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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 4. January | 77 comments (77 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: European Salon... - 4. January - ThisThat (none / 1)

Who Wants a Passport?: Miniscule Fail Rate for German Citizenship Test - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Critics claimed Germany's new citizenship test was too difficult when it was introduced last year. Now they are saying it's too easy -- officials have revealed the test has a 99-percent pass rate.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Jan 3rd, 2009 at 03:29:28 PM EST
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Bah (none / 1)

You'd expect people who take that test to be rather motivated to succeed, no?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Jan 4th, 2009 at 04:53:34 AM EST
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Re: European Salon... - 4. January - ThisThat (none / 1)

The test is a lot harder than the one I had to do to get U.S. citizenship....How many of you know what the NRW flag looks like? Or know the names of all the districts of Bavaria?

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 09:54:05 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 4. January | 77 comments (77 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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