The Penzberger Gymnasium said goodbye to this year's Abitur class on Friday.
The grade point average was 2.12 and thus slightly better than the grade point average in Bavaria (2.15).
Of the 91 young people, 87 passed the Abitur exams.
32 of them even with a one before the decimal point.
Penzberg – It was a special year that was said goodbye by teachers, parents and friends on Friday afternoon in the packed Penzberg town hall and received their high school diplomas.
Not only did headmaster Matthias Langensteiner say that when he was welcomed and meant the "tough conditions" under which the 87 high school graduates had to study their time in the upper school - keyword Corona.
In their rather amusing speech, the two high school graduates Viola Eisner and Simon Eichbichler came to the conclusion that they and their classmates had been something very special – albeit in a somewhat special way.
In their speech, the two threw a mischievous look back at their school days and did not lack in self-criticism about some of their own misconduct.
Dances on the table and lessons in the closet
No, they certainly wouldn't have made it easy for the teachers in the past few years.
The two young people talked about dancing on tables.
Of double lessons that many a student spent in the closet instead of on the seat.
From long-lasting motivational lows or the extensive consumption of some stimulants.
Of what they wanted to do with their lives now, some of them had only “little plan”.
Many have yet to figure out their goals and dreams.
What could help?
Curiosity.
And this curiosity, so Headmaster Langensteiner hoped, would hopefully have kindled "and in many cases even quenched" his school in the high school graduates by giving the young people at the high school insights into many different areas of the world.
The 87 high school graduates now went out into an ever faster changing world.
This transition from the sheltered school out into the wide world has never been easy for any generation of students.
"There is no doubt that the world you are now stepping into has become more confusing," says Langensteiner.
"And that's why I wish you to keep a bit of curiosity" - also for how the world could be made better.
Why shouldn't you be the generation that manages to solve the world's pressing problems?
Principal Matthias Langensteiner
With critical words, the headmaster reminded of the major problems that the younger generation is confronted with, such as climate change – an immense task, but one that the Penzberg pupils need not fear.
Because they left school with a great deal of knowledge, lots of social skills and hopefully a great deal of curiosity.
"Why shouldn't you be the generation that succeeds in solving the pressing problems of this world?" No, they were by no means an easy vintage, says Langensteiner.
But maybe it takes a certain "rebelliousness" and a "deliberate deviation from valid norms and rules in order to be able to develop big solutions for big problems".
"Huge respect" for what has been achieved
The student representatives Anna Schräml, Jan Roentgen and Janick Braun said that they will miss this rebellious year.
"The school building is already completely empty without you." And parent representative Mark Hartmann appealed to the graduates to have the courage to tackle social problems and improve them.
"And don't get discouraged if it doesn't work right away.
Keep trying.” He paid the young people “a lot of respect” for their achievements and wished them the strength to get up again when they fall.
