Form 9, Progymnasium Altshausen
English abstract
My name is Anna-Lena Schübel and I really enjoyed my exchange week in Riga, Latvia. Later on I would like to become a social worker (penitentiary) or a psychotherapist, because I am good at working with other people and I enjoy helping them with their problems. In order to become a psychotherapist, you have to study psychology or medicine. As a psychologist you have good chances to get a job. As a psychotherapist it is harder because there are a lot of young people studying psychology and most of them want to become psychotherapists. Your chances are much better as a social worker because nowadays they are needed everywhere. You can work in schools, for homeless people or for example, what I want to do, in a prison. To become a social worker there you need to study social work.
At the moment I am not very sure about my decision for a profession, so I’m pretty glad that our school is offering a lot of different programmes to help us finding the right job. In class 9 we have the BoGy lessons (job orientation for the Gymnasium). In these lessons we learn how to apply for a job, we learn about many different jobs and we go to the BIZ (Job Information Center) for counselling. For me personally, the highlight was the placement we did in different companies. We have learned a lot and it was like the first step into the world of real work. Considering these good experiences, I plan to do some more placements later. After taking my A-Levels, I’d like to do a FSJ (voluntary social year) or go abroad to improve my English skills and learn about new cultures.
I had really good experiences in my exchange week in Riga, so I am pretty sure that I would like to do it again. I had such a great time with my host and with the students from the other countries. Moreover I have learnt about new cultures and improved my English skills. It was hard to talk in a foreign language for a whole week but I got used to it after the second day. The program in Riga was really interesting. We have found out a lot about the forest industry. Visiting the University of Latvia was great too, because we could monitor a biology student over a normal day at the university. Another highlight was the culture evening, where students presented their country, town and school. We had good conversations and fun for the whole evening. I have also noticed some cultural differences especially about the meals but also about the school system where the students can choose their materials/subjects on their own.
The Erasmus+ “Fit For Job” program was definitely a great experience. I have learnt a lot about careers and I improved my English skills.
Complete report in German by Anna-Lena Schübel (PDF, 752 KB)
