Going to middle school, who’s stupid? What nonsense. At the sports middle school in Hauzenberg, they try to combine education and exercise – and to counteract the clichés. A visit.
And start again! To warm up, the girls reenacted Tik-Tok videos, and dancing is the best tone on the platform, which is popular with young people. But now they have an audience, so it’s important to cut a figure. Music echoes through the gym. The teacher demonstrates the dance that you want to practice together in this PE lesson: sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, on tiptoe, arms up, things like that. Not all students can follow the movements to the same beat, but that is not important for the moment. Johann Simmerl observes the whole thing from a few meters away and, although he doesn’t dance along, seems very happy. “They enjoy doing it,” says Simmerl. To see that, “that’s the most beautiful thing in sport”.