Why are icelands co2 emissions so high?

Fun fact. Both of you are right. Just that the German i is pronounced the same way as an English e.

So the rule of your teacher is right for English people but its just the opposite for us Germans. That explains bluekeys answer.

A German i is pronounced like the first e in the word English. The ie is the same but longer. So Frieden is like freeden. And ei is indeed like eye.