About Our Department

The German Department of CBC Monkstown is a committed and vibrant department, facilitating learners of all abilities to achieve their full potential as speakers of the EU's most spoken mother tongue. Over the years we have built on excellent classroom practice to enrich the learning experience of our students with a highly successful exchange program, language assistants, pen-pals and the use of ICT and interactive digital media projects.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Ein staatsmann wird 90 - Senior German

 Richard von Weizaecker, former German Bundespraesident, turned 90 yesterday. He's most famous for his speech to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of world war two, where he hit the reset button on how Germans viewed the war. Below is a short video of an extraordinary, and still highly respected public figure, who despite his age, refuses to slow down in his work.