by Solomon Joffe, Class of ’14
SJ: How and why did you come to America?
AB: Frau Hochleitner told us that nine students could come to America. The first nine students who said that they wanted to go were allowed to go. My parents told me I had to go, so I told her that I wanted to go.
SJ: How was the flight?
AB: I thought the flight would be really bad. But it didn’t end up being so bad. It was okay. The food wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be either. It wasn’t great, but it was okay. I watched a few movies and played cards with Nicholas for most of the flight.
SJ: Do you like the GBWHS? Is it a lot different from your high school in Munich?
AB: I like the school here a lot, but it is way smaller than the Munich one.
SJ: Is the food here different?
AB: Yes and no. In Munich we have many more options. We also have fast food, but we have a lot of bakers, and downstairs in our school there is a small restaurant where we can get a full course lunch for $3.50.
SJ: Is the landscape here different?
AB: Here there are a lot of small mountains. In Germany there are the Alps, which are much taller. In front of the Alps there are some smaller mountains though.