Gymnasium

Then some countries have their students move up to obtain at least some high school education, followed by going to college if the student has decent grades. The way each country sets up their school system dictates which students will be the most successful, and which will fall off into a dead end job. Once the fourth grader completes their placement test they can get put in Gymnasium, Realschule, or Hauptschule. Each has their own curriculum and goals for its students. Gymnasium has an intense focus on higher education and going to college after pupils finish. If they are one of the lucky students that is placed in a prestigious Gymnasium they are set for life. Students at Gymnasiums get to complete all 12 grades and get to go to college for free. The German system creates a very stressful and competitive environment for students. Each Gymnasium has a particular focus. These focuses include Humanities, modern language, math and science, and economics. Towns must have one of each of these schools, or students do not get their choice of study as they would in a big city. After graduating from a Gymnasium, graduates must enter a University. They are also not guaranteed which field of study they will be put into while they attend the university. If one of these ten-year-olds gets into a Realschule or Hauptschule, they will not be as lucky, as the test they took when they were nine will limit them to ten grades and they will have slower curriculum structure. These kids also…

Their system is intended so that every student meets his or her individual potential, and their idea is achieved by breaking students up in accordance with their needs. At age 10 (12 in Berlin and Brandenburg), students are placed in one of the three school pathways that follow: Hauptschule, aimed at preparing students to enter the workforce and offering a basic, general education; Gymnasium, designed to prepare students for tertiary education and with a focus on academics; or Realschule,…

(35 hours, on average) and have an average of 24 paid vacation days (Sarva, 2014). It has been said that Germans, even though working fewer hours, are some of the most productive people in Europe (Sarva, 2014). The education system in Germany is very interesting. Kindergarten is considered voluntary and is not part of the state’s school system (“Aspects of Culture,” n.d.). Primary school lasts for a total of four years and the secondary school is comprised of a three-track system (“Aspects of…

Meet Jozina Campbell. She’s a high achiever finishing her years in high school, and she joined the Gateway program for successful, college-bound African-American and Hispanic students. To Jozina, Gateway was an opportunity to seize—the first step onto the path that would take her to success. But it took up a lot of time from the things she enjoyed most, like her academics or her leadership roles in the community. The speakers at the program told Jozina everything she should do to get ready for…

Education For Everyone Education is something that everyone should be able to have. Knowledge is not something that should be for sale. Everyone should be able to have equal opportunity. This is why there should be no cost for receiving a college education. The general argument made by Carol Roth in the article “Free Community College Isn’t Free...and it’s a Bad Idea” is that saying that college will be free when it really won’t, and it will cause more problems and evidently not solve any…

The value of a college education has been scrutinized for years, in “Stop Scaring Students,” by Devorah Lieberman and “College Is a Waste of Time and Money,” by Caroline Bird, both authors give their detailed opinions on the value of college and give insight to both sides of the argument. College can be extremely rewarding for some students but they do not always take into consideration the hardships that occur in college, and in return tend to feel overwhelmed in debt and upset that they are…

Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act The Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act was passed during the 2013 legislative session. The Office of Elementary Education and Reading, a faction of the Mississippi Department of Education, is responsible for training K-3rd grade educators with research-based instructional strategies to help implement the Literacy-Based Promotion Act. The Mississippi Department of Education provides the purpose of the act: “The purpose of the Literacy-Based…

Over the decades, American culture’s opinion regarding secondary education has significantly altered. In the eyes of society, secondary education is not only encouraged, but necessary if one desires a successful and rewarding future. Secondary education is proven to be worthwhile regarding an individual’s prospective career, but the lessons that are learned outside of the syllabus are what makes an individual flourish in the real world. If students are considered more than wastebaskets for…

As immigration rates increase Hispanic and Latino students will continue to grow in population in today’s society, and “despite some progress over the past three decades, Hispanics continue to be underrepresented at all levels of higher education relative to their representation in the U.S. population” (Perna, Li, Walsh, Raible 146). The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) states that Hispanics “represented 14% of all high school graduates in 2004-2005, but received only 11% of…

Within universities and colleges all across America GPAs are at an all time high, grade averages are rising, and academic performance is at it 's peek; which we all possess the power to remedy. Few argue that this is a result of a smarter and more driven generation, but in all actuality it 's the direct result of grade inflation. Grade inflation is most commonly known as being awarded a higher grade for an assignment that would have received a lower grade in the past. Grade inflation is having a…