Ms. Isci, you passed the Abitur with 899 out of 900 points at the Eickel Gymnasium in Herne.

How do you celebrate that?

David Lindenfeld

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I went to dinner with my family the day I got my report card.

But we haven't celebrated that big yet.

Because I had Corona right after the graduation party, the celebrations were a bit off.

We want to fly to Rome again for a few days on vacation.

That's the reward for graduating, so to speak.

Where did you leave the point?

In Q2 I had the additional course in social sciences.

I got 14 instead of 15 points.

That was a subject I had to take because I had chosen so few in high school.

The lessons actually consisted only of discussions and presentations.

There was no written exam.

What it was exactly, I can't say.

Apparently the performance was not enough.

How much does that annoy you?

Actually not at all.

Of course it would look nicer if it were 900.

But whether it's 899 or 900 points - it's actually the same thing.

My goal was to get a 1.0.

I'm glad I did it at all and I'm less annoyed by such a small thing.

Have you ever been bored at school?

Yes, there are times like this from time to time.

After all, school is not continuous work.

If you finished earlier or weren't interested in the material, it was sometimes boring.

But I actually always had fun with my friends.

When the lessons weren't that interesting, our conversations were all the more interesting.

Have you always been such a good student?

Yes.

It was the same in elementary school.

I had a testimony there too.

And then it just kept going.

But it's not like I didn't do anything for school.

I also studied for exams.

From nothing, comes nothing.

How did your family react to this?

They were super happy and also super proud.

I think my parents were even happier than I was.

Neither of them have a high school diploma.

That's why it was special again.

They did it during Corona.

How difficult have the past few years been for you and your classmates?

That was difficult at the height of the online lessons.

You got the material.

But teaching online is not the same.

Sometimes it was difficult to find the motivation.

It didn't really feel like a lesson, like a duty.

But you still had to get up early and listen.

What I found a pity was that the social aspect was missing.

Nobody had to turn on their camera, that was voluntary.

But if you didn't see the students or the teachers, you spoke into a black screen and didn't know how it was received.

Jokes during the break or conversations – there was generally a lack of common ground.

How do you manage to achieve top performances everywhere?