Where love leads: Sometimes back to school

Max’s name is Max, but he is not a model man. At least not now in his girlfriend’s eyes and since the rush of puberty not in his parents’ eyes. They are having a hard time. During the crucial years of high school, his son was interested in everything, including fitness, the Internet and traveling. Just not at school: Stop me with the romance of blue flowers, don’t give me stochastics! The sixteen year old teenager no longer wanted to calm down and left high school.

Max studied carpentry and finally created things with his hands. Luckily, his parents had long buried their academic dreams because of the peace of their beloved family. This is different from Max’s girlfriend who is two years older than him. He struggles through a dual study program, has ambitious plans about how he wants to live in the future, and cheers on his girlfriend. He calculated how much he would earn as a journeyman, how expensive it would be to become a master, and doubted whether such a physically demanding job could be carried out into old age. Your conclusion: He should look for profitable alternatives after the internship.

And he already knows where: a vocational school teacher will be very useful because he can combine theory and practice and implement his carpentry ideas at home. The Bavarian wanted to own his own home and diligently hatched a plan: When he later took parental leave, his loan couldn’t be repaid with a day laborer’s salary. This tough twenty year old teenager wasted no time and gathered information on how to get his high school diploma.

“He’s brave! With us he would leave the room cursing. Where does love lead!” Max’s parents found it difficult to contain their excitement. Max does it to reconcile with his girlfriend, whom he loves very much. After completing his apprenticeship, he switched to a vocational high school. Theoretically he could then become a teacher, his colleagues rejoiced. However, until then there was still a lot of water flowing into the Danube. According to reports, he is keeping his options open and keeping in touch with his old instructor. Max sees himself more in his own workshop. And then in your own home. Or not.

In the “Nine to Five” column, a different author writes each week about the curiosities of work life.