First Day of School!

Today, September 15th, 2014, was my first day of school. They put me in grade 13 with my host sister, Isi. Everyone in that grade is at least 2 years older than me! This guy in my class is 20 years old. I am 16. School started at 8:00 am and Isi drove us there. My school is so big and confusing! Once we got to school Isi saw all her friends in the class and they started speaking German very quickly so I just sat on a table awkwardly. I felt so antisocial. I could tell that everyone in the class was looking at me like "who is this strange person sitting over there?" Finally people started talking to me. I was so thankful because it was incredibly awkward. I sat next to a guy named Cedric for home room. He was very nice and spoke english very well (he was an exchange student to Virginia 3 years ago). My next class was Chemistry. I sat next to Isi and I understood nothing. My next class was economics, taught in english. It was so funny to read what the teacher had written in english because most of it didn't even make sense to me! He kept calling on me to ask about words and I felt so bad when I couldn't remember the english word. That class lasted 2 hours long and I sat next to Cedric again. My last class of the day was Religion. I was so surprised that they had a religion class! That is not allowed in America. For religion class you separate into 2 groups, Catholic and Protestant. I have no idea what happens if you're atheist. That is when Isi and I went our separate ways, she is Catholic and I am Protestant. I followed Cedric to the Protestant class. Religion class is by far my favorite. All we did was sit at our desks and sing as our teacher played guitar. He described the way we sounded as being "like angels.. on drugs." We sang Read All About It by Emeli Sande. It was sooo funny. I think I will enjoy school here very much. Sometimes I just sit there and think about how I can't believe this is my life. I am so thankful for my parents supporting me in this. I am having the most amazing time. I am in love with Germany. Update on the food: I am getting used to it and even starting to like it!

My German Mom makes the best bread ever