I wanted to be a lawyer. But my father did not allow that. It was not a profession for girls, he said. So I became a school teacher.

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I  wanted to be a doctor. Maybe, because my parents wanted their son to be doctor. They were very disappointed, when I my grades were not sufficient to study medicine. Then I studied English literature and started to work as as a teacher. I like my job very much.

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I wanted to be mechanic since I was a child. And now I am working in this profession. I think, if you like what you do, you will be good at it.

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I didn’t liked maths, because the maths teacher used to hit us.

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I was bullied by some class mates, because I came from another region and had a different dialect. That is why I did not like school.

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There was so much pressure about getting good results. That made me fear school.

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I liked to go to school because I was good at it and i was encouraged.

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In Syria we were not invited to come to school. Only once a year to receive some general information.

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Once I came to a parents meeting and the teacher told me to go home because I would not understand it anyway. She promised me to send me a summary about what had be discussed but never did.

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My father was asked to come to school a lot, because I caused a lot of trouble - but never to talk about my school marks or development.

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In Syria teachers treated me with respect because I was an engineer. Here I am nobody and the teacher treats me like I was somebody who did not receive any kind of education. That‘s hurtful.

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Parents often think that we as teachers have no money problems. But many of us do only have limited contracts and are constantly afraid of unemployment.

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I think we as parents need more knowledge about the school system in Germany.

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I think we as teachers need more information about the childrens educational history and what kind of difficulties their families face.

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I think the most important thing we need to support our children is psychological stability. Unfortunately most of us still suffer a lot. 

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