The German system for schools varies a little from our school systems here. First off all the kids till the age of 10 go to the same kind of school which is similar to what we do here. After they reach the age of 10 though they switch to one of 4 different schools that will determine whether or not they will go to a university or a trade school. I don't think that they should determine how someone's future will go for them. That is why I like the US's form where they allow students to determine there own future for themselves. With this system that the Germans use it does seem to make there students work hardier so that they don't end up with a future they don't want. Where as Americans don't really need to push themselves because they don't have that forces pushing them so that they don't have a future they don't want. Also though the Germans don't really have to worry about there future after they are put in their specific schools because it is already set for them. The American's though have to determine after high school what they possibly want to do so it kind puts them behind the eight ball with the German's. Even though the German's do have a good structure to help students with there future I would much rather have the US's structure where you can choose for yourself your own future.
http://german.about.com/library/blschule.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/26576/schoolpage.htm
-a couple of mechanics notes: watch your "there" and "their" usage (determine their own future, make their students). Also, apostrophes should only be used to show possession, not plural: (with the Germans, The Americans)
ReplyDelete- You make some good points about choice in a student's future. How much choice do American students have who live in districts with bad public schools? What about a German student who wants to go to college but can't get into the Gymnasium? Talk a little more about student's choice within each system.