reporter: thabet is almost as passionate about learning german.akes language lessons five days a week. he says german is more difficult than english but easier than arabic. he studied medicine in syria and wants to resume his studies here, so he'll need to be fluent in german. thabet came to dresden a year ago, just a few weeks before chancellor angela merkel made her famous statement "wir schaffen das!" -- we can do it. >> some others could share my idea, that we are now part of this "wir" and we could help to make it "schaffen", to schaffen, that would be really great. so we could really make these words a reality, a long reality, not just a temporary one. reporter: thabet azzawi certainly plans to do his part. as a musician and later as a doctor. he thinks that's a perfect combination. michelle: the optimist in me wants to believe, like tabed, that merkel's words can be a reality. was she being too optimisitic? what do you think? let us know by getting in touch on facebook, email or twitter. thank you for watching. in the meantime it's goodbye

reporter: thabet is almost as passionate about learning german.akes language lessons five days a week. he says german is more difficult than english but easier than arabic. he studied medicine in syria and wants to resume his studies here, so he'll need to be fluent in german. thabet came to dresden a year ago, just a few weeks before chancellor angela merkel made her famous statement "wir schaffen das!" -- we can do it. >> some others could share my idea, that we are now part of this "wir" and we could help to make it "schaffen", to schaffen, that would be really great. so we could really make these words a reality, a long reality, not just a temporary one. reporter: thabet azzawi certainly plans to do his part. as a musician and later as a doctor. he thinks that's a perfect combination. michelle: the optimist in me wants to believe, like tabed, that merkel's words can be a reality. was she being too optimisitic? what do you think? let us know by getting in touch on facebook, email or twitter. thank you for watching. in the meantime it's goodbye