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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, 
I get it. I think a lot of people posting don’t really understand how the German system works. It’s not as if you are doomed to some low-level, unimportant job if you fail to show success in 4th grade.

The school choices and offerings are robust and they make sense. No, not everybody should go to college. And it’s not just because of intellect/ability; society doesn’t need everybody to go to college.

German vocational programs are robust, and they lead to very important jobs that provide for stable living. Their on-the-job apprenticeships set students up for success in a way we don’t.

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I wonder how it works in practice though. Personally, I was a middling student until 8th grade, when something clicked and I became a superstar. Valedictorian, Yale, successful lawyer, blah blah. If you'd tested me in 3rd or 4th grade who knows where I'd have wound up. I didn't even test into the gifted program at my school in 2nd/3rd.

I see the same path in one of my kids.

I am strongly in favor of vocational training but not tracking students at an early age. 9th or 10th grade is soon enough.[/quote]

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