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I had an exchange year during High School where I moved from Germany to Florida for a year and attended a public school. I hate to say this but to me the classe
by dirtnugget 6y ago
I had an exchange year during High School where I moved from Germany to Florida for a year and attended a public school.
I hate to say this but to me the classes were laughably easy. While I was a 10th grader in Germany I could have easily graduated there.
I do however favour the US system of individual classes where you could advance in e.g. Mathematics but if you had trouble with language you could take a less-intensive course.
This doesn't work in Germany. You either advance with all subjects at once or you don't. One of the most stupid things that I have witnessed. In our 11th/12th grade we would have a huge difference between grades. About 20% of people were getting straight A's while over a third struggled to even pass. Barely anyone in the mid-range. Terrible system which makes it really really hard for teachers to teach a class.
- brummm 6y agoThe big difference is also that German high school students are split into three different schools with the top school (Gymnasium) being much harder than US high schools. In US high schools, students are not split and obviously they can't advance as fast.
- ThreeFx 6y agoYou have a form of in Germany that in most of the states with the "Leistungskurse" or the "Profilklassen". I'd argue that its extremely important to _not_ be able to drop courses since it contributes to a well-rounded education, something the US sorely lacks.
- dirtnugget 6y agoYeah but this system is taking a huge toll on the teachers. Our maths teacher had to basically give two different courses within one class, because the gap was so big.
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