Exam Update #17 or THE FINAL ONE

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I made it, I really made it! Oh I cannot tell you how happy I am!!!!!

Oh my goodness, what am I going to do with all the free time? 5 weeks without any duties, any books to be read, any facts to be learned off by heart, any exams to sit, any time at my desk at all? I have been studying for nearly a year, denying me everything, always having a really "bad" conscious whenever I did not spend time studying for my exams.

First of all, I will spend some time with my family, especially with Natalie, whose 6-months birthday it was today. I want to spend some time with my friends, most of them I have not seen for months.

I will go on holidays on Saturday - to good old England of course. A few days in Torquay and then 4 days in London. Nothing spectacular, but time to relax. Time to recharge my batteries for the start of the school year which will start on the 17th of September.

By the way, I received a letter last week which told me that I am allowed to stay in Bamberg, so I do not have to move to Munich. This finally seems to be MY week. My new school is actually my old school, as I spent one of my internships there and it is within walking distance from my flat (5 minutes), so good for me.

My last exam on Monday was English and American Literature again, but this time 1 hour oral exam. This was not as easy as the Literature exam for my teaching degree. Even though some of the topics and books on my reading list were the same, but the questions were tougher, they were harder to answer and needed a lot of interpretation and profound knowledge of the primary texts. However, the atmosphere was relaxed - but I am sure because of lack of sleep (went to bed at 3am and woke up at 7am) my command of the English language was not as good as it normally is and my interpretations were sometimes a bit feeble. My professor is not very fond of Shakespeare, but in this exam he really asked tough questions on Macbeth and Midsummer Night's Dream.

The result was more than satisfying: 1,0
However, I was told that my written exam was not as good as the oral one. Both grades are added and then divided by 2 to get the final grade for Literature. I knew, that I was not that good, but by his phrase "not so good" he meant something around 1,7 - which is still fantastic! Therefore if the grades remain as they are, the final grade for my second degree should be between 1,3 and 1,4 - GREAT!

I still cannot believe it, it is over - but a new step forward...

• my time at university has come to an end
• my time in Bamberg nearly came to an end
• never ever again I will have another written exam - only oral ones during my 2 practical years in school
• I will never have that many holidays again - what a pitty
• I will never be able to quit things, just because I cannot be bothered to go, e.g. to a lecture
• last time to go on holidays when nobody else does - unfortunately I will always have to travel when everybody else does and when it is most expensive
  
• for the first time since my time at RMS six years ago I will earn enough money to live without the support of my parents
• I finally arrived at the "other" side in school, I am a fully qualified teacher - okay, I have to pass another exam to complete my degree in two years
• my Phd is still possible as I stay in Bamberg - so my dream can still come true
• New Zealand is also still an option - I am on the reserved list, as the schools do not decide till October how many assistants are needed for the new school year

Oh well, a lot will be going on, all starting on the 17th of September. And since yesterday also my flatmate Katrin is allowed to stay in Bamberg, as her school is only a 15min train ride away. So we can go on sharing our flat and save a lot of money. We are a good team and I am so glad that she is going to stay in Bamberg as well.