# Now it's finally over...once and for all **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2002, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640 "2002-06-06T10:14:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/1 "2002-06-06T10:14:50Z")
I’ve had my absolutely last final exam, an oral one, yesterday, and now my time at school has come to an end. Just great. ---
**Author:** ![Aurora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Aurora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aurora)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/2 "2002-06-06T11:53:40Z")
Congrats on your Abitur, Schnitte!!! 🙂 (Wow!!! My Abitur was 9 years ago - I feel so old!!! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/3 "2002-06-06T11:57:17Z")
Woohoo!!! ---
**Author:** ![DemonSpawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@DemonSpawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonSpawn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/4 "2002-06-06T11:57:48Z")
Congratulations, Schnitte! Care to share your grades or at least your subjects? **Aurora** , don’t worry, my Abitur was in 1990 and I am still alive 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/5 "2002-06-06T12:05:44Z")
My grades will be made public Monday, because that’s when I myself am told the results. The subjects were Latin, English, physics (all written), and the oral one yesterday was “Sozialkunde” (more or less government, politics and that stuff. I was told this subject is called differently everywhere in Germany). Thanks everyone! I feel so relieved after passing the absolutely las one. ---
**Author:** ![Aurora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Aurora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aurora)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/6 "2002-06-06T12:31:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DemonSpawn \* > **Aurora** , don’t worry, my Abitur was in 1990 and I am still alive 😉 \*\* That’s amazing **DemonSpawn** - my husband always tells me the same thing!!! Not that I believe him any more than I believe you! 😉 (Did you claim your papers after 10 years? I heard you can do that but I don’t know how. Do you simply contact the school???) **Schnitte** that was one tough Abitur!!! _Latin???_ Wow!!! 🆒 (I learned Latin at school but the only phrases I remember are from “Asterix”! :)) Will you post your grades here next week??? ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/7 "2002-06-06T13:03:43Z")
We’ll see, we’ll see… Actually, I chose Latin only out of laziness. It’s not necessary to work a lot - learning grammar, etc, has been completed several years ago (when I didn’t have the option to drop it), and in exams we’re allowed to use dictionaries. Little need to work, compared to other subjects. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/8 "2002-06-12T09:24:28Z")
OK, with a delay of two days (I’m sorry, but you know, all the celebrations, and yesterday’s football match, and the like) I can announce I’m _very_ satisfied about my results - and the most whopping thing is, I got that 1. average I had set as goal! 🙂 🙂 🙂 And after grades announcement, the entire class was driving through town honking and cheering - great! ---
**Author:** ![DemonSpawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@DemonSpawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonSpawn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/9 "2002-06-12T09:48:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aurora \* > \*\* > > (Did you claim your papers after 10 years? I heard you can do that but I don’t know how. Do you simply contact the school???) > > \*\* I have never heard of that… it would be interesting. I wonder where I would have to inquire… **Schnitte** , my subjects were similar to yours: Latin, English, Maths (all written) and Educational theory (Pädagogik) as oral subject. I also chose the combination out of pure laziness: English and Latin did not require any work, I had a good tutor for maths (which I sucked at), so the only preparation I needed was for the oral exam. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/10 "2002-06-12T10:02:41Z")
What is “Abitur”? ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/11 "2002-06-12T10:11:31Z")
Wooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooo! PARTY, PARTY, PARTY! Just steer clear of the Kümmerling - evil stuff, as my head can testify this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/12 "2002-06-12T13:40:56Z")
Opal: Abitur is the final exam of German “gymnasium” schools. It’s the diploma necessary to get admission to university. Everything would be so great if there wasn’t this bloody draft :mad: ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-finally-over-once-and-for-all/112640/13 "2002-06-12T14:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Schnitte \* > Opal: Abitur is the final exam of German “gymnasium” schools. It’s the diploma necessary to get admission to university. When I first moved to Germany and workmates told me that they send their kids to the “Gymnasium” during the day, I was amazed: I thought there must be a lot of musclebound teenagers walking around the place. And when I was given a tour of the site and the “Kasino” was pointed out, I was _really_ gobsmacked.