Students from technical high schools can attend theoretical universities and just need to do some remedial prep work first. It's necessary not because of what

Students from technical high schools can attend theoretical universities and just need to do some remedial prep work first. It's necessary not because of what some people can't do, but because: 1. It doesn't make sense to send people, who want to work in hospitality for example, to a school that has to pay for physics, chemical engineering, medical labs, etc. 2. Reducing the shopping mall quality of the American-style university -- and equally respecting technical and trade schools for the education they provide -- results in a more even distribution of attendance and probably healthier personal debt. A lot of the German school routing is directed by desire as well; the solution is to help youngsters explore and express the skills they have most strongly. The architecture is a bit complicated, though the picture on Wikipedia does an alright job explaining it, I think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Germany#Overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Germany#Overview