Perseverance pays off….

GSP alumnae Agnes Rehr-Zimmermann (right) and Annalise Helm (middle) together with Nghia Ho (left), an avid learner of the German language  from the Sophie Scholl Saturday School, all took the last part of the DSDII Deutsches Sprachdiplom this past Saturday here at GSP.  While they had already taken the written parts of the test that included listening, reading and writing skills at the beginning of December this part of the testing was definitely the hardest on their nerves since it was happening right at the time when finals in High School took place as well.

Under the official supervision of Fachberaterin Natascha Milde and under the eyes of their (former) teacher(s) Heike Schütz-Malinowski, Christiane Seydel and Wibke Fretz three nervous candidates entered each individual session of 20-30 minutes of oral testing.  As part of the exam they had to present and discuss a theme they had just been given 20 minutes ago as well as give a prepared presentation and in-depth discussion of a topic they had chosen weeks ago. All candidates gave their very best on the exam and were relieved the pressure was off after this exam they had been preparing and studying since the beginning of the school year.  They were all smiles around noon and are now awaiting word (and a diploma!) from the KMK (Ministry of Education in Germany) to tell them that their language skills are at the level required for entering a college or a university in an German state. Congratulations to all of them for taking on this challenge and best of luck with their ongoing studies of German, possibly in Germany!