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  • The Rambling American: Bad Education - The Bygone Bureau

    Good article! I have several German friends and non of them work full time or are married which is distinctly opposite of many of my American friends. I always found it stifling how little credit I was given for any level of maturity in high school and even in college. Kids live up to your true... more

    Reviewed by kalaway Apr 16 2009, 01:38pm ( 12 reviews ) • bygonebureau.com

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  • Rated by BrianH1988 on Aug 22, 10:11am

    And now I know another opinion. It may or may not be true, but it's still interesting stuff.

  • Rated by Muirgheal on Aug 21, 5:16pm

    As someone who went through both systems I have to say that the author of this article is romanticizing the German system, which is just as inherently flawed as the American one. Maybe a second article with a hearty dose of realism is necessary here. Sorry, no thumbs up.

  • Reviewed by wareq on Jun 28, 11:49pm

    "By our mid-twenties many Americans are already full-time adults. In contrast, it's not uncommon to meet Germans in their late twenties who are still full-time students. They are not tracked through the system of education and job acquisition as quickly as we are. Post-high-school options lay open at their feet, and therefore only a small percentage go directly to university. Some do a year of community service, some get practical job experience, some travel, and some live with their parents. Many do go to university, but not until they know if and what they want to study. Marriage, children, and property are not a common topic of discussion until well into one's thirties."Ah - you mean slackers.

  • Reviewed by ajanelle on Apr 20 2009, 8:14pm

    Interesting ideas. I had finished undergrad at 21, married the next year, and felt a bit of pressure to hurry up and get out. My sister is still at home at 24 and so my family is highly distraught- wondering if she'll be a loser for life. She's more like a kid than not and maybe, sometimes, that needs to be accounted for. And maybe *gasp* respected. She'll "grow up" one day. I hadn't when I left home... but, who's to say what would have been best? My husband and I are not stable- unable to buy a home or support children so it doesn't really feel like we're "grown" anyway.School- hmm, what a mess.

  • Rated by pangea on Apr 16 2009, 2:31pm

    Nice article. I enjoyed it too much... We need more free thinkers like his/her... By the way It's true that American young people get grown fast... For example, I've two American friends who are in their twenties,(25 and 26) and they already live by themself. When I learnt it first time it made me suprise a little bit...

  • Rated by kalaway on Apr 16 2009, 1:38pm

    Good article! I have several German friends and non of them work full time or are married which is distinctly opposite of many of my American friends. I always found it stifling how little credit I was given for any level of maturity in high school and even in college. Kids live up to your true expectations and if you expect them to be worthless and immature they'll be glad to oblige.

  • Rated by Vaginaz on Apr 15 2009, 8:38pm

    I enjoyed this article as someone who is planning on taking a different route (and is currently attending an alternative high school where the studies are more relaxed) at the end of HS (American)

  • Reviewed by GriffinOSpades on Apr 15 2009, 3:39pm

    0sm0sis it's not that America forgot how to manufacture, its that someone else can do it way cheaper. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, the real problem right now it's the lack of teachers. Its getting worse and left the way it is in 10 years will be exporting does jobs too.