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The German school system is certainly complicated. For this week's Meet the Germans, Rachel heads back to the classroom to get to grips with the different types of schools and to find out what kids like about going to school in Germany.
Rachel moved from the UK to Germany in 2016. As a relative newcomer she casts a fresh eye over German clichĂŠs and shares her experiences of settling into German life. Every two weeks she explores a new topic â from German books to German-Turkish culture or Germany's obsession with cars. This week: German schools and the education system.
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You also can't forget about the overhead projector, an ancient technology still used today all over German schools.
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I could never understand my German friends when they talked about their school system, this made me say, âooooohâ and then âstill confusing but I think I am getting itâ đ! Thanks DW and Rachel :)
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You filmed outside my old Gymnasium in Bonn đ Can't believe the pupils still have to use a blackboard in this day and age! We used them and everyone had to chip in for Tafeldienst (blackboard cleaning duty). Thanks Rachel and team for this trip down memory lane âşď¸
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At my school our Abifahrt wasn't like that. We went to Rome with out tutor and another teacher. It was fun, but it wasn't a wild, crazy party 24/7 or anything like that. We also had a planned cultural program.
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Biggest issues with the German school system:
- Underfunding (chaotic)
- Poor resources in most schools (even the most well off)
- Poor buildings
- A lot of inequality
- Behaviour from the students (really bad in some cases)
- No united system
I have taught in both Germany and England and I am more happy with the English system. They have generally better funded state schools with better resources.
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Did you mention that school ist mandatory (Schulpflicht)? It can get to a point, where children will get picked up by the police at home and brought to the school. And parents can get a fine if their children are not attending school too many times.
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Good video! But I think it's also worth to mention, that pupils are allowed to switch between the different school types and that there are plenty options to continue on a higher tier path for basically everyone, after mandatory regular school is finished.
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Noch eine fantastische Episode von Meet the Germans. Vielen Dank, Rachel und DW!
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I love education videos about how other countries handle education. I canât get behind telling a child in 5th grade that they are university material or not. There is so much brain development that goes on from 11 to 18 years of age.
I want to become a teacher in Germany. But I think international schools will have to do for now. It would have been better if the video also focused on how Germany is losing teachers and wonât have enough teachers by 2030.
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Rachel, thank you, once again and greetings from Leipzig. I am fortunate, at age 79, to have a mini-job as the Homework Club Tutor (15.00 to 17.00) at Leipzig International School: students from all over the world taught, principally, in English.
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Itâs so interesting to see this video because I grew up in Germany but moved away two years ago for University. Trying to explain the German school system to my international friends is almost impossible. Iâm not a fan of the system and I had to experience many of the negative sides. After the Grundschule, I went to a Gymnasium for three years but then had to change schools because of my bad grades in two subjects. Since my other grades were good, my parents decided to send me to a Gesamtschule and even there I was always inbetween A (Gymnasium)- and B (Realschul)- level. I ended up having to change classes there a lot as well. After that, I went to a Berufsschule and two years later did my Fach-Abitur. Which means, I changed schools every 1-3 years. Being a teenager, a stable environment is important to form friendships. I believe that the constant change was really bad for me and I had a horrible time as a teenager. Especially at the Gesamtschule, my grades got significantly worse and I always believed that I was just bad at studying. After the Gesamtschule, I never had any troubles with my grades and Iâm now graduating with a Masterâs degree this year, something that I would have never thought was possible when I was a teenager. I honestly believe that the German school system loses a lot of students along the way and the separation has a bad impact on the whole society. My parents never went to University and during my time at the Gymnasium, many students had academic parents. During my time at the other schools, almost no one had parents with an academic background. I think that says a lot.
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Very good video, I love explaining the German school system to foreigners. Everybody just ends up confused đ.
The only thing I would have to add is the amount of stress that can build up in students. You'll get held back a year for failing one of your 12 subjects (meaning you are in a different grade for the entire of your school carrier because of one or two subjects). It even goes as far as you having to downgrade to a lower school (that happens a lot after grade 6 in a gymnasium, but also every other grade, or school). And you can take the Abitur only ones or twice in your life, which is nearly the only way to get into university (I know there is others but that gets really complicated and very different from state to state).
But all of that is really hard to research, I think you'd have to live though it to fully understand itđ. Like with everything
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She didnât wanna point it out, but during Abi graduation in our last 2 months with Abistreich and Motto, our whole 13th grade is just drinking / getting wasted, going on everyoneâs nerves and partying in school đ
literally even 6th graders walk around the school just looking at How dumb we are, but also know that thatâs where theyâll be at the end as well. love that about our German school tradition đĽđ
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Geez!
A country this advanced in every social & economic aspect has such a muddled school system. It separates children way too early on the basis of performance
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Wow ! As a brit living in the Netherlands, this really surprised me that Germany would be so lacking in a lot of areas, especially digital supplies. You would have thought that they would have been European leaders. Maybe, or rather probably, this is a result of them not being state run ? And my kids finished school 10 years ago (in NL) , and both of them didn't see a blackboard after junior school (11 yrs. old). Positively stoneage !
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6:28: Has the Abistreich really become that primitive? In my times, it was a themed live entertainment show which was organized and prepared the night before. At some point, the classrooms were stormed and the whole school gathered in the gym. The teachers had to entertain by playing games, singing songs or performing other funny things.
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I am in the 12 grade of a Gymnasium and Im getting my Abitur this year and due to COVID ,we havenât had a Abifahrt (our last trip was in 9th grade), we have to take our 5 hour final exams with ffp2 mask, didnât finish all themes because of lockdown and non existent online learning platforms and no WiFi and there is a high chance our Abi Ball will be cancelled too, cause of COVID. Even our in official abiparty at the club got indefinitely postponed TWO HOURS before it was supposed to start due to new covid regulations the state decided to instate at midnight.The school/state didnât handle the situation well at all and it kind ruined the whole final phase of school
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Excellent presentation as always Rachel. Keep up the good work!
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I went to a FĂśrderschule vor 2 years and it was one for people that had trouble with being socially comfortable. It was essentially for mental health and almost everyone at my school had depression. And that we went to a special school meant that the teacher could have a way closer eye on us and that they wouldn't just leave you behind like at my Gymnasium. I was only able to graduate because of it. I couldn't have down it at a regular school and I am so thankful that I got the chance to go to a school were they knew how to deal with me and my mental health. It's been truly life saving for me
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What do you think of the German school system? đ
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