As today I have officially passed the second Staatsexamen. Not exactly with best marks but I passed and I am so relived I am feeling gooey.
Now comes the looking for a permanent job and after that a flat and, and, and...

In a week-long, every free minute used, marathon-session of typing I managed to finish my second Staatsarbeit (the big paper that has to be written before I can do my oral exams ( Read more... )

So the holidays are over and I started my Referendariat (for those who have no idea about the German system of becoming a teacher: it’s the phase between finishing the university education (first state-exam) and getting to be a real teacher (second state-exam)). I will start actually teaching in a few weeks. First under supervision but in January ( Read more... )