Her class gets the idea

Today was Anneliese's first day of classes, and one of her classes a 15-student course on Sociology 101 - Emotional and Social Bonds. Today was nothing more than a quick read of the syllabus followed by the students introducing themselves and getting to know one another.

After a few students introduced themselves and told a fun fact about themselves, it was Anneliese's turn.

"Hi everyone, I'm Anneliese, I'm from Germany, and a fun fact about me is that I once biked five hours each way just to see a castle."

"Wow," a female student complimented her, "I've never seen a castle in my entire life. You can't get any in this country unless you go to the fake ones at Medieval Times!"

"I've heard you guys have a lot of döner kebabs," one of the students commented.

"Yeah, döner's pretty good," Anneliese replied, "I highly recommend currywursts if there's ever a place around here that serves them."

"I've heard you guys like to go naked a lot," one of the male students chimed in as a couple of the other students glared at him.

"Ummm," Anneliese chuckled nervously at the question, "I mean, it's definitely a different culture from America. It's a lot more acceptable to hang around naked, especially in the city parks when it's nice out."

"How about you show us?" asked a particularly bold student.

"What!?" Anneliese looked around in surprise, her face starting to develop a blush as she stared pleadingly at the professor who remained unmoved by where the conversation was heading, "No way! That's inappropriate!"

"Come on, don't be such a worrywart like us prudish Americans."

"We're not that laid back..." Anneliese tried to explain, "it's not like you can just walk around naked at school, or in a professional environment."

Her pleas fell on deaf ears as she noticed everyone staring at her expectantly. Even the girls joined in, watching the potential striptease unfold with haughty cattiness.

"You guys seriously expect me to whip off my clothes right now because I'm German?" Anneliese made a final effort to defuse the absurdity of the situation. But the crowd made its answer clear as it kept staring at her with a silent focus. Looking once again at the professor, Anneliese's heart froze as she saw yet another gaze bidding her to, at the very least, not hold up the rest of the class and the other students' introductions.