...would have happened at my old school. And although they can be a bit disruptive, they are rarely directly rude to the teacher (or, thankfully, the teaching assistant). I think problems do arise in the Hauptschule especially with learning English, and especially with older pupils, because by this time they have realised that they probably won't need English that much in their future jobs, and they just...

Today I went back to school! I really did have to wake at 5.30am, and the best bit is, I have to do it every single day. But it's fine- I'll just start going to bed earlier. 2am should not be a regular...pigeon today because I have cutlery and tea, and I got a tour of Oldenburg so I know where I actually live, which is really good, and I have a Map of Usefulness. So everything's fine. But tiiiiiired