Theoretically true, but not practically

Agreed! I was at Gymnasium first, then switched to Realschule and after i was finished with that, i finished the Gymnasium as well and got my Abitur. My sister went to Hauptschule first, switched to Realschule after a year and started a Formation. She then went to evening school to get her Abitur as well. There are so many ways.

Nobody can say if you are 12 years old if you will make it to q uni or not

Yeah, it's really hard to do. Most of the time it doesn't work, because of the difference in the levels. I only know of one person who changed her career after the Hauptschule. After she had children, she got the chance to finish her Hauptschule and even her Realschulabschluss. But this is a really seldom situation. Most of the time it's only the students of the Realschule, who can really change their path. I know many who finished Realschule, then did an Abitur in a Fachschule (a school with an orientation like technology, business and biologie) and then went to Uni (I did it like that, too).

@@marsin6406 actually it is very common to visit higher schools after finishing the starting one. I started with Realschule und then continued with Berufskolleg (something between Gymnasium and Realschule). Then Fachhochschule (Bachelor) and University(Master). Many of my old friends had better grades and continued with the Gymnasium after finishing Realschule. One of my best Friends finished his job training, became master in his Job and then went to university and is currently making his Doctor in Physics. So I Think it’s very easy in Germany to get to the highest academic degrees step by step.

I have learning disabilities too and my parents decided not to enroll me in the German Schools because as the gentleman described they thought I would have a very difficult time. I don’t know if the German Schools recognize learning disabilities. So, I stayed enrolled within the American Schools through the Department of Defense. I graduated and went on to college. My German friend was recommended to go to trade school and her sister was recommended to go to college.

Same but now I’m a clinical psychologist

That's awesome!

​@@erika8214You sound like you never lived in Germany

My brother was the same, now he's a chartered accountant. Funny how things work out 😂

he's not from the US. why is everyone comparing to the US and when did he mention law or medicine?

@@hkgehts9061 I guess because it’s the most well-known amongst English speaking people and therefore the easiest to compare/the one others get compared to?

@@hkgehts9061 He mentions the Gymnasium path to university could open the door to law or medical school

Well obviously. You will also get a higher level of education when you finish your apprenticeship (Ausbildung)

@@xSoulhunterDKx I meant something like BOS/FOS and you can make every degree after you left school. Even if you leave without any. At least in bayria🙈 why is the system in germany so complicated? 😅

@@marquisdehoto1638 ahh, thanks for letting me now what exactly you meant. German education isn’t really complicated. More like underfunded 😂

@@xSoulhunterDKx maybe. I mean in some states primary school is 4 in other 5 or 6 years. Some apparently stay in the same class only difference is and leave after 9, 10 or 12(?) Years.

Thanks I was wondering. I was in Hauptschule but in Austria. Went on to Handelsakademie and eventually to uni. You can learn a job after or go to another school

I know right, he's so delusional. This is not at all how German schools work. That's just what Germany wants others to think.

@@FrickPlstnFrickPride that is how they work. You go from the Hauptschule to Realschule for one year and from Realschule to gymnasium, usually repeating a grade.

you don't really make a decision. School gives a recommendation depending on your grades and how you do in school. And then your parents will do whatever they like haha and you can always continue studying to get to the highest academically highschool level

Em, no it's not.

@@jungschon4003Are you german or have attended german school?

Do you want me to explain what a YT short is?

@@ericsoul604 yes and yes. And I have a university degree. But I know that the German system is neighter just or efficiant.

​@@jungschon4003Berufsfachschulen, Fachhochschulen, Berufsschule, ... um nur einige zu nennen

Also in some states we have primary school till grade 7 and change after the 6th grade😅

So USA

Sounds like Amerika...

😅😅like with us,but we have "import" produkt,we only shoping,and work in shop

@@mmking9517 Fair enough. De-industrialization is widely blown out of proportion, but what did happen certainly didn't do their countries any good. Most American textiles, for example, aren't made there anymore. Dingolfing is still a major automotive site in Deutschland, and Sveriga still has the best foundries in the world, but even so, your point still stands.

@@mmking9517 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The first way makes it sound pretty cool, time to figure it out, but if you're stuck doing things you know you can't use later, that would be annoying.. worse if you have to pay for those useless units 😭

In Germany you decide with enrollment what subjects you want to study and will only have the classes relevant for said subject (or what certain people thought would be relevant). So a law student and a med student will have no overlap classes (other than something like general soft skills). You can change the subject but will likely have to start from 0.

That is not a switch of majors, more like levels of difficulty.

Why? America should be more classist?

I like freedom 🇺🇸

It’s not all about you, it’s a really free country where you have to decide your own opportunities. They aren’t just gonna hand it down to you, and if they are telling you to drop out, is it really surprising that nothing could be recommended?

Thanks for your comment, Megan.

Sick leave is unlimited and mandatory for every job in Germany. Other than that the teachers suffer just as much as teachers from other countries

Teacher is quite a good job in Germany. School ends at 1 pm. Afternoon is free. Holidays are plenty: 6 weeks in summer, 1 week around Halloween, 2 weeks around Christmas, 1 week around Mardi Grass, 2 weeks around Easter and 2 weeks around Pentecost. Salary is very good, as you are a civil servant. Teachers are in high demand at the moment. I don't understand your question "Ability to do your job?" Do you mean if anyone interferes with your teaching? Generally no. (Especially not parents!) But sometimes (randomly every few years) the school director together with a school supervisor from the ministry of culture might sit in one of your classes to evaluate the quality of your teaching. The Expectations are that you teach the official curriculum (as defined by the ministry of culture of the federal state you are teaching in) according to the best practices you've learned at University, during your referendar time (2 years) and continued teacher trainings. There is no such thing as "sick leave" in Germany (and the whole EU for that matter), not for teachers or any other profession. If you are sick, you are sick. Period. Sick days are unlimited and do - of course! - not count on your holidays. And - of course! - you can't be fired for being sick.

@@keroki932 I was wondering because it's common to not have enough subs in the US and having other teachers teach multiple classes. I've even heard of multiple reports of teachers having to pay for their own subs out of pocket.

@@hape3862afternoon/ weekend isn’t “free”. teachers are paid to do 40 hour weeks and therefore the time after 1pm is supposed to be used for preparing classes, grading tests and responding to questions

@@Ittoswetboosay True. But we both know that teachers in reality don't spend another 3-4 hours a day for preparation, grading and certainly not responding to questions …

He simplified it a lot, in Germany the schooltypes mentioned in the video r the most commen, but every State does things differently... and from what I have heard some people do have different kinds of Realschule ( in my State u were able to aply for your A Level ( what u need for university) with your Realschulabschluss, in others aparently its similar to Hauptschule and does not offer that oportunity. Some states have schools for people with a Realschulabschluss to do their A Level for 3 years or to do something below that for 2 and some aparently only have Gymnasium. Problem a Gymnasium is mostly age restricted ohh and u can also get your A Level at an evening school. Its also possible for people with a Realschulabschluss to take on an aprenticeship and to study at a college in their respectable field. U can always level up. We just have restrictions on how often u r allowed to study the same degree and the Quality of your education really shows as soon as u have a university experience. Also the support that your family can provide u emotionally, financially and in terms of education can really influence stuff. 🐞🌹🌬🦋

lol ok buddy keep telling yourself that victim minded nonsense

Sausage firearms, or whatever that name was, I’m not the victim here. I mean my education was good enough to have included punctuation! 😃😃😃

Could it be that, and stay with me for a moment... You're both grossly oversimplifying the problem with American schools?

@@DeridusI mean he oversimplified it but he’s not wrong. It’s much much worse than what he described

@@Chrisp707- Oh how well I know. I started off in a private school. Ended up having to go to a public school. I always wanted to home school my own children but that's not in the cards. Everything is so bureaucratic. Unnatural. It's simply depressing that I am not allowed to raise my own child.

Not really

The system most countries use including germany and the us is the Prussian schooping system

No idea where you're from, but it's still called hauptschule where i live

Found an American

Also they are killing the trades! Kids kids kids trade school is good believe me!

@@pudermcgavin4462here in St. Louis we have one of the best trade schools in the country called Ranken and I got a lot of friends who go there, I wouldn’t say trade is dying

@@RevertedRashidah No, though I was very tired. It was explained very simply and knowing Germany it is most likely a great system. It just reminds me of the system in the book. (Just the education part, nothing else.)

​@@JoeCampbell06the choosing career paths is highly misleading. It sorts in academic abilities and not career paths.

@@tf3655 that makes a lot more sense. Thanks.