Hi there,

We are form 9a of Goethegymnasium (a mixture between middle school, high school and a bit of college) in Hildesheim, a city of 100,000 population, situated in the North of Germany ( which is in the centre of central Europe, of course).

We are 24 students, 8 boys and 16 girls.

We want to take part in this exchange of e-mails with you, because we are nosy, we are eager to find news in our mailbox(es), we love stories, making acquaintances and learning something about foreign countries and you people living out there.

If you want to get acquainted with our lot, read the text below. (But don't take us too seriously, of course.)

Funny, eh? One of our ‘entertainers’: Mr. Leipold, our German teacher

The Fight, or an everyday situation in our classroom

It is always the same when Lilian, our hairy monster (ask the boys, why!) opens her mouth to bombard us and Mr Hildebrandt, our class and English teacher, with her bizarre contributions:

Sevda, the witch, who is obsessed with a certain guy in 11th grade begins to roar because of Lilian.

Volkan (front, 2^nd from left), our form captain, complains about Hairy Monster,too.

Lisa, a clever beast (careful, she has got sharp teeth!) is having a quarrel with the Witch, while our Baby-Bee Alexandra is making use of her sting to make Serkut, the villain, look like a fool.

Our class-clown Sahra, laughs about everything, especially about our day-dreamer Felix, who is getting a big shock falling off his chair as Grafiti Patrick's cell-phone is ringing.

Poor Coconut Corinna wants to help him up, but gets brutally stopped by Little Foot Fabian.

Bumble-Bee Tanja, our ex-form captain, looks very pale and angry, while she is growling all the swearwords at her disposal, i.e. all there are under the sun.

Turbo Snail Sabrina bleats because of being attacked by Horseface Karina.

Mareike is taking the role of a psychiatrist for poor Sevda in the meantime.

Now Indiana Sandra is picking a fight with Hairy Monster and Guardian Angel Sina, who is dancing on her desk. Sebastian, Markus and Frederick are delightedly watching the scene of horror while Julia and Nicole are tying their victim, believe or not, Mr Hildebrandt, who has fruitlessly tried to tell us something smart about Great Britain,Australia, or the Industrial Revolution (and other such trash)-- and stuffing a gag in his mouth.

And Cherry Kirsten, oblivious of all the inferno around her, is dreaming about boys,- a better world and such things.

Chaotic, satanic, horrific 9a, but, in fact, we all love each other,--really!

Mr. Hildebrandt, our form teacher (English/History

[Sketches by Grafiti Patrick (middle row third from right in above photo)]