My classmates come from all over the world and they are mostly working professional. Probably because of that, I found it comfortable with them since they are so professional in class too ;-) One guy comes from England owns a film company based in London and Berlin. While probably he is motivated to learn Deutsch because of his business, I think probably because his wife is German. In this case money is a factor, but love is even a bigger motivator!  Another classmate of mine is a lawyer from Chile specializing in environmental law came to Berlin with his husband who is doing a master in architecture. So far, she spent a lot of time after class learning Deutsch with her 1 year old son. Another guy is a tool designer from Brazil who loves travelling. Every weekend he will be somewhere else around Europe. One Korean classmate who is working as assistant director of an Opera in Seoul is having a combination of vacation and studying. She is on vacation in Berlin while going to DeutschAkademie to learn Deutsch. Funny but true ;-) Another older classmate of mine is from England and he is here to be with his girlfriend who is doing a PhD in climate change. He is teaching English and sometimes Buddhism in Berlin during his spare time. Two classmates come from Poland. One is a car mechanic who also does some business relating to cars and another is a lady who used to work in an office in Warsaw but now trying to improve her German to find an office job in Germany. One Turkish classmate is studying German while doing her internship here in Berlin and a Danish girl who wanted to try to change her environment and move to Berlin with his boyfriend.

So far, most of the people I met wanted to learn German as an investment to find a better job in Germany. While the rest are rather interested to just know the language as a spare time. In both case, I still think German is a very useful language to know and learn.