I am Proud of You

Bahasa Indonesia – Deutsch

I was checking incoming emails in my mailbox in   and found a notification from . How surprised I was, my former pupil Chelsea, whose nickname is Ichel, just paid me a compliment. According to Ichel I have helped her in learning German. She has made it. At the beginning she could not speak German. But, then she could take German course later at and was directly classified in B1 level. 😊👍

B1 is a level over the ground level, which starts from A1, then A2. After A2 is B1 level, then B2.

According to Ichel she passed the interview with a German company due to my role. 😊 Ichel wrote further that I am flexible and nice. 😊

What a nice surprise. I am touched. 😢

Actually Ichel’s success is not completely due to my role. It was because she also has worked hard. Ichel has learned diligently and keen. She memorised the grammar formula, also vocabulary and practiced the pronunciation seriously.

At the last time I have prepared for Ichel’s interview test. The preparation class just became a learn – teach process. I even learned specific things from Ichel’s working field, which has to do with her field of study “Food Technology”. It is now about technical terminology.

Ichel knew me from her friend Rachel, whose nick name is Rici. Rici was also my former pupil. Furthermore Ichel liked introducing me to her friends. Fei Fei, her friend at the campus. Irda, her junior at the senior high school. Dion, her friend at the senior high school. They have also done the German course with me.

There are sweet memories with Ichel. Someday she was just excited to learn German and asked me to come to her on that day. She wanted to do an additional course. However, she always did the course according to her schedule before. Usually pupils ask an additional course, because the scheduled course is just cancelled and they need to catch up.😊

One day, where Ichel had course schedule, she informed me that she will be late. She had an additional course at the campus. Then she said, “don’t speed up the drive, Frau*.” 😊 She meant so that I won’t be early at her house, therefore I must wait long for her. Och, Ichel, I am not a Formula 1 racer, who gets used to driving in very high speedy. 😉

* Notice: No matter duzen (to call “du”) or siezen (to call “Sie” ) we have further salutations after “du” or “Sie” like “ma’am” and “sir” in English. There are still other salutations. I think, such salutations are not available in German. Or maybe they are available, but are just used very rarely. I personally never heard, that such salutations are used in the daily German conversation. Since such salutations are not available, therefore the pupils in Jakarta treat the salutations “Frau”and “Herr” like in Indonesian language. 😊 I remind my pupils, that they should use the salutations “Frau” and “Herr” just like they should be in German, if they are already in Germany. The salutations “Frau” and “Herr” in German must be followed by the family names. e.g.: Frau Sihombing, Frau Narewska, Herr Narewski, Herr Goethe, etc.. My pupils know that already.

I thank God because I can be a blessing for my pupils. I am really happy for their success. I am also really sorry for my pupils, who haven’t succeeded yet, although they have learned diligently. Maybe they just need longer time to learn German.

Thank you, Ichel. Congratulations on the job in the German company you want. I am proud of you. 👍

You have read text 58. 

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