I was born in 1978 in Fusternberg, the most beautiful quarter of the city of Wesel. In 1997, I finished school with secondary-school final examinations (ger. Abitur). But before I was able to go to the university, I had to do a 13 month civil service (ger. Zivildienst).
In 1998 I started to study physics and one year later philosophy. Additionally I had a job as a quality assurance assistant for computer games. That was for the well-known companies Blue Byte and Ubisoft (you probably know them for games like The Settlers; or "Battle Isle"). But I broke it all up in 2002 to become a trainee IT specialist (ger. Fachinformatiker). I finished that in 2004 and I worked one more year in the IT business. I was lucky to work a month in L.A. for Neversoft, a developer studio working for Activision.
But I was a little bored from all that computer stuff. That´s way I decided to take a new challenge at the University of Duisbug and Essen in 2005 by coming back to my old subjects, physics and philosophy, but this time with the intention to become a teacher. Therefore I also studied educational science and the basics of German language didactics (click here for more). In 2009 I did the 1. State examination. During that time I also taught computer basics in a few courses at the VHS-Essen. In those courses I have worked with students, who were more than 50 years old. It was a great chance to help them improve their computer skills, like e-mail or photo editing.
Since 2009 I am doing a professional teacher training that will end with the 2. State examination in the summer of 2011. My current school is the Bettine-von Arnim Gesamtschule in Langenfeld.