From what I understand, German school is even more demanding in terms of how they drive you to do well or lose benefits. I can only imagine the stress of things

From what I understand, German school is even more demanding in terms of how they drive you to do well or lose benefits. I can only imagine the stress of things like getting demoted from Gymnasium [1] after not performing well enough due to life stresses during a critical developmental phase in life, or not making Abitur [2] qualifications and not getting that free post secondary. Well at least they aren't shooting each other I guess [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnasium_(Germany) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnasium_(Germany) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abitur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abitur