Real life sharing of Swedish immigrants

Many people will choose Swedish immigrants, so what is the real life of Swedish immigrants? Let's take a look at it with the overseas immigration network! Welcome to reading.

The real life of Swedish immigrants

Having lived in Sweden for many years, I want to talk about my Swedish immigrant life here. Think it over before you leave. After all, emigration means staying away from your motherland and your roots. This is far away, and the family is surrounded by walls, only knowing how cold and warm it is!

I am also an immigrant who settled in Nobel's hometown for the education of my children. Living in Sweden for many years, I feel that I live in a non-native cultural soil and always suffer from deep or shallow variation and struggle.

The first is the language problem:

If you know the language, you also have some inappropriate words. Take English as an example.

"I know" is probably the most commonly used sentence in China, but it is the most unacceptable sentence for foreigners. When a teacher explains a problem to you, if you say "I know" twice in a row, maybe he won't say anything to you. It is better to use "I know" or "I don't know." ""This is beyond my understanding. "or" This is beyond my ability ".

Some time ago, a friend of a Swedish wife suffered from hydronephrosis because of too much exercise. Fluent in Swedish, she even told me that she would go back to China for medical treatment in April. Because neither she nor the Swedish doctor can really express the strange feeling and pain of the leg bones. More is the profound language gap between thinking and expression.

If you don't know this language, you are illiterate. Your inconvenience is everywhere. He also said that you were ill and went to see a doctor. Although the government will arrange free translation for you, think about every feeling when you are sick. I'm afraid I can only understand it, but I can't explain it, let alone express it through others' mouths. What's more embarrassing is that you never know what the translator said! The doctor told me, you are a fog cover! The whole process, you are deaf and dumb! That scene only hates human suffering.

/kloc-in March, 2008, I waited for a year for orthodontics to finally begin, but when I was greeted by a smiling nurse and a very kind doctor with a clean and tidy treatment chair 18 minutes, I found that the operation was not to correct and tighten my cracked front teeth, but to fill the gaps with medical materials! After waking up, I politely refused their treatment, but for this, I paid 2950 kronor and delayed a day's work. Later, I learned that it was my translator who did not clearly express my treatment requirements to my attending doctor. Only blame yourself, don't understand Swedish! A mute!

Then there is the question of integration.

Our community is an independent villa with more than 40 neighbors. They are very polite, greet each other kindly, and hug you warmly after a few days' absence. But we have lived for almost two years, and they are still the same as when we first met. I don't remember their names, and I don't know where they are or what they do. I wonder where their children go to school.

Teachers, parents and elders are called by their first names. I worked hard for three months and finally boldly changed "teacher" to "Susan". And I was scared! "Heaven and earth are teachers", how can you call them by their first names! If my old father, who has been a teacher all his life, knows about this, he will think that I forgot to bring my book when I went abroad.

Activities in Sweden are family-oriented. For three years, I haven't been able to drink coffee, go to hot springs or go shopping with any lady. There seems to be no girlfriend here!

In short, every country and every nation has its own history and culture. Thinking about Sweden's social environment, I feel that its measurement and requirements for everyone are actually the epitome of social values and moral system to a great extent: individuals enjoy great freedom in the choice of ideas, academics and life paths, and even deviants can always find their own world; On the other hand, there is a strict boundary between morality and conduct, which makes every member of society, every institution and group operate under a strong sense of role. These boundaries are guaranteed by effective precepts such as school rules, which are deeply branded in everyone's mind when they are young. As a newcomer, how difficult it is for us outsiders to integrate!

I observe some rules around me from the perspective of an outsider every day. I think being able to internalize these rules is a sign of my integration into the new environment. But when?

And customs, local conditions and customs.

If, between neighbors, children visit, you must not give him (her) food, because you don't know if he (she) will be allergic or dangerous! Even if the family is eating and the children in the neighborhood are watching you eagerly, you'd better not eat. Unless, you have obtained the consent of his (her) parents in advance!

There are many festivals in Sweden, such as Easter, Midsummer Festival, Lucia Festival, Christmas and so on, all of which have certain religious significance. Every Christmas, I also buy a Christmas tree and put it in the living room to hang presents. I also seriously thought about God. However, I don't know how to worship. I can't sing hymns or go to church. What's more, I don't know, tell children the legend of each festival, as well as the meaning, habits, taboos and so on that each festival represents.

Swedish child 18 years old, renting a house by himself. I would rather borrow money from the government than contact my parents!

Swedish children go to school by school bus and attend fritids (trusteeship class), and their grandparents are not worried, because they are going to play golf or take a vacation!

Children should be filial when they are not with their parents. Parents paid the government a lifetime tax, and finally the government gave it to nursing workers and apartments for the elderly.

Neighbors build their own new houses and repair their own cars and yachts, not to mention the colorful flowers and fruitful fruit trees in the boss's yard. On holidays and weekends, they put on work clothes, repair cars, install electrical appliances, decorate houses, clean yards and take care of swimming pools.

The light is broken, the light bulb is 20 kronor, but the manual fee is 100 kronor. A new shirt is 30 crowns and sleeves are 90 crowns.

Ikea furniture has to be assembled and transported by itself, otherwise renting a car is more expensive than furniture!

I can't adapt quickly. Because, we have been studying mathematics and physics since childhood.

Racial discrimination is more or less.

As a country established by immigrants, the tolerant and rational attitude of the American people on the issue of immigration reminds people of the sonnet engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York: "Give me all souls who can't land and are frightened by the wave of homelessness, and I will hold high the lamp beside the Golden Gate." You despicable waste on the crowded coast, give me these homeless people who were hit by the storm, and I will raise my lamp by the Golden Gate! )。 However, racial discrimination is widespread in European countries, which depends more or less on the overall quality of the people! Although China's economy has developed rapidly, the status of overseas Chinese has also improved accordingly. However, how difficult it is to live a happy life in a proud foreign society!

It is an indisputable fact that few people in China can really achieve the same social status as those in China when they emigrate overseas. "Whether in the United States or Europe, foreign immigration policies often focus on the help of immigrants to local economic growth, but never think about these immigrants." All kinds of hidden racial discrimination are hidden in the corner of immigrant life, which is hard for anyone to avoid. "

In other words, in addition to the pain of paying high taxes, immigrants are also plagued by many factors such as language, beliefs, living habits, social circles, racial discrimination and so on. More often, immigrants subconsciously think that they will become "second-class citizens" after emigrating. The naked reality is cruel and cold, which has worn away your free and easy spirit and the spirit of pointing out the mountains and rivers. Maybe it just looks chic abroad, because when you really live and work here, all the elegance becomes luxury. The loneliness and helplessness inside is far beyond words!

Perhaps, people can only get the strongest feeling of home if they are far away from their place of residence. By touching strange soil and breathing different air, people can feel a little ancient rhythm in the wind, and the pulse of contemporary people and human ancestors can produce an instant * * *. Going home may be the true meaning of travel.

"Home", a "home" far away from Qian Shan, you should take root and rebuild!

It is not easy!

Editor's note:

Perhaps, after reading this article, you will ask bitterly: "Why don't you come back with so much helplessness and loss?" . Yes, I can understand! But I am willing to stay in Sweden regardless of all kinds of helplessness and disappointment. Because, the perception of life, different people have different views, the wise have different views! The key is to respect your inner needs! After all, compared with the severe living environment in China, I still choose to live first! Live with dignity!

In an ideal place of residence, I believe that no parents would want civil servants to be the first choice in choosing a job, no parents would regard teaching them to drink and sing for a seat as a necessary skill to make a living in society, and no parents would like to see their own flesh and blood grow up in a hypocritical and unhappy atmosphere. Social phenomena such as product safety, labor practices, nepotism and bribery are not so reasonable.

In other words, immigration should be considered. Just, where to move? How to move? "Immigration is a choice and has nothing to do with happiness and ability!" With my personal experience, write about the real life abroad, so that you can make the right choice and make your immigration trip more leisurely! After all, in foreign countries, blue sky and white clouds are our yearning. There are also cultural education, social responsibility, soul freedom and so on, which are all conducive to the growth of our children!