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1 Punkt- Mia Brunner, 17, is in the second year of her apprenticeship as a polymechanic at a
- company that makes parts for hospital machines. In her free time she builds robots
- with a club. Our school magazine asked her about her work.
- Why did you choose this apprenticeship?
- 5Honestly, it wasn't my first idea. I wanted to become a primary school teacher. Then
- a friend told me about a trial week in a workshop, and I loved it from the first
- day. You start with a block of metal, and at the end you hold a small part that has
- to be exact to a hundredth of a millimetre.
- What does a normal day look like?
- 10I start at seven. In the morning I often work on a machine that cuts metal. A
- computer controls it, but I have to write the program, choose the tools and check
- every part afterwards. Two days a week I go to vocational school, and there I also
- have extra lessons in maths and English.
- Are there many girls in your job?
- 15In my class at school there are 22 apprentices, and only two of us are girls. At the
- beginning some people were surprised, but now nobody talks about it. My boss says
- the only thing that matters is whether the parts are correct.
- Tell us about the robot club.
- We meet every Wednesday evening in an old garage. This year we built a robot that
- 20can sort coloured balls. In March we took part in a competition for young people and
- finished fourth out of fifteen teams. We were a bit disappointed, but the judges
- liked our design.
- What advice would you give to younger students?
- Do as many trial weeks as you can, even in jobs you don't think you'd like. And
- 25don't be afraid of mistakes. In the workshop I make mistakes every week. The
- important thing is to find out why they happened.
Wörter aus dem Text
- polymechanic
- Polymechanikerin, Polymechaniker
- trial week
- Schnupperlehre
- judges
- Jury
What job did Mia want to do before her trial week? Answer in one to four words.
Antworte mit einem Wort oder wenigen Wörtern, nicht mit einem ganzen Satz.