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American vs. German Beer and Other Comparisons: A Chat with Professor Peter Liermann

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Desktop Computer "I end up preferring the American system simply because it leaves the student with more options in the long run. Most Germans are better educated in that they end up having more facts to rely on, but they're somewhat closed."

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Gateway "Nope," he said with a chuckle. "There are two things that I feel I have to give up being in the States: one is beer and the other is bread. In either case you have a hard time finding substitutes. Even with so-called German bakeries, after they've been here for a while, the bread just doesn't taste right. I keep pushing that idea in my classes."

Laptop Parts After discussing the subtler differences between German and American culture, Professor Liermann went on to explain the necessity of understanding another culture. "Whatever you do abroad will widen your horizons and make you question your own values. You may confirm them, ultimately, but at least you question them and simply realize that there are other ways of doing things and other ways of thinking about things."

Software Liermann himself, as one might expect, studied in the U.S. when he was young. He came to the University of Colorado in 1959 with the intention to study law. While he was working on his doctorate, the University offered him a position teaching German because they were one teaching assistant short. "That's when I discovered there was something else in the world that I liked doing," he said. He went back to Germany and continued in law for a time but was soon working as a German teacher at an American elementary school. He returned to Colorado to get his masters degree, and then went back to Germany to run a "host nation" program for the American school system before ultimately moving to the United States. "When I first came to the U.S. it was still, at least in my mind, the land of unlimited opportunities or possibilities. I came to Colorado and experienced western American culture in all of its openness, all of the wide open spaces... I fell in love with it," he said.

Hard Drives In addition to including cultural emphasis in his German language classes, Liermann has taught a number of classes on World War II, notably the J-term class "Hate, Holocaust and Hope." Liermann believes his personal perspective aids in his teaching of this subject. "Students learn best if they feel that the teacher is really involved. In my case, it's a deep concern with the fact that this is the Holocaust, the Third Reich and World War II. They have been, at least to some degree, my Experiences.it 's my country, I lived at that time in Germany and I've seen a little bit, even as a child. Students sense that connection and the fact that I'm refusing to put on rose-colored glasses and say 'It wasn't all that bad,' because, it was bad enough."

Electronics Professor Liermann has a very unique perspective on quite a number of things. If you want an informed and thought-out opinion on cultural interaction, Liermann will probably give you something new to think about. Or, if you want to discuss the nature of education or the long reaching implications of the Holocaust, he's a good person to talk to. Even if you want really good advice as to where to go to get good beer, Professor Liermann can help. If you do decide to ask him about one of these things or anything else, take him to T-Bocks. I think the place is growing on him.

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