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S p in elli it is m ore th an p ossib le toexcel, if on e p u ts th eir m in d to it.

After tw o fu ll years of rig orou sstu d ies an d p rojects th ose of u sw h o p articip ated took th e exam (s),th rou g h b u tterflies an d jitters, an dr e w a r d in g a d ve n t u r e w it h

t h e IG C S E s , m a d e p o s s ib let h a n k s t o a c o u p le o fd e vo t e d t e a c h e r s .

th rou g h b u tterflies an d jitters, an daw aited th e resu lts d u rin g th esu m m er.In reality, at least in m y ow np erson al exp erien ce, I realized th e

Ap p roxim ately tw o years ag oq u ite a sig n ifican t n u m b er ofstu d en ts, b elon g in g to th atp eriod s’ th ird an d secon d years,

tru e valu e of m y h ard w ork on lyon ce I received th e actu alcertificate, on N ovem b er 1 2 th ,2 0 1 3 , w h en an assem b ly w ash eld at th e au d itoriu m . N ot

p eriod s’ th ird an d secon d years,b eg an p rep arin g b othp sych olog ically an dacad em ically for an exam w h ichh ad n o p reced en t in ou r sch ool:

h eld at th e au d itoriu m . N oton ly m in e, b u t all of o u rd ilig en ce an d d ed ication w asren d ered solid , a th ick p ieceof p ap er en o u g h to verify

h ad n o p reced en t in ou r sch ool:th e In tern ation al G en eralC ertificate o f S econ d aryE d u cation (IG C S E ).T h is assessm en t w as p resen tedto u s stu d en ts as a very

of p ap er en o u g h to verifyw h at h ad on ce b een anab stract, p erson al exp erien ce.Also, th e ‘con g ratu lation s’received from th e P resid e,to u s stu d en ts as a very

sig n ifican t op p ortu n ity.P rin cip ally ou r h ig h er levelE n g lish ab ilities, w h eth er m oth er-ton g u e o r as a foreig n lan g u ag e, Th is ch an ce w as b orn from th e

received from th e P resid e,teach ers an d stu d en ts alikew ere d efin itely so m eth in g to

m ake on e g id d y an d con sciou s ofon es ach ievem en ts.ton g u e o r as a foreig n lan g u ag e,

w ere b ein g recog n ized officially forth e first tim e at th e Altiero S p in ellisch o ol. F rom th e very b eg in n in g itw as exp lain ed to u s th at w e w ere

Th is ch an ce w as b orn from th eco llab oration of a few d eterm in edteach ers, u n d au n ted w h enco n fron ted w ith th e m yriad s ofp ap er w ork an d sp ecific

on es ach ievem en ts.

W ith th is article th o u g h , I d on ’tw ish to sim p ly sh in e a p rid efu lsp otlig h t on th e stu d en ts w h ow as exp lain ed to u s th at w e w ere

th e sch o ols’ g u in ea p ig s, th esu b jects of an exp erim en t w h ich ,after tw o years of in ten se w ork,p roved to b e n ot on ly su ccessfu l,

p ap er w ork an d sp ecificp roced u res: P ro f. N eri,Ram sb ottom , H olm es an dG elsom in i.It is in fact th an ks to th em th at

sp otlig h t on th e stu d en ts w h op articip ated - I’d like to, inp articu lar, th an k all of th e teach ersw h o h ad th e w ill an d m otivation toren d er su ch a g ran d op p ortu n ityp roved to b e n ot on ly su ccessfu l,

b u t h ig h ly so. E sp eciallyn otew orth y w ere th e excellen tresu lts ach ieved b y n on n ativeE n g lish sp eakers, p rovin g th at at

co u rses o n ‘E n g lish - F irstLan g u ag e’, ‘E n g lish - L iteratu re’,‘Art an d D esig n ’ an d ‘S cien ce -C om b in ed ’ are b ein g h eld .

availab le. S o: th an k you - verym u ch .

Flavia Sagone 5EE n g lish sp eakers, p rovin g th at at