Water fights, Breakfast, and No homework
Every summer, we travel to Germany to visit our relatives. My brother and I go to school with our cousins for two weeks every year. In Germany, the schooling system is very different than one might expect in America. When you think of schools you probably think along the lines of an organized place of learning. In Germany however, school isn’t usually taken as seriously, one reason being that only 11 th and 12 th -grade count for their Abitur, which is the test that they will submit to universities. Because of this idea, the schooling system in Germany is much more relaxed than the American system. They have block schedules, but usually, their school day ends before 1:00 pm. Every year the Arbiturienten, the seniors, will perform an Abistreich, most likely blockading the path to the school. One year when I was visiting, they posted a couple seniors at each door with water guns to stop any underclassmen and teachers from entering. For some reason, the underclassmen tried to get in