Moi Aurora!
Luulen että aika on tullut vastata sinulle. Minulla on vähän ongelmaa kotona, niin että en voi vastata niin nopeasti. Toivon että et ole vihainen minulle. Tällä hetkellä olen työssä. Joskus käyn tässä sivussa täältä, vaikka se on kielletty. En löytä aikaa kirjoittaa muuten. Minulla on kova kiire nyt
Asun pienessä kaupungissa joella Rein. Se on 100 km Kölnin etelässä. Koblenz on ensi iso kaupunki minun paikan lähellä. Paikalla on 3500 ihmistä. Asun perheen kanssa talossa joka ostimme 8 vuotta sitten, kun minun mummoni kuoli (se oli hänen talo).
The pressure you are talking about is certainly not only a problem of your generation and of your country. Here, many things are judged by envy, which is a typical German decease. I don't know where this envy comes from but it exists. That's one reason why I feel so uncomfortable here.
Young people, esp. those under 20 years, do not have such massive problems here as you describe. At least in our region such terrible "cases" are not known to me. I think it must be pretty hard for you to have so many friends around you suffering from anorexia or even thinking of suicide. Reading this was really shocking. But even more than shock it was a surprise to read these words from a Finnish girl. I always thought Finns must be the happiest nation of the world. Although: A few months ago I read an article saying that in Finland more people commit suicide than in any other European country. That was hard to believe. And I still cannot believe. This has nothing to do with "sisu"!
In my eyes the biggest problem of Germany - concerning the youth - is their unwillingness to learn. More and more pupils are leaving (lower) school not knowing the capital of any other European country. This is not a joke. This might be a fact due to our old-fashioned school system but PISA speaks its own language. In my home town you can see boys and girls (hardly 14 years old) walking along the street (not using the pavement), all with cigarettes in their hands, appearing just if they want to free the world. That's awful. I'm lucky that my daughters are not of their kind.
Dear Aurora, I don't mind to start sometimes a serious conversation. I hope for you and your friends that everything will be fine and that you, Aurora, will find your way to happiness. I'm sure you will!
Muuten olen iloinen että et ole väsynyt kirjoittaa minulle. Kiitos.
Nähdään, Astrid