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It was very stimulating and inspiring to take part in the activities organized by the German partners: they matched digital work with spontaneous conversations in speed dating. Pupils shared their experiences in a very natural way and they collaborated with enthusiasm. We have been strongly encouraged to keep on with projects at distance and exchanges.

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Filippo: Meeting new people and new cultures

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Stefano: breath-taking

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If we think to Germany, we always imagine a closed country. We think of shy or aggressive people who don't want to have new relationships... but it's absolutely the opposite. We met cheerful people, who immediately took care of us. They are also a perfect example of ecology: they usually go to work or to school by bicycle (in fact every city is plenty of bike paths) and if they bring back plastic bottles to the shop, they get 0,25€ refund for each bottle.

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Sofia: startling

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We have learned that often prejudices are wrong, in fact we have known wonderful people; open minded, kind, generous and always willing to stay together despite the age difference since the guys in the school were older than us. The class was multi-ethnic and they were so chill when we came

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- To enter a high school class, foreign students have to pass a  language exam,that is to say they must have at least the b1 level certified in German
- School grades range from 1 (the best ) to 6 (the worst)
- Students go to school from Monday to Friday
- School holidays change for each region; in Minden there are 2 weeks free for
" autumn hoidays", 2 weeks for Christmas holidays, 2 weeks for Easter holidays and they start a new year school in August
- There's a lot of school-work alternation
- During the last year students take 4 written exams and a "participation exam"
- The c1 level in German is requested to enter the university
- University has a duration of 3 or 5 years

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Giorgia : Life coaching

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Asia: special people

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Yasmin: unique experience

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We did plenty of fun activities and thanks to that we got to know each other better, and the thing we enjoyed the most was learning about new cultures. Each one of us talked about our passions, origins, hobbies and so on, it was the beginning of our experience in Minden. The students at German school were kind and friendly to us, always helpful and we had such a great time with them. We created a nice friendship with them, we also spent time together outside of school.

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Ayat: mind changing

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We did a fascinating activity called "speed dating" on the first day we went to school. The German class was made up of 17 pupils while we were 8 people, so every Italian had the opportunity to speak, in turns, with two Germans. The dates lasted about two minutes so you couldn't waste time but you had to try to get to know each other by asking questions about any sort of topic. At the end of the two minutes the couple changed and in this way everyone was able to talk to everyone at least once.

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On Tuesday we did an outdoor activity divided into 4 groups. To play this game we used an app called “Actionbound” and each group had to search for QR codes that were scattered around the city of Minden and then complete all the tasks.