School Circa 1900

Grade school 1 to 4 in Sachsen has a subject called Sachunterricht. This covers a mixture of science, social, economic and historical topics of our region. For this month, kids are currently learning what school was like in the old days so they have been visiting museums as well as learning how to read and…

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Secondary School in Germany

School System in Germany is confusing for someone like me who came from the carabao island. Primary school from grade 1 to 4 is the same for all. Afterwhich, depending on their grades, kids are segragated between hauptschule (lowest) realschule (middle) and gymnasium (highest). But what is this oberschule and mittelschule about and where do…

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Incoming Student

Not sure about other country  but in Germany, there is so much drama for incoming first grader. Boy just had another round of medical check-up and issue raised was german and concentration skill.  We were asked if boy is going to school next year and Mann said: definitely. 😄 Question: Can anyone really stop us…

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