boobert wrote:Maybe the uneducated Fins you know were cast out and that's how they deal with them.
No, our school had an exchange with Helsinki. And as far as I remember it was one of these prototype schools which made them look good in PISA.
boobert wrote:As far as hopeless cases go, it's true there are a lot. Although I don't know why you seem so stressed about it.
Heh, sorry if my reasoning was too vague. I'm not stressed about it, our politicians are. The tests get easier each year, everyone gets his
Abitur (had to look it up....our 'secondary school leaving examination' - what you need to be able to study at a university

). The overall time we are in school is shortened drastically, so the timetable is longer than we're used to and some things which used to be voluntary are now obligatory (for example writing 12 pages about a topic of your choice to improve your marks - that's what i'm currently busy with ...).
The state struggles against the demographic change, there are too less real teachers, and too many children on the good schools. The schools for the craftsmen of the future are going the way of the dodo bird.
A country like ours needs to become a service society, but not everyone is willing nor able to be part of our upper layer. Our exams aren't worth anything when everyone gets the same official valuation.
I mean, would you like to undergo a surgery when the doctor is someone who only passed his examn because of the given situation? For me, that would be a horrifying scenario, and it's becoming more and more real because they are going to abolish the numerus clausus (too few doctors -.-)
boobert wrote:About the scandals, unless you're referring to the Catholic church I am unaware of any Germany-specific scandals but would be interested to hear about it.
Yes, I'm referring to the Catholic church scandals. My school had a catholic past, but there weren't any cases like that, as far as i know. However, there were two jesuits who were key figures in the reforming of our education system 20 years ago encouraged the same stuff which is so popular in Finland. but now we know it also allowed them to have a shower with their students.
