Emma Albrecht:

“I’m just different. And that bothers a lot of people”

Emma Albrecht is going to start a masseur apprenticeship. But she actually wants to become a mortician.

(Bild: Mathis Fotografie)

What drives young people, how do they see the world? In his series "We're not like that!", Robert Schneider seeks to talk to young people. He recently met 14-year-old Emma Albrecht from Bregenzerwald.

Café Linde, formerly Caesars, on the village square in Alberschwen is well filled on this cold afternoon. There is seating outside, even though the inhospitable April weather has put a damper on the spring fever. "At least the climate activists aren't saying it's the hottest April since the weather has been recorded," remarks an elderly gentleman with whom I strike up a brief conversation, ironically commenting on the capricious weather.

A group of senior citizens are sitting in the cozy, warm restaurant. They are playing a game of Jass. The ladies are silent and very serious-faced. I can already see my young interview partner waiting for me at the far table. Emma Albrecht is only 14 years old, which is why she is attending the appointment with her mother. "Involuntarily", as Emma says. She could have managed the interview on her own. But her doubts are soon dispelled because her mother just listens and doesn't interfere in the conversation in any way.