Bad conditions and no help with bullying.
To all introverted people: I recommend that you stay far away from this school.
At first glance, the school might seem nice — the subjects seem okay and the schedule looks manageable. But it’s way more exhausting than it seems. Once a week you are forced to attend a presentation that starts around 7:00 PM or 7:30 PM and can go until 9:00 PM, sometimes even longer. You don’t know when it ends, they don’t tell you. You’re forced to watch it.
There’s also something called “Abendkaffee” (evening coffee), which is supposed to be nice — but again, once a week you’re forced to go, even though it’s after 9:00 PM, when some people would rather just stay in their room than socialize.
I personally attended during the 2023–2024 school year, and even the teachers said that our year was the worst group they had ever had at the school.
I was in a contact group where everyone else was very popular and very extroverted — and I’m more introverted and quiet. Eventually, they started excluding me, because they just didn’t care if I was there or not. They ignored me and stopped talking to me. My contact teacher did nothing. He even once told me it was my fault — because I wasn’t around.
I felt so bad because of this group that I stopped going to meals. I skipped breakfast, ate lunch and dinner alone in my room — just instant noodles (YumYum). I only ate sweets otherwise. I became very undernourished, pale, sick, and weak. My mental health suffered just as much. And the teachers didn’t even consider moving me to a different contact group, where I might have had old friends or people I matched better with.
I stayed the entire year in that group. Sometimes we had classes until 4:00 PM or later. There were barely any real breaks. In the breaks we had, you could go to the bathroom or to your room — but class would start again right after. I even lived close to the classrooms, but it wasn’t enough.
The only real breaks were meal times, and because I lived with people I didn’t really connect with, my social battery was constantly drained. I felt miserable.
At the beginning of the year, we were 162 students. By the end, we were only 142. 20 students either got kicked out or left voluntarily — because the conditions were so bad, or because of alcohol and drugs. The school didn’t do anything about it. The people who actually make decisions aren’t the teachers or staff — they are some old men outside of the school, who don’t even visit the school. They decide who gets expelled, and as a result, lots of senseless decisions were made.
Students threw fruit at other students, and instead of punishing those responsible, the school banned fruit for everyone for a while.
The food was healthy — I’ll give them that — but very repetitive. There was always salad and one main dish. You were only allowed one portion of meat or hot food, and that’s it. You had to take salad or potatoes depending on what was available. For me, it was okay, but sometimes I was still hungry. And I’m really small compared to some boys. A male friend of mine at the school said he often didn’t get enough to eat.
There were kitchen duties, which was fine, sometimes even nice because it meant skipping class.
The best part of the school was the class trips. That’s what the school advertises, and I admit — they were really well done and fun. But they only happen three times a year. That’s all.
There were also project weeks, which are supposed to be fun. But as a German person, I didn’t feel comfortable. The topic was World War II, which was okay — until a teacher gave a presentation and every time she said “Hitler,” she looked directly at me, my German friend, or other German students in the room. It made me extremely uncomfortable.
And it wasn’t just me. Other German students were also treated differently — both by students and teachers.
Some of these students were with me back then, and some I met later at my new school, and they felt the same.
If you’re introverted or German — or both — I would not recommend this school.
If you’re extroverted, the school might be fun — but I’m not promising anything.
I can only say from my own perspective that I truly regret going to this school.