live? I have traveled quite a bit when I lived there, maybe I was in your town!:)
carliemadison21 Haha, that's cool. It's funny how small the world is sometimes!
carliemadison21 sanford, florida?!
Damn, I like your honesty !
As someone with a foreign background that have lived in the US for a while now I can assure you that despite all their shortfalls as a people Americans are still the best Westerners I can think of living with. But if there is one thing I came to notice as soon as I got here it was definitely the highly level of abundance and waste. Big trucks, big burgers, big coffee cups all the way to big men and women.
They truly seem to believe that big and much means better, while everywhere else in the world people know that this is just the opposite of good quality. But I see here a generic problem with quality. Can't imagine somebody in Europe spending a lot of money for a house build out of card board and wood sticks and covered with shingles - unless it's a chicken shed or so :)
+Robert Scovill Now you see how effective the brainwashing is by BIG corporations here, especially because we're so blocked off from Europe and other countries by two huge oceans. If the US bordered Europe, things would be a lot different. Big corporations and media would have to change to make money then.
It's all about the $$$. Government, media and corporations, all working together to screw us over in one form or another, in bad "education", bad food (processed, chemicals, hormones, etc.), car quality was crap for decades, etc.
+Northaleus Velanthor I think you've got the point. But still for somebody in Europe this type of thinking, without knowing much about the world and seeing several other countries to compare is quite a shock. You rather expect being brainwashed and uniformed from people living in Russia or Korea or so, but not in such a modern and "rich" western country like USA. I still know how we wonder watching the news about whole villages being gone after a tornado - we think, how can this be. Now when I see how the homes are build in USA I don't wonder anymore. My mother used to say, If you don't like your neighbor, you kick his house and will be with your foot in his living room :). Also when a house in Europe burns, nothing burns but the furniture inside, you replace it, paint the walls, change doors and windows and your home is like before. But as you mentioned, it is probably all about the money - You have lost everything so you got the money from the insurance. I just think, while there are so many severe weather conditions in USA, everything should be more solid and stable and better quality then in any European country, but just the opposite is the case. And some people pay millions for it, just because it's big ;)
Robert Czwartek Agree. America is indeed a very unusual place. It's probably the only the place I know where people actually act against their interest and they are very passionate about it. Universal health care as an example is beneficial the most to the less fortunate in society but weirdly they are the ones that are mostly against it. The people are not suffusticated enough to know what their political representatives are doing and so they are highly vulnerable to the corporate money men that control the media. A dark agenda can easily be pursued in a situation like that. Division and finger pointing thrives as the money pain gradually usurped all the power that used to belong to the people. Maybe someday the people will wake up.
Thats true
Of course he is Czech, he is literally the most Slavic looking guy ever.
Interesting insight from this bright young man.
Im my dorm hall I happened to get the hall full of foreign exchange students. Some were from Germany, France, Ireland, England, Barbados, The Bahamas, Spain, Russia, Czech Republic and my roommate was from South Africa. It was super cool because I learned a lot of things from them and their culture and on the holidays that they celebrated in their country they would make dished that smelled amazing in the kitchen (common area) then there is me just basic and from Texas.
I love this. He is so honest!! OMG
Czechs and most Europeans are savagely honest. We don't beat around the bush much 😀 You ask? There you go! Process it :-)
Its funny because people from other countries are asked dumb questions and people from other states in America are asked dumb questions 😂. After my freshman year i moved from California to Wisconsin and for the first year i was always asked the most ridiculous questions about california
"aye bruh do u box drunk men on top of mentos mint trucks"
when i spent a summer in yosemite, the californians asked the dumbest questions about ohio. which they got confused with iowa
Cars were invented in Europe in the 1880s. We should ask you if you use horses, not the other way around. Damn.
In Germany to be specific
@Rita Roork Whats wrong with you and your nationalism?
I live by Stanford! I used to be an exchange student but now I live here for good. I just recently strated vlogging it all on my channel too
I like how when he says " they're not fat" a fat guy walks behind him! Lol
OMG f off
"They're aren't fat"
A fat person walks in the background hahaha biiiiiitchhhhh hahahahhahahha. Yo he's hot!!! He should be in the vampire dairies or the originals....
America is where dreams come true.
😳
Bruh I was not expecting this video, my last name (Dvorak) is czech and I was hoping to soon one day become a foreign exchange student. I feel like I already have so much in common with him 😲 I was going to go to Germany but the Czech Republic is my next destination.
My brother's wife is from the Czech Republic! Beautiful Women!!!
This guy is amazing
Im glad he was honest.
everyone is talking about the topic and stuff but can we talk about his look?!
+Ashley C +Катя Петрова Cmon.. Stahp it girls..
@@matthew5016 😂
This kind of talking is pretty standard in Europe. We don't sugarcoat thoughts or opinions. Take it or leave it style. If you take offense it's your problem and you'll get over it. If you accept the answer with open mind, even better. If you ask we answer how we feel it. I am surprised how many people in comment section compliment about the honesty. Shouldn't honesty be a norm in every culture? 🙃 BTW I'd say for Czech standards he was still very "diplomatic" about it LOL
Bojangles, really hot weather...He was definitely in the South haha
Bro his English probably improved so much from month 1 to 10
He is right about America
I've done an exchange in France before and I'd really like to do one in the USA because it'd be so surreal actually being in a country that you see so much of online but never have been there. (Edit: well I have been there but it was more than 10 years ago and I was very young)
Have you gone yet?
They're not all fat *huge fat guy walks by*
When he says that it can get to 100° in America you gotta remember that it changes drastically if you go somewhere else. For example, in new York it never gets hotter than 90°. In Anchorage the maximum you'll ever get is probably 70°
He is so sweet
I subscribed to him literally just to be the 100th subscriber
From what I’ve picked up from Americans I’ve met in England. Also from relatives and friends opinions after visiting. You are way more positive than we are here in the UK. You have much more space but there’s more segregation between races. You have everything there as it’s much larger than the whole of the European continent. I think it’s easier to be successful out there. I wish I had moved out there when younger. I have an auntie and uncle who emigrated in the sixties. They only come back to visit and buy clothes. As they have lots of air miles and say the clothes are better quality over here in the UK.
I'm going to say this even though it's 6 months late. You're definitely not going to see major segregation in the USA. The reason Americans are probably happier is because the whole of the USA has amazing weather and many different types of climates with the tundra, Rainforests, Tropical Rainforests Deserts, Swamps, Mountain Ranges, Plains etc... All being within our borders as well as our States being like their own countries within the country with them all having a different culture, Accent, Different official languages etc... You also have to see that the American culture is a Culture made up of cultures from around the world as well and i mean a person can travel from the freezing weather of Alaska to the warm weather of Hawai'i or even the humid weather of Louisiana without a passport or even by Car (In the mainland 48 States) even though it may take you 4,8,10,12,14 hours for you to get to that destination and with it being like you've traveled to a whole other country with how different some states can be. I also have to agree that Clothes outside of the USA are way better than in the USA (I don't really know exactly why) Also its not easy to become successful in the USA but there are opportunities around every corner you just have to look for them.
@@erickr.8977 thanks for the reply. Plan to visit one day
This boy must be living in the North Carolina. He had the BoJangles box of chicken. And complains of heat not to mention humidity.
ikr?! The Weather is different everywhere... so idk how he can complain about the weather thinking its the same everywhere...
He is cute. I love foreign guys.
Don't come to Arizona! 120 degrees in the summer XD
"Their education is really poor"
Yup. And I'm blaming the education system. Like, I know the quadratic formula: x equals negative b, plus or minus the square root of b squared minus 4 a c, all over 2 a. But I don't know how to function in society once I graduate. I also don't know how to freaking spell to save my life because they are literally like: here's the word. I'm only going to show this to you once. Got it? No? Oh well. Go and try to function now. (Gets to high school) write me an essay. Spelling counts. But I'm not going to tell you how to spell a word if you get it wrong, I'm just going to circle it. JFKDJFJDBROFJ. Well, that's my school at least. Also, the majority of us are depressed, stressed, sleep-deprived, anxious, dead inside, and dehydrated. And if you miss a day of school, you're digging your own grave. Even if you were in the hospital. What is wrong with my school? (I could literally go on for ages but I'm going to stop now)
I love this guy
+Faith Ike-Elechi Aww :D
i whas wondering how did you become a exchange student btw ?
"They're not fat."
*cue fat guy in background*
I love how he called them kittles
As an ex exchange student I would have answered all the questions the same way he did
Matej, did you have any problems catching up with the school when you got back to czech republic?
(4:57) - The moment he said they aren't all fat, a fat guy walks past. genuinely just burst out laughing.
Hahaha I can tell where he was by the “bojangles” answer
HAHA If he think NC is hot, come down to Florida, its 100 degrees.....in winter
I have been to Florida for a week and you are right..Florida is even worse haha
LOL right now in Florida it's like 110
11ellie7 Wish I would be there.. Here in Czech its cold and snow will be here soon.. ugh..
I wish I was there! I've never seen snow, only the sun Matthew Kasl
Noo.. You dont want to see snow.. Its pretty the first few days(: but its cold and just horrible.. I wish I would see the sun the whole year like you..11ellie7
I'm somewhat glad to say at least to my school's standards I belong to that 10% thus making me one of the few geography nerds here. They don't even know basic things like how the UK consists of 4 countries and England is one of them, not the same thing... They don't even have a rough idea of the metric system and if they were attentive enough they could find traces of it in the US (ex. 5K runs) we have those here. I just graduated from middle school so I can't say this is applicable for my highschool but it probably will be.
Ha! I don't think he is very impressed with his host country....we are apparently mostly stupid (accurate enough in my case), well except of course for that 10% that might reach 'average' in the Czech Republic. Hey at least he didn't hold anything back. I don't know how we survive without that Czech brilliance guiding us.
I guess he does get points for being blunt.
He did not talk about intelligence but about culture
Bet you if he attended a school in California, he would not want to move back to europe. the weather is perfect and things are so peaceful
This shows that the czechs and the europeans are smarter than we think! Good english friend!
Cool kid! Great accent!
4:53 is something I would literally see on the office
I’m about to come to America as an exchange student and I’m doing research
kind of thinking about going to Czech Republic for my exchange now bc hot
You should definetely come! Being an exchange student is awesome...:))
it sounds as if hes starting to lose his accent and sounding more american. I dont know why I find this so amazing that people's accent can change but I do.
i am a foreign exchange student in america from south africa
When you put cc on:
Hello my name is mighty castle
Nice video.
Nice video
Great oratory skills for a high-school student, I got to admit.
so cute!
Haha thanks..
“The high school has less drama and stress...”
**pulls out hair trying to remember where I left my dollop of papers while simultaneously asking my friend who beat who up on Friday and who pushed Alex out the window while I wAS absent, for a day**
I'm American and Czech friends are cool I really like them , they're fun and also nice people . we met in Taiwan since I am an English teacher and fuck yea hes got the right Idea west coast is the best coast
I dont't want to move to the US, but if I had to I would go for California or Washington. The west coast is the prettiest and most progressive part of the country.
Hey I live in Washington
3:37 exactly!!
in my town in America, a lot of the people I know are very smart. But, mostly, there are kids who slack off and dont think of their future. poor kids. I wish i lived in the U.K. :3
wow. i didn't know that. Ive never been outside America. plus, Im in middle school and they only teach us about ONE state. nowhere else.
@Poop Poop bro leave the basing for people who deserve it, she never said anythin wrong about America (USA), she actually said a good thing (her city people are smart)
Did they really ask you if we use cars? interesting. The czech republic is a very beautiful country with one of the most beautiful cities of the world as its capital: Prague. I am surprised that you did not say that you miss "Knedel" , my favourite czech dish.
Wow he says there's less drama in American high school
This is typically an American college freshman syndrome: I'm so smart and everyone else is so dumb. Usually, maturity changes that young way of thinking. People are smart in all sorts of ways, sometimes in ways that aren't immediately apparent.
+Steve Finlay it is difference between "smart" and "educated" he spoke about common knowledge, that seems to be lower than in europe, that doesn't necesserily mean that they are stupid, and yea people who ask taht if in europe we can see moon, are not causing impression of being smart
4:56 "Nie sú tuční..." *Za tebou prejde tučný týpek* :D:Dok.
+Kristína Zrubcová Stane se :( :D
HIS NAME SOUNDS LIKE MIGHTY CASTLE
there is a lot of drama honestly that is in some american high schools
He’s so cute omg
not every state in the us has bojangles BUT ITS FUCKING AMAZING LIKE WOW I HAVE NEVER
does he know what Czech Streets is?
"In Stanford you just kinda chill" Fucking flexed on
We always had reeses and skittles in EU, lol.
"They're not fat..." *fat guy walks behind*
LMFAO! That just made the whole video! 4:55
4:55 "they're not fat, stupid, they're just better at different things" #OVERWEIGHT lol jk
It's cold as bricks where I live xD
What's it like in the Czech Republic?
He's cute@
What state is this in? The education system varies from state to state. Based upon the Pisa international student ranking study, the U.S. and Czech Republic scored similar overall in math, reading and science...
This was shot in North Carolina. I don't doubt that what you're saying is true, but I do agree that most of the students at our school aren't very intelligent. I'm only speaking for our school in particular, so I'm not trying to say anything about the American or North Carolinian school system in general. Matej's opinion was formed after spending one year in one American high school, so I don't know if he can accurately judge the nation as a whole either.
That's true...If he went to a high school in New England, perhaps he would feel differently.
As my friend Garret said, my opinion was only made from one high school after one year..Even in Czech every school is different and I have no idea if my school in NC was a normal high school or not..
Well at least you're aware of this and are being objective...I've seen exchange students have negative experiences and then blame and judge all 1/3 of a billion Americans...and then I've seen exchange students understand that one negative experience is not reflective of the entire nation and American society...So thanks for being aware and unbiased! :D
There is not a billion americans
4:54 "not all americans are far and dumb" far American walks by lmao. I'm American which disappoints me
Did he say "kittles?" LOL
Q: “What’s the coolest thing you’ve seen in America?”
A: “I saw a hobo, who was high on bath salts, run down the highway naked, and fake ninja fight an alligator”.
i fuckin died laughing at "they're not fat" while that guy in the background passed by...
Dobrý den!! 🇨🇿❤️🇨🇿❤️🇨🇿❤️🇨🇿❤️
"He says"