A new school year A few days ago the new school year in my region has begun. My school is a “Gymnasium“,with classes from 5th grade to 13th grade. So you have nine years to stay at this school. I'm now in grade 11, and with this I stepped into the “Oberstufe“. It's from 11th to 13th grade (in the old system with nine years). But since 2008 there is a new system, called “G8“. The pupils in this system only have 8 years, so they will make their final examinations (Abitur) in 12th grade. And there was the problem. Because G8 pupils “skipped“ 10th grade (the system is too complicated to explain it all) they are now in our classes. In the Oberstufe the concept of taking lessons is much different from the grades before. The last six years we took nearly all lessons in our tutor group, and now we have an other system. We are devided in seven different profiles: the history profile, the economy and politics profile, the biology profile, the physics profile, the aesthetic profile and two language profiles. I am in the language profile, so my profile subject is english. All profiles have one profole subject and three core subjects (mathematics, german and one language). You have those subjects until you leave school. There are other subjects too, which we take in our tutor group or in courses. My subjects are: englisch, german,mathematics,history,economy and politics,geography,sports (all in tutor group) ; philosophy, chemistry, spanish, latin and one subject called “Darstellendes Spiel“ (a subject where we learn things about acting, also theoretical aspects). Those subject are all different courses we were able too choose last year. So each day I learn with other people in courses in different rooms. Our note-system is also different from the last years. We had marks from 1 to 6, from the best to the worst. Now we have points from 15 to 0 representing the marks. 15 point are 1+,14 are 1, 13 are 1-, ect...until 0 points (= six). So I have three very important years in front of me, I hope I'll get good marks! :) I hope you liked my text (in case you understood it! xD)

My school life...(sorry for mistakes^^) I must be crazy to write this when I have holidays, but I´ve got this idea...just to tell you a bit about my school life, the daily procedure of sitting in front of the teacher... So, here is my school week, from Monday to Friday :) Every day : 6:30- the alarm clock wecks me up and I drag myself out of the bed...*grrrr* 7:30 - running out of the house, through the park, grumbling about the snow and sometimes listening music... 7:45 - arrival at school, finding my place and sit down...waiting for the teachers arrival Monday: 1.lesson: english- our english teacher is the assistant principal, but the lesson is very funny :D 2.lesson: physics - I hate this subject...It´s just like sleeping with open eyes... 3. lesson: latin- one of my favourite subjects, I´ll always remember the legendary first text: "Hic forum est. Populus properat. Sed Marcus stat et circumspectat..." 4.lesson: mathematics - same teacher like in physics...math isn´t really my best subject... 5. lesson: history - my class is so loud, they´re shouting through the classroom, so I can´t concentrate very much...*hate them* 6. lesson: spanish - I like the language, but the lesson is so boring... Tuesday: 1. and 2. lesson: latin 3. lesson: mathematics 4. lesson: music- I love this subject, one of my fave lessons (and I am one of the best pupils in thsi subject) 5. lesson-physics BREAK (45 minutes) 7. +8. lesson: german- our german teacher is very difficult to understand. I don´t like her..she is nice, but she gives us very unfair grades... At five pm I have training in the building of "Malteser Hilfsorganisation ev.", because I let instructing me in emergency help, so I can help people at my school which are hurt... Wednesday 1. lesson: biology- my favourite subject at the moment <3 Espeacially when we leran things abour the human body... 2. lesson- chemistry- I like this too, but I have to learn much to understand it... 3. lesson- spanisch 4.lesson-math 5.lesson-latin 6.lesson-history choir and drama club in the afternoon... Thursday 1.lesson-english 2.lesson-biology 3.lesson-german 4.and 5. lesson-arts: I do not like art lesson, cause I express feeling in the way I like, and not the way my teacher wants to show me... Then I can go home, but my class has sports in the afternoon (I can´t join them, because I got trouble with my feet...) Friday 1. english 2.german 3.music 4.spanish 5.chemistry 6.free for me cause... 7....i have choir again I think my week is okay :D

Differences between human- Tolerance? I just thought about some ideas , which came into my mind. Today I had to do a geography-presentation with the topic "Tolerance in the European Union, and we mentioned different points of tolerance. So my friend talked about religion and immigrants, and when it was my turn, I said something about tolerance of sexual identity and discrimination of women. The reaction of my class was surprising me. I thaught, they all were intolerant and discriminatory, but most people were like defending miniorities. I think that´s a good attitude, because only because humans are different, nobody has the right to diskriminate and leave out other people! I think the world has to be more tolerant and open for other ways of living than themselves. If I could, I would set an example for love and tolerance, but I can´t do this. I am just a fifteen years old- girl, and I don´t think, I could ever change the mind of some people out there in the wide world. But maybe I can bring more tolerance in the hearts of the people around me, so they can hand it over to their friends. I believe, that one time the world is full of tolerance and love, and everyone could live like they want to do. With the religion they are parte of, the nationality they like and with the sexual identity they are feeling like. So, think about it now and let the acceptance come into your mind and your heart... (I´m sure I made many mistakes, sorry for that :D)

Christmas time... For me the christmas time has already started. We have decorated the flat, and yesterday I baked christmas cookies with my dad. I love christmas, it´s the best time in the year! I love the smell of nuts, oranges, cookies and other stuff,it makes me feel happy. My mom, her "friend" and me are hearing christmas music all day long, and singing while doing home stuff. Until last year christmas was also a "church-going-time" for me, but I changed my mind about church and religion, so I still believe in god, but not in the other things. I think everybody can choose his religion for himself... So for me christmas isn´t really "Jesus Christ was born", it´s a time full of love and also a family time... In Germany christmas is on 24.-26.12, but from the beginning of the fourth Sunday before christmas the "Adventszeit" starts every year. On 24. we celebrate the "Heiligabend" (Holy-evening), when the "Weihanchtsmann" (Santa-Clause) brings the gifts to the children (of course, I am not believing inthis stuff, but it´s a nice story to tell little children). On 25. + 26. is christmas too, mostly the family has big meetings or something like this on these days... Oh, of course my favorite christmas songs are : "Last Christmas", "Rudolph the red nosed rendeer" and "Mary´s boy child". So, whenever christmas is celebrated in your countries or not, I wish you "Merry Christmas!"

Why...(a little poem by me) Why did you hurt me, let me fall in the dark? The words you said to me, were like teeth of a shark. Now I´m going under, this pain is too big. My soul burst in peaces, I feel dirty like a pig. Why you can´t get the picture? Why is your heart so cold? This coldness in your face, let me become grey and old. I can´t stand this frostiness between us any longer, Because you did´t help to make me stronger! Every day I loved you, it was like a rush But now there is nothing all but hush So tell me now, who took the fault of your splitting? Please come back to me, or you make my heart stop beating. It´s all fiction :)

Fun in cold February... Hello! I´d like to write about an experience of me and my best friend in the last winter... (Sorry for bad grammar and other mistakes...I think I could make it better, but I´m a little bit ill, so my mood isn´t that bright...) "My feet are hurting." I looked at my best friend. "This shoes are going to kill me....wait, I think I´ll wear them off...better!" I took them into my bag. It was a cold evening in February. My best friend and me just had a little concert of our choir in our school. We were full of adrenaline, and so we did very silly things... "But...are you going to walk at home just on your socks?" She laughed at me. I thought about it. "Well...why not?" I saw a little paddle a few footsteps away. I walked through the water, and it felt so great! It was very cold, but more adrenaline came through my body! "Oh my god, this is so much fun! You have to try it too!" At first she looked at me, and didn´t move. But then she turned off her shoes too. So we started our way home. While jumping in paddles, we had a new,silly, idea. Do you know the commercial with the song "Time to wonder"? We screamed/sang it as loud as we could, and laughed, laughed and laughed. I think other people thought, we were drunken or something else, but we just had fun. It was a experience, which would never be forgotten. But one negative point of that much fun was already there: We both got ill after this day!

Un accidente Un texto muy corto sobre un accidente ... No ha pasado realmente...(it´s just fiction) Yo he querido (preterio perfecto de "querer" ?) ir de mi casa a el centro comercial. He girado a la derecha, y he cruzado la calle. El semáforo ha estado verde para mi. Pero un conductor de un coche no ha visto, que ha tenido rojo... Ha chocado conmigo, y he caído al suelo.Primero he estado asustado, y entonces mi cuerpo ha dolido grave. Después un rato una ambulancia ha llegado, y me ha llevado a un hospital. Allí el medico a me ha examinado. Mi pierna derecha ha estado rota, he tenido que llevar una escayola para muchas semanas. ¡Qué fastidio!

My favourite band at the moment: Cimorelli (first part) I´d like to tell you something about my favourite band "Cimorelli" Maybe you not know them, because they aren´t that famous,they got famous on youtube, but know they were nominated for "Teen Choice Awards" :) They are covering songs, but they also have their own ones! First I tell you something about the band: They are six sisters, all living in California, which are sharing their hose with their five brothers and their parants. Yes, they are "Teens". They all made music their whole life, but their Youtube career startet in 2009 (I don´t know exactly, I am not sure,sorry!) and their first cover was : "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus. At the beginning they were only five in the group, later their youngest sister joined to the band, too. They are making music sometimes A-Capella, sometimes with karaoke backing track, piano playing or guitar, it´s different. Sometimes with music video, sometimes without. Now I tell you about the members of the group. 1. Christina She is the oldest (12.8.1990) sister, and for me it looks like she is kind of "leader".Of course she isn´t , but she writes the notes often and something....I can´t explain it :( Her voice can be deep or high, it´s "one voice for all songs". She plays piano very beautiful. 2.Katherine She is the second oldest (4.3.1992) Cimorelli sister, and she is the tallest of the band. her voice is very powerful, and impressionally ;) 3.Lisa She is the third oldest member (19.9.1993) and she is the typically girly member, so I think. She is knownby singing the highest part of the songs, along with Lauren. She plays piano too. 4.Amy She is the third youngest sister (1.7.1995) and the smallest. She has a deep voice, and sings mostly the deepest parts and often the rhymes (is this the right word?). She plays guitar. 5.Lauren She is the second youngest sister (12.8.1998, yes, it´s the same birthday like Christina) and sings often the highest parts along with Lisa. Both girls are often singing the chorus (?). Most people say that she is the beautifullest, but I think all are beautiful!!! 6.Dani (Danielle) She is the youngest member (16.6.2000) and has a very rocky voice. She is something speacial I think, but this is only my opinion. They all are different, but have "similar" voices, only Dani´s is VERY differnent, so I think. All together sing wonderful :) My favourite covers of them are "stronger", "price tag", "rolling in the dep", "without you" and "What makes you beautiful

School-system in Germany I just thought, I write a little text about the school...;P I talk about the official school-system in my region of germany(there are privat schools too, but I don´t know the school-system!). You start going to school when you are six or seven years old. It´s the primary school, in german "Grundschule". You stay at primary school 4 years, then you get assessment, whether you should go to the "Hauptschule" (it´s the easiest school), to "Realschule" (it´s in the middle) or to the "Gymnasium" (thats the highest school). You are them in this school from 5 until 10 class, in Gynasium you have three more years, so you stay until 13. class. Then you have "Abitur" and you can study at an university... Sorry for my mistakes...:( It´s late, and I´m tired...:(