Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Fewer and fewer students study German

In 1997 11,385 second level students sat German in the Leaving Certificate Examination. Last June 6,955 students sat the exam in the Leaving Cert.

We sure aer a funny little nation.

Probably no-one in the Cabinet speaks German.

Imagine the impression that would and could be made if our representatives could converse in Berlin or Frankfurt-am-Main in German.

And so little ever said about the curent state of German teaching in our schools.

We seem to be unable to learn from our mistakes.

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