Congratulations to our three students. Germany Amberley Tall, Julia Buschau, and Garrett Sorensen are three R. D. Parker Collegiate students who were selected by Operation World Scholarship to spend three and a half weeks with three different families in Wuppertal, Germany. In order to be chosen, students underwent in-depth interviews and wrote essays on Germany. In Wuppertal, the students attended classes, finding the German students friendly and eager to practice their English skills in conversations. The greatest difference between Canadian and German education, the students discovered, was the streaming into levels that takes place in Germany at Grade 5.
Students have to work very hard to prove themselves.
Another difference that our students found was that many of the teenagers they met had a keen interest in politics. The trip included a lot of sightseeing as Wuppertal has many historic buildings. Students came at a perfect time, during spring break, so they were able to explore the city. One of the students, Garrett Sorensen, also had the opportunity to visit Italy with his host family. As part of the program of Operation World Scholarship, students from Wuppertal visited with Thompson students and their families during the summer.