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Could you elaborate on why you found the German schools lacking?

• TulliusCicero 5y ago
  Our son went to a waldkindergarten (forest kindergarten) which was great, but the elementary school situation seemed a lot different. He basically failed the try out day in two different schools (we moved), the first said he was too disruptive, the second that he was too quiet. Both wanted to send him to the special ed school far away. So we sent him to a private Catholic school nearby instead. It was okay, but strict, and they were pretty bad at technology. His new public school in the states has vastly nicer facilities, much friendlier staff, no school uniforms (fuck that shit), knows how to use email, and of course it's been easy for him to make local friends. Oh, and the fact that in Bavaria you need to decide on your life's path at fourth grade I find pretty stupid, too (tracked schooling after that year).