Old school

"Huh? What? Wake up? It's not even 7am yet! It's still dark outside!"

So began our day. Woken at 6:30 we were told to get up and ready for school.

Yep, you heard me right. It was a school day.

Why did we VOLUNTEER to go to school? Dunno. But we did. And it was still dark when we started! And they don't even eat lunch! Crazy!

First class was Spanish. I can't speak it and in between was of course German. I can't speak that either. So I'm not rally sure what went on but I'm sure they learnt heaps. It was something about a glass house burning down near Barcelona and someone dying in it and the blame being put on racial minorities like the gypsies. Hmmm, yeah. Exactly.

Then was Biology (after opting to skip Maths). Only there was no biology class as such as they were getting a test result back and going over the exam so I just wandered around the school a bit and then listened to music. Tough times.

Lastly (they had three 2 hour classes), we were taken to Religious Education. First half was in German (somthing about Ijob) and the second half was a meditation session. This entailed getting a blanket, lying on the floor, turning the lights off, and getting to know yourself and the ground you're touching. Or something like that - it was in german? So of course I fell asleep. I mean really. What do they expect?

And this is the smart school. Schools here in Germany are split into three classes. Smart kids, average kids and dumb kids. For real. Then there are private and public. We'd gone private. I.e no eating, music, being loud etc.

But it was an, um, experience. I'm not too cool for school but maybe a tad old. I'll stick to teaching from now on (o: