Nicely clarified, but for how long? I'm hoping my Kafkaesque journey of more than three years will come to end in two weeks when I take the Staatsexamen II, which I'm quite certain I will fail because it's been over two years since I finished my ten month ROC course and have almost no reason to use Dutch in my daily life, but was told recently by ROC that it doesn't matter if I pass or fail because either way I will have fulfilled my obligation (afspraak) by simply taking the exam, but I don't really believe that's true, except that with the rules changing as often as they do, it doesn't seem that anyone really knows anything for sure when it comes to this cumbersome process - especially as it applies to someone who has lived and worked here for almost thirty years and is now retired. One thing I have learned is how to write really long sentences. Best of luck to you all!