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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Gymnasium 1 or 2?

Pre-enrolling my girl for gymnasium but it will be finalized only if she gets a recommendation for it. We have been debating between 2 gymnasium and each has its pros and cons: State gymnasium (top): free, 20 minutes walk away, learn russian and french, a lot of kids are aiming for it so a bit…

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GDS for Power Pause

Girl’s school will have a new meal service provider. Food is prepared on site instead of being delivered from who knows where. There will be a fresh food counter offering fruits, vegetables, salad and desserts for kids to choose by themselves. Its like being in hotel and it costs 4,7 euro or about 300 pesos…

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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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