Re: the requirement that the state *provide* an education

Stephanie schrieb:
> NL wrote:
>> Stephanie schrieb:
>> <snip>
>>> I know this is an incindiary post. I don't mean it literally. I am
>>> trying to kick up some sort of different conversation around
>>> education in this country.
>> Well, in this country we have the Schulpflicht which means sending you
>> child to school is not optional, homeschooling/unschooling/etc. is
>> forbidden.
>>
> 
> 
> WOA! Where do you live?

Germany. As far as I know we're the only european country where school 
is mandatory (we do have private schools but they have to follow 
guidelines and as far as I know certain exams are now "centralized"(?) 
in that all schools get the same tests to hand out to students for at 
least the Abitur*)

> Oh and hey, my apologies to all for that "in this country." Ugly
American 
> and my American-centeric world. Sorry.

Yeah, it's annoying sometimes, but the majority of people here are from 
the states, so I can understand where it's coming from.

cu
nicole

* we have 4 types of secondary schools Sonderschule (special needs 
schools) Hauptschule (basic, you finish after a total of 9 years of 
school including primary school) Realschule ("regular"level, 10 years) 
and Gymnasium (higher level, 13 years, but some schools now offer a 
condensed version which means 12 years. You have the Abitur when you 
finish Gymnasium.)
If you want to go to university you have to finish Gymnasium. For most 
jobs you have to have finished Realschule and with Hauptschul or even 
only Sonderschul final exams you will most likely never find a really 
god job.