2023-01-13
It's now or never
At the end of the 10th grade, i organized a karaoke event for my classmates. 2003 was the last year i visited the Hauptschule in Pennenfeld. Everyone got to choose a song from a list of available tracks. And the teachers were our audience. Can you guess what i picked? It isn't very obvious from reading my blog. But there was a time when i believed that doing your thing gets you somewhere. I was a dreamer at an all-time high.
I picked Bon Jovi with "It's My Life", and surprised teachers with the depth involved, just by selecting and performing this song on the school stage. I could see how they looked at me differently. But don't get too excited, or as Emma Bunton would sing: "I know what i know, if you know what i mean". Her voice is special, and the real deal. She wasn't like that at the start. But she found her sweet spot. She aged well, is what i'm trying to say.
In my last 2 years at the Hauptschule, i was the "Klassensprecher", which translates to "class representative", but doesn't have the same ring to it. This was suggested by my teacher Mrs. Schneider and later by Mr. Meier. And no one was against it. I think they wanted me to grow in this role. 3 years later, in 2006, i received my Abitur from the Gesamtschule in Bad Godesberg, completing my secondary education.