Продолжаем, про образ Эстонии в учебниках эстонского языка....

We continue, about the image of Estonia in the textbooks of the Estonian language. The topic of the lesson is "My Estonia". In the introductory exercise, different little people tell students what they think about the country of the language being studied. Here, of course, all sorts of stereotypes are collected: strange Estonian food, harsh nature, traditional holidays, a place where everyone knows each other, because there are almost no people. And one of the little men directly says: "This is a small and poor state." And further: bad roads (these are bad in Estonia!), Small pensions, a small salary, a rapidly aging population, a demographic crisis. Muhaha, nothing like? (Crossed out) Absolutely can not imagine this in other textbooks. It’s as if in the Russian textbook they wrote that in Russia there is a ballet, Yuri Gagarin, and also ... they drink vodka, corruption, fools and roads. Ah, Milon yet. But it is clear that this self-irony of our neighbors is explained by the fact that the textbook is not for foreigners, but rather for its own, local Russians. Before your own something to brag about?)