Sheila, 13, from Herat, Afghanistan

I want to become an engineer and design beautiful buildings. The buildings here are so different from the ones we have in Afghanistan. It is very, very nice!

I went to school for four years in Afghanistan. Mathematics and Farsi, my native language, were my favorite subjects there. After school there was always a lot of homework and when that was done, I helped my mother with her work in the house for the family. I'm here with my entire family - one more sister and two brothers. We really like it here - don't send us back to Afghanistan, please! We love Germany!

 

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