Saturday, 16. February 2008
Abi 2010
oboehm, 19:12h
Manuel and Philip are seniors at school, i.e. they are both in the last year at the American high school. When they come back in July they have still two more school years here in Germany before they get their final secondary-school examinations (Abitur).
This week there was an info meeting at school which was a required course for the pupils of the 11th class. We learned what school objects the pupils have to choose in the 12th and 13th class (nearly all), and which they can choose (nearly nothing). How to select the right course is a ruleset with many exceptions. There is a program "WinProsa" available, which should help the pupils to choose the right combinations but the manual for the program is over 200 pages long and it does not run on my Mac.
After 2 hours the presentation was over. How can our politicans pass such a complex ruleset? Do they have too much time to think about how to bother parents, pupils and teachers? Never heard about the KISS principle (keep it small and simple)?
This week there was an info meeting at school which was a required course for the pupils of the 11th class. We learned what school objects the pupils have to choose in the 12th and 13th class (nearly all), and which they can choose (nearly nothing). How to select the right course is a ruleset with many exceptions. There is a program "WinProsa" available, which should help the pupils to choose the right combinations but the manual for the program is over 200 pages long and it does not run on my Mac.After 2 hours the presentation was over. How can our politicans pass such a complex ruleset? Do they have too much time to think about how to bother parents, pupils and teachers? Never heard about the KISS principle (keep it small and simple)?
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