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Catherine Aldenhoff
Manuel is here because he wants to be a paramedic. With qualification he has more chances in life, says the 17-year-old. Nisha is here because she couldn’t handle the pressure of high school. She wasn’t at school for a year and a half and spent a long time in a clinic. “I can’t do it at a normal school,” says the 16-year-old. And after moving, Lukas was not accepted by the middle school in his neighborhood, he says. His compulsory schooling was over, but he didn’t have a school-leaving certificate.