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Sarah Sanford -
4 months ago
My teacher, Santiago, is the best German teacher I've had! Truly talented at teaching, and I'm staying at die deutSCHule for B1 because of him. The other students in my classes have also been great. And the cafe is a wonderful addition to the school, with welcoming and friendly staff who will speak both German and English.
The only negative has been the management/administration of the classes at die deutSCHule. I am in an A2.2 course with about 12 other students. There was another A2.2 course, taught by a different teacher, also with about 12 other students. During the final 2 weeks of the course, without notice, die deutSCHule combined our two A2.2 classes into one big class, with over 20 total students. We don't know why they moved the other teacher to another level, and now our teacher has to ensure that the two groups of students are all at the same level and in the same place in the textbook. The website promises small classes of approximately 12 students. 20+ students in a course is too large for this type of intensive course, and it's not fair to either class of students (nor the teacher) to all of a sudden operate at twice the size and readjust the whole course plan. Our class jointly filed a complaint with die deutSCHule (printed and hand-signed), and didn't hear anything back.
We still don't know why the courses were combined or if things will change. If it was truly necessary to combine our two courses because of a problem with the other teacher, then the school should give a partial refund on the course (after promising small classes of approximately 12 students). I don't like to leave negative reviews, and I've really loved my class up until recently. However, because our issue was not addressed, this is the only course of action left to take.