School in Germany is very different from school in the States. School is more laidback where many students can go to a variety of schools depending on what they choose to do in their lives. Some students go to a university or college right out of high school or go into a hands on program of the job of their choice. How well you perform in academics can place students in a higher education of schooling such as a tech school.
In many ways, school is different from the States. In Germany, there is no usage of school books in sight of any classroom, the rooms and school itself aren't decorated with posters or props, and no dress code on how long shorts have to be or straps. Since classes are two hours long, students are given 15 minute breaks to go buy food, hang out, play foosball, or make a phone call. Time for school starts at 7:40 AM to 1:00 PM.
After school, a groups of girls and I went shopping in a nearby town named Ravensburg. It had some great stores to shop such NewYorker. We were all tired from getting up so early for school and going to bed late from Seehasenfest that we had ice cream in Friedrichshafen to cheer us up. Later, a cookout was at the lake for a German friend who would be gone for five weeks. We swam in the lake at night and cooked out over a fire. It was a very entertaining night due to the German boys not knowing how to play football. A ball was thrown around and the game 500 was played. It was funny yet exciting to see that the Americans were showing the Germans how to play football as a whole. Tomorrow the FOF students will meet the mayor of Friedrichshafen and go see the Zeppelin musesum!!
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