Presentation of the 2024 high school papers (Maturaarbeiten)
Again this year, the fifth year high school seniors gave oral presentations of their recently submitted written research papers, and demonstrated their acquired skills in fifteen minutes of questioning by their supervisors and co-supervisors.
The variety of topics was rich. To name just a few: poems were written and analyzed in English, photographs were taken, developed and presented as a portfolio, the writings or views of great thinkers were compared, literary motifs such as the descent into the underworld were contrasted in the works of various authors, and bacterial growth on meat was tracked using fluorescent coliform bacteria. The audience, including family members and pupils from the 3rd through 5th years of our high school, were impressed by the high quality of many of the presentations.
Now we are all looking forward to the Matura ceremony, the moment when the winner of this year’s prize for the best high school paper will be announced.
