2023-10-30 23:00:00
“Adults know why they go back to school,” says Daniela Nocker. The English teacher doesn’t just teach teenagers.
“When I was 15, I decided to do an apprenticeship for financial reasons. Since then, I had the Matura on my mind,” remembers Roland Eder. But it wasn’t until years later, at the age of 36, that the Abtenauer picked up the thread again and decided to take the evening school leaving certificate at the HTL Hallein. “That’s where a great development began for me, not just professionally, but also personally. I was able to overcome my shyness and became much more open in my dealings with other people.” One of these other people is Matthias Russegger, who was in the same night school class from 2011 when he was 25. “I, too, come from the countryside and from a family where apprenticeships were common. But I wanted more than just building a house and starting a family. I knew that I couldn’t have a career without additional education.”
The recipe for the evening high school diploma: time, work and support
Daniela Nocker is the study coordinator and knows how much time, work and passion her students need when they embark on the path to evening school. “They need people at home to watch their backs and a family that accepts that they are not available three to four evenings a week and need long hours to study,” she says. Doing the high school diploma means four long years full of tasks that need to be completed.
Experiences of former HTL students
“But it’s worth it,” she says, and her former students, Eder and Russegger, nod in agreement. The trio has long since become a strong circle of friends, and they still enjoy talking about their school days. “If there hadn’t been a very strong group cohesion in our class, the challenge of fighting through work, private life and school would have been extremely difficult,” says Russegger and remembers some of his fellow campaigners who were initially euphoric and because of the many Work quickly arrived on the ground of reality. “It was clear to all of us that education at the HTL would make it easier for us to find good jobs. That was exactly what motivated us,” adds Eder.
Age diversity and educational success: Insights into catching up on high school diplomas
Most of the women and men who decide to get their high school diploma are between 20 and 40 years old, reports Daniela Nocker, although she is currently teaching a lady who is almost 50 years old. “Adults have good reasons for their decision,” she says. But only those who know what the training entails will commit to the entire process throughout all seven semesters. By the way, Eder and Russegger didn’t stop learning after graduating from high school. Both then completed their distance learning studies in industrial engineering with a bachelor’s degree. After another four semesters, “I’ve had enough now,” says Eder and laughs.
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