The tenth graders of the Realschule Puchheim were said goodbye on Wednesday evening as part of the certificate award ceremony.
In the closing speeches, teachers and students were thanked - and also the four-legged friends of a teacher.
Puchheim
- "For us ten years of school end today", Nadine Wiesmayer, class representative of 10a, opened her final speech at the certificate award ceremony at the secondary school in Puchheim.
A total of 172 students from six final classes received their secondary school leaving certificates in six rounds on Wednesday evening.
In the audience, the students of 10a and their parents, who were placed in groups of three in the auditorium, listened eagerly to the words of the class representative. "We have been through school for over a year, which was not always easy," said the graduate, referring to the corona pandemic. Class representative Levin Bakkal added: “In winter we sat in the classroom with our jackets on. The windows were open and it rained and snowed in. "
Despite homeschooling, distance learning and alternating lessons, the two class representatives from the pandemic were also able to gain something positive and thanked the teachers who accompanied them through the final exams. The thanks to the English teacher made the audience laugh. "We would like to thank our English teacher and especially her cats, who ran in front of the camera in homeschooling and thus gave us a breather," said graduate Bakkal.
The teachers of 10a also had their say: Stefanie Hankofer (German) and Sebastian Albert (mathematics), on behalf of class teacher Kristina Schweiger, approached the graduates, who for personal reasons could not attend the celebration in the inner building. "I started writing this speech as early as you did with studying for the physics work - yesterday evening," Hankofer read from the letter from the colleagues - followed by laughter from the audience. “Regardless of whether classroom or distance lessons, it never got boring with you.” According to Schweiger, the tenth graders came up with pranks like looking for Easter eggs in the classroom. And once, “Pflanzi” the classroom plant was sitting on the class teacher's seat when she entered the room.
Headmaster Herbert Glauz also addressed the challenges of the past school year in his closing speech: “Are the lessons online or in person? Which certificates of achievement count? What is written when? Those were some of the myriad questions that you had to deal with, ”said Glauz. But Corona led to the grades getting better, not worse. "Because you have achieved more and not because the demands have become easier," the headmaster addressed the high school students directly. A three before the decimal point is worth as much as a one. "In the end, the one with the three had to work even harder."
As a farewell, Glauz wished a "Farewell!" "Keep us in good memory and be happy to come back to tell us about your future path." At the end, the graduates let blue and gold balloons rise on them in the schoolyard with their wishes.
