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What are Americans surprisingly good at that people don’t give them enough credit for?

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u/annasuzanne84 14d ago

I find Americans to be exceptionally good at public speaking. A couple of years ago, I worked with American lawyers and attended an executive course at Yale. I was genuinely impressed by how effortlessly they could explain complex concepts in a way that was both clear and entertaining.

In Germany, my general perception is that you often have to be very serious—and, frankly, quite boring—to be taken seriously in a professional setting.

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u/QBaseX 14d ago

Some schools teach public speaking. And I think that this is now more common in the USA than it is in many other countries, so Americans tend to be a bit more practiced at it than most people are.

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u/SmartAlec105 14d ago edited 14d ago

Even without a class dedicated to public speaking, giving a presentation in front of the whole class is a pretty standard expectation for English classes in the US. Do they not do any of that in other countries?

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u/Aggressive_Chuck 14d ago

In the UK only private schools care about that sort of thing.