#Vocational Training in Germany

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Ausbildung is the term used in Germany to describe apprenticeship or vocational training programs that blend classroom instruction with real-world work experience. Usually, industries including business, engineering, healthcare, IT, and skilled professions offer these programs. Ausbildung programs are a significant component of the German educational system, and they are open to international students as well.

1. Types of Ausbildung/Vocational Programs • Dual systems: This is the most popular arrangement, in which you attend a vocational school (Berufsschule) for the theoretical portion of your training while working part-time at a company. • Full-time education: Certain programs are available at specialised schools with a greater integration of academic and practical instruction.

2.Duration of Ausbildung/Vocational Programs

An Ausbildung program normally lasts two to three and a half years. The length of time is determined by the company, the subject of study, and whether the student has prior qualifications.

3. Eligibility for International Students to pursue Ausbildung programs:

International students can apply for Ausbildung programs, but they must meet certain requirements:

• Visa Requirements: In order to remain in Germany for the duration of the Ausbildung program, international students from non-EU nations typically require a vocational training visa, also known as an Ausbildung visa. Visas are not required for students from EU/EEA nations.

• Language competence: Depending on the profession, several Ausbildung programs call for expertise in German at the B1 or B2 level. English-language programs are less common, but they might exist.

• Educational Requirements: A secondary school diploma or its equivalent that is accepted in Germany is required of international students. Prior qualifications could be necessary for some occupations.

4. Application Process

• Find a Program: Students can use websites such as Make it in Germany, Jobbörse der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, or the websites of specific companies like to look for available Ausbildung/ vocational programs.

• Apply Straight to Companies: After deciding on a Ausbildung / vocational program, submit an application straight to the organisations providing the instruction. Typically, the procedure entails sending in your motivation letter, CV, and documentation of your qualifications.

• Interview Process: When your application be accepted, you will most likely get an invitation to an interview, during which you might be required to take an aptitude test.

• Acceptance & Visa: After being accepted, you can start your Ausbildung by applying for a visa, if necessary.

5. Expenses inAusbildung

• While most ausbildung programs are free for students, there may be extra fees for supplies, transportation, and other personal expenses. • During training, students typically receive a wage (called an Ausbildungsvergütung) to help with living expenses. The monthly compensation might range from €800 to €1,200, depending on the company and industry.

6. Next Stepafter Ausbildung

• Graduates of the Ausbildung program are certified to work in the field for which they have received training. Both the EU and Germany recognise the qualification. • Many students who complete their Ausbildung are offered full-time jobs at the company where they received their training, or they may look for work elsewhere in Germany. •After completing their Ausbildung, graduates can also apply for a residence visa to remain and work in Germany. For a maximum of 18 months, non-EU students may be given a residence visa to search for employment in their field.

7. Job Opportunities for International Students after the Ausbildung/Vocational Program-

• International students who have German language proficiency and credentials accepted by the German system stand an excellent chance of finding employment in Germany, which has a high demand for skilled workers, particularly in industries like engineering, IT, healthcare, and skilled trades.

• After finishing their degrees, many international students move from Ausbildung to permanent employment in Germany.

8. Helpful Resources

• Make it in Germany:The official website for foreign workers that provides details about living in Germany, employment opportunities, and visa requirements.

• Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit):Provides career counselling and a job search portal.

The German Academic Exchange Service, or DAAD, offers details on how to work and study in Germany.

For language instruction, use AbroadUp who has well qualified and experienced German trainers.

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Guide to Securing Ausbildung Contracts in 2025

How to Obtain an Ausbildung Contract in Mangelberufe for 2025 If you’re considering a career in one of the Mangelberufe (occupations with a shortage of qualified professionals) in Germany, securing an Ausbildung (vocational training) contract is a crucial step. Here’s a brief guide on how to navigate this process for 2025. Steps to Get Your Ausbildung Contract Research Mangelberufe:…

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Ausbildung is a German word which means “Vocational Training (or) Apprenticeship”.  It is a structured vocational training program that combines classroom based theoretical education with on-the-job training to gain hands-on experience. Unlike traditional educational format which focuses more on texts and tests,  Ausbildung covers both the academic side and the professional side which results in preparing the future professionals.

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Eligibility Criteria for Pursuing Vocational Education Courses in Germany

When aspiring to study vocational courses in Germany, understanding and meeting specific eligibility criteria is crucial for a successful application and academic journey.

Educational Qualifications: To enroll in vocational learning courses, candidates typically need a completed secondary education or an equivalent qualification. Specific course requirements may vary, and it’s essential to verify the prerequisites for the chosen program.

Language Proficiency: Proficiency in the German language is often a prerequisite for vocational education courses conducted in German. Language proficiency tests like the TestDaF may be required. For courses in English, proficiency in the language, demonstrated through tests like IELTS or TOEFL, is essential.

Specific Program Requirements: Each vocational training program may have unique prerequisites based on the field of study. Some courses may require specific prior knowledge, skills, or experiences. Prospective students should carefully review the detailed requirements outlined by the chosen institution.

Recognition of Prior Qualifications: Ensure that your previous educational qualifications are recognized in Germany. This recognition process may involve submitting documents to relevant authorities to confirm the equivalence of your qualifications to German standards.

Health Insurance: Health insurance coverage is often a mandatory requirement. Students must provide proof of adequate health insurance for the duration of their studies. German authorities and educational institutions may have specific guidelines regarding health insurance.

Visa Requirements: International students planning to pursue vocational training courses in Germany need to adhere to visa requirements. This includes obtaining a student visa before entering the country and complying with the regulations set by the German authorities.

Financial Means: Demonstrating financial means to support living expenses is essential. This can be done through a blocked account, scholarships, or a formal declaration of financial support. Having adequate funds ensures a smooth stay while undertaking vocational education in

Application Documentation: Prepare a comprehensive application package, including academic transcripts, letters of recommendation, a statement of purpose, and any additional documents specified by the chosen institution. Accurate and complete documentation is crucial for a successful application for vocational training.

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Hi,

SAP, my company, is searching for students that are willing to get a Bachelor in Computer Science, called VT/STAR, Vocational Training. I'm adding here all the details and the links, but let me recap why it's a great thing for you.

The Bachelor is a 3-years program and you get paid while you study!!! First year, 1.300 EUR per month, then 1.450, and finally 1.600 EUR.

You have full access to all SAP facilities in the Campus, like the canteen, the sport gym and many other social places, with no costs on your side.

The Vocational Program is intended to hire young people, so once you complete your Bachelor, you pass the exams, the chances are quite high to be hired in SAP and start your career there.

The whole program is paid 100% by SAP. In detail:

this is not for German students, this is for any EU non-German student that is willing to start a Bachelor program intended to hire a future developer/data scientist/AI expert. For any EU citizen, this Bachelor program has no costs on your side, you just come and start.

for any non-EU citizen, you're charged for a one-time-only 1.500 EUR entry fee, and that's it.

Just to be transparent, the company does not cover any costs due to the relocation to Walldorf, Germany, those are on you.

The Bachelor start on September, 1st, every year, you need to go through an interview and pass an entry test, there's no deadline for your application, but if you apply once the program has already started and you pass it, you'll be in the line for the next year automatically.

You can read all the details in the link below, I'm just rephrasing two of the points you'll read there.

Excellent written and spoken English => no, you just need the English required to study a STEM discipline, we don't need any future Shakespeare, you don't need to bring any English certification, you'll prove your knowledge at the interview, that's it. No German language is required!

Programming skills in at least one programming language => you don't need to be a senior, you don't need to be an expert, you just need to have some basic knowledge about what coding means, what is OOP, and some other basic computer programming concepts. If you have ever written a simple program on your own, I mean, something on the educational level, chances are that you can fit the program.

Here you can find all the information you need:

And here you can apply for it:

In case you need any other detail or you have more questions, please write me a message.

Good luck! :)

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Hey Cronivac Support,

I dont trust myself with the settings so i am asking you. I am Half German and half Moroccan, and I look German af. Brown hair, brown eyes, big smile and a really white skin. I am thinking what would happen if my appearance were based on my Moroccan genes.

Can you help me out?

Brother, chill out! Have a shisha. Just ignore that there's German shit in your body. Your dick is circumcised. You pray at least once or twice a day. Friday you also go to the mosque… It doesn't matter if there are still German genes in you.

Thursday morning. You will survive the last school year at the Gymnasium. What comes after that, you don't know yet. Something with languages might make sense. Your mother tongues are Arabic, German and French. And you are actually quite good in English and Spanish at school. But you also enjoy science. First lesson today is chemistry. Stoichiometry. Actually very interesting. But somehow you have more and more problems to understand your teacher. When he approaches you, you start to stammer. You can't think of the right words. "Youssef, you are welcome to answer in English, if that is easier for you." You sigh in relief. German is really a difficult language. And even though you have a German grandmother, German was never spoken much at home….

During the break, you hang out with your brothers. Talk about soccer, cars, the usual stuff. Smoke an e-cigarette to go with it. And you make an appointment for the afternoon at the gym. Then it's off to the workshop at the vocational school. Metalwork. Hey, you're not training to be a car mechanic so you can mill toys out of metal plates. You want to become a car tuner. And create really hot cars. Your vocational school teacher is from Syria. Fled a few years ago. He speaks much better German than you do. You've only been in Europe for two years. Your mother had the French and the Moroccan passport, so you could immigrate relatively easily. But you didn't understand why you had to move to Germany. Some of your pals now live in Marseille. You would have found that cool, too… But Stuttgart? Just because your father found a good job as an engineer here at Mercedes? Anyway, you're a fighter, you'll survive Swabia.

Lunch is at the snack bar of a former colleague of your father. He has saved up enough money on the assembly line for his own snack bar. And now he makes the best falaffels in town. On weekends, you help out a little. You can always use the extra money. And that way you also get the food cheaper. Since you've been in training, you no longer get pocket money from your parents. You are the eldest son, you now have to do your share to feed the family. And if you are the first to have a vocational qualification here, your chances of getting a permanent right to stay are also the best. If only it weren't for this terrible language…

Gym, auto repair shop, vocational school, Gym…. Your daily routine is somehow always the same. Your boss is also a Muslim, from Turkey, so you have tomorrow afternoon off to go to the mosque. But you also have to work on Saturday. But you are grateful that you have the job. And you can afford your car and the gym. It was not easy to come to Europe. It cost your parents almost all their savings. And now it's your damn duty to succeed and support your family. For that you learn to be a car mechanic, for that you sell falaffel on weekends. That's why you mop the gym floors and clean the toilets at night. You even study German for that. However, this has already brought you a few thousand followers. Your picture from the last workout has 800 likes after just half an hour. Let's see, maybe new opportunities to become rich and famous will develop. You have the right gene pool!

Pic of your latest workout found @tufas

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Deutschribing Germany

Education

Education in Germany is free and compulsory between ages six and sixteen. States (Länder) are largely responsible for education, with the federal government playing a minor role.

Types of schools

The vast majority of children attend state schools, but there are private schools (Ersatzschulen) as well. The latter have very low tuition fees and are also subsidized by the state, which effectively makes them privately-run schools funded by the state. Some are run by religious groups.

School terms

The school year is divided into two terms (from August to January and from February to July) and starts after the summer break, which differs from state to state but usually finishes in mid/end-August. Children have twelve weeks of vacation in addition to public holidays. Exact dates differ between states, but there are generally six weeks of summer vacation, two around Christmas, two around Easter, and two in the fall during the harvest season, since farmers used to need their children for field work.

Grades

The German grading system is as follows, from highest to lowest: sehr gut (1.0–1.5), gut (1.6–2.5), befriedigend (2.6–3.5), ausreichend (3.6–4.0), and nicht bestanden (4.1–5.0). The minimum to pass is four.

Levels

Preschool (Kindergarten)

Preschool education is neither mandatory nor free. Children between the ages of 2 and 6 attend Kindertagesstätte (Kita, “children’s daycare centers”). Many Kitas follow a certain educational approach, such as Montessori or Reggio Emilia.

Primary education (Primarstufe)

Primary education takes place in Grundschulen and generally lasts four years, from 6 to 10 years old. In Berlin and Brandenburg, it lasts six years.

Students are typically taught art, a foreign language (English or French), general studies (natural and social science), German, math, music, physical education, and religion or ethics.

Secondary education (Sekundarstufe)

Secondary education can take place in any of the following schools:

Gymnasium (grammar school) until grade 12 or 13 (ages 10–11 to 17–18/18–19), with Abitur as exit exam to qualify for university

Realschule (intermediate school) until grade 10 (ages 10–11 to 15–16), with Realschulabschluss

Hauptschule (secondary general school) until grade 9 or 10 (ages 10–11 to 14–15/15–16), with Hauptschulabschluss

Gesamtschule (comprehensive school) until grade 10 or 12/13 (ages 10–11 to 15–16 or 17–18/18–19)

The Gymnasium provides in-depth general education for university studies. Hauptschulen teach basic general education leading to vocational school or university entrance qualification. Realschule offers more extensive education than Hauptschule, leading to a vocational or university entrance qualification. A Gesamtschule combines all the aforementioned schools.

There are about twelve compulsory subjects in every grade: biology, chemistry, civics/social/political studies, up to three foreign languages, geography, German, history, math, music, physical education, physics, religion/ethics, and visual arts.

(F3 means Fremdsprache 3 [third foreign language], which is usually French or Spanish)

In grades 11–12/13, each student majors in two or three subjects (Leistungskurse), in which there are usually five lessons per week. The other subjects (Grundkurse) are usually taught three times a week.

Vocational training (Berufsbildung)

Vocational training lasts between two and three and a half years and can take place in any of the following types of school:

Berufsschule (vocational school): the standard type of vocational school, it prepares students for further vocational education or for a job in a profession. Apprentices attend school twice a week and spend the rest of the week working at a company, so they gain knowledge of theory and practice.

Berufsfachschule: similar to Berufsschule, it is aimed at people who want to study specific subjects, such as nursing or occupational therapy.

Fachoberschule (vocational high school): students who have obtained a Realschulabschluss or Hauptschulabschluss can attend a Fachoberschule, where they will specialize themselves in technology, economy, or administration and management, among other subjects. After completing the program, they can study for a university degree after passing the Abitur.

Berufsoberschule (upper vocational school): those who want to attend one need to have graduated from a Berufsschule. It provides in-depth education and training.

Higher education (Tertiärbereich)

To attend university, students need to pass the Abitur exams, of which at least one is oral. They are tested on four or five subjects, including their two or three Leistungskurse and two or three Grundkurse (German, math, and the first foreign language). All knowledge areas must be covered, including language, literature and the arts; social sciences; math, natural sciences and technology, and sports. Each semester of a subject studied in the final two years of Gymnasium yields up to fifteen points, where advanced courses may count double and final examinations count quadruple.

There are 380 universities in Germany, of which 114 are private. Public universities charge fees of around €150–350 per semester, which often include the cost of public transportation. Tertiary education institutions are classified into Universität or Hochschule. The former term is reserved for those which have the right to confer doctorates, in a similar distinction to universities and colleges in the United States. Fachhochschulen (Universities of Applied Sciences) are a type of Hochschule that concentrates on applied science and has a more practical profile with a focus on employability.

There are three types of admissions procedures for degree programs:

Free admissions: every applicant who fulfills the requirements is admitted. This is usually the case in programs in which many students quit, such as engineering, mathematics, or physics.

Local admission restrictions: only a limited number of places are available and students are admitting according to numerus clausus, whose criteria vary depending on the institution and the program but generally include the final grade of the Abitur, a weighted grade average that increases the weight of relevant school subjects, interviews, motivation letters, and/or letters of recommendation.

Nationwide admission restrictions: to study dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, or veterinary medicine, there is a nationwide numerus clausus in which applications are handled centrally for all universities.

There are three official university degrees: Bachelor (bachelor’s degree) takes three years to complete, Master (master’s degree) lasts two years, and Doktorat (doctoral degree or PhD) takes between two and five years.

Students can usually choose freely from all courses offered by the university, but all bachelor’s degree programs require a number of particular compulsory courses in the field of the study program.

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"Everyone fenced in Early Modern Germany, but not everyone was a fencer in the way that the Fechtbucher assume. Athletics were an important part of young mens' upbringing, and the artistic motif of the Children of the Sun depicted those athletics, which included fencing. What was the difference between fencing, and fencing as a vocation?

Adam Franti is the lead instructor of the Lansing Longsword Guild.

If you enjoyed the lecture, please consider buying Adam a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/adamfranti

Interested in having Adam give a lecture for your group? Reach out to LansingLongsword at gmail, or send a message on this channel!"

A great video lecture on the physical culture of the time many of the manuscripts we study in HEMA are from.

For anyone who hasn’t yet seen the following links:

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Some advice on how to start studying the sources generally can be found in these older posts

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Remember to check out  A Guide to Starting a Liberation Martial Arts Gym as it may help with your own club/gym/dojo/school culture and approach.Check out their curriculum too.

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Fear is the Mind Killer: How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience by   Kajetan Sadowski   may be relevant as well.

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“How We Learn to Move: A Revolution in the Way We Coach & Practice Sports Skills”  by Rob Gray  as well as this post that goes over the basics of his constraints lead, ecological approach.

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Another useful book to check out is  The Theory and Practice of Historical European Martial Arts (while about HEMA, a lot of it is applicable to other historical martial arts clubs dealing with research and recreation of old fighting systems).

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Trauma informed coaching and why it matters

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Look at the previous posts in relation to running and cardio to learn how that relates to historical fencing.

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Why having a systematic approach to training can be beneficial

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Why we may not want one attack 10 000 times, nor 10 000 attacks done once, but a third option.

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How consent and opting in function and why it matters.

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More on tactics in fencing

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Open vs closed skills

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The three primary factors to safety within historical fencing

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Worth checking out are this blogs tags on pedagogy and teaching for other related useful posts.

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And if you train any weapon based form of historical fencing check out the ‘HEMA game archive’ where you can find a plethora of different drills, focused sparring and game options to use for effective, useful and fun training.

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Check out the cool hemabookshelf facsimile project.

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For more on how to use youtube content for learning historical fencing I suggest checking out these older posts on the concept of video study of sparring and tournament footage.

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Consider getting some patches of this sort or these cool rashguards to show support for good causes or a t-shirt like to send a good message while at training.

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Hi! Sara from Arizona! I was just curious to know if Germany has good horseshoers there? I mean is there a standard that practictioners of that trade must adhere to? Here, where I live, the shoers are all 6 week wonders, and I'll tell you that a blind caveman could do a better job! Every pastern is at a different angle, and too much toe is left on, while the heels are practically sheared off. It's terrible! I was just curious to find out whether this is just a local, national, or world-wide phenomenon? Thanks. Cheers!

I don't have a horse, so how would I know? I currently live and have lived just in some parts of germany, can't speak for the whole country.

As far as I'm aware there are good and bad ones depending on the region. Some might say there are only bad ones around. Well, the time till you change the irons depends on the horse, no? I mean I heard people talk about a 6 week rhythym but it is not a (no pun intended) 'one shoe fits all'.

Quick google search: The duration of further training to become a farrier in germany is around 2.5 years full-time and is uniformly regulated nationwide in accordance with the Farriery Act and the Farriery Ordinance. Already completed 2-3 year vocational training (in metal crafts) is a basic requirement for this. At the end there is a state-certified final examination.

Many requirements and laws, you see. Our farriers seem to work at a very high level of quality.

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It occurs to me I haven’t updated the internet on my job situation yet.

Well, in short, I have a new job, starting August.

It’s not the one I applied for.

It is actually the one I wanted originally, taking over the team lead where I’m at now when my team lead retires at the end of July, which I didn’t apply for because HR cut it from 100% to 50%. Well, turns out that was a stupid idea (we warned them), they didn’t get many decent applications, the interviews that did take place all didn’t go well, everybody panicked, and HR did an about-face, dialled the position back up to 100%, and I got offered the job. As in, I don’t even have to apply and go through the process. (I assume this is one advantage of things haven gotten to the point where I started looking at other jobs - they knew I was looking, and if they had insisted on doing another job advertisement, I might already have been gone by the time they got around to even scheduling interviews.)

It wasn’t an easy decision. From what I could tell, the new job would have had a more progressive, innovative environment, which did appeal to me. In the end, I picked the better title. The two jobs are very similar in regards to the tasks, but only one of them is a team lead position. Granted, in a big fish in a small pond kind of way, but still. The other would have me be a... medium-sized fish in a big pond, to stick with the analogy. But team lead will look better on my cv if I want to move on in a couple of years. And it’ll pay better (albeit not much - I did vocational training, but didn’t graduate from university, which will always strongly limit what kind of positions I can be considered for in a country as obsessed with formal qualifications as Germany).

But, yes, same place, new job! And, tbh, the fact that I in the end got a new job without even having to apply for it does amuse me. This is how it should be!

[abroadup]

Ausbildung is the term used in Germany to describe apprenticeship or vocational training programs that blend classroom instruction with real-world work experience. Usually, industries including business, engineering, healthcare, IT, and skilled professions offer these programs. Ausbildung programs are a significant component of the German educational system, and they are open to international students as well.

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CN: suicide, abuse, child abuse, poverty, etc.

Let me tell you a small part of my story, I am the perfect example for this

I am one of these people that have an incredibly high IQ and I don’t say this to boast bc I don’t believe a high IQ is inherently something good or inherently the only or even the defining measure/marker for intelligence and definitely not something that makes you better than others. It is merely a measure for a very specific kind of logical-analytical thinking that is used for maths and physics etc.

But in this case that specific ability the IQ measures is what these billionaires are talking about we need.

Fact is I disagree and I don’t think to solve the problems of the world we need more Albert Einsteins or Stephen Hawkings, but instead we need more Che Guevaras, Thomas Sankaras, Nelson Mandelas etc. - more compassion and more empathy is what we need! The technology to solve our problems already exist, the problem is that what dictates what is done is the profit motive, so what gets done is only what is profitable for the billionaires as opposed to what helps solve the problems and helps people.

But besides that, I am one of the people they would like to have more of. I dropped out of German Gymnasium 3-4 months before I would’ve graduated. (German Gymnasium is the only kind of school that gives you a degree you need to study in universities in Germany) I dropped out because I had to go to a psychosomatic clinic for half a year (that’s very long for this kind of clinic) because growing up I was abused by my birth-mother who I also lived with until I moved out basically by going to the clinic bc I just never moved back “home”, raised by 9 year younger sibling bc she was extremely neglectful and heavily parentified me, I was her personal therapist basically, she abused both of us mentally and physically, she was a single mother and we were always poor so I was always working (next to school and raising a child) since I was 12.

If we had had more money I wouldn’t have to work so much and could’ve finished school.

If child protective/ child welfare services actually work they would’ve helped me when I asked them. Latest after they invited me in after I was in the ICU bc I almost succeeded with trying to kill myself they would’ve a) done something based on what I told them before and b) talked to me without my birth mother.

If teachers were trained accordingly they would’ve called CPS after I was thrown out of home for the first time at 11. Or when I started self harming. Or when my friends dragged me to the school social worker when they were scared I was gonna kill myself. They would’ve tried to support me other ways. They definitely wouldn’t have downplayed it and gaslight me by convincing me it was normal to feel the way I felt bc I was in puberty.

If state welfare/ state unemployment programs actually worked, I would’ve been able to finish school after leaving the clinic. However since legally parents have to pay child support to the child until they finish their first degree that can be used to get a job (so either Ausbildung, aka job training, college or university), they said it wasn’t their responsibility. However the child support the state calculated I was supposed to get wasn’t enough to survive with (plus the numbers like parental income they used were to old and the my calculated it wrong, had I known I could’ve sued and gotten enough to survive, I didn’t know that until it was too late). I wasn’t eligible to get additional money since my bio-father earned too much (funny for that they used the correct income numbers). So my only choice was to go into a state-funded-job training/vocational college-program so I can get some additional money

If I had gotten help earlier in life I wouldn’t have been so sick that I wasn’t able to work next to school anymore and could’ve gone back to school to graduate and get my degree.

Just to name some of the ways the system failed me and prevented me from finishing school.

My last 1 1/2 years in school I had average grades at best. Because at 16 I completely broke down, my brain stopped working the way I had known it to before, within a few weeks I was unable to focus or think properly, often couldn’t even finish my sentences bc I couldn’t focus long enough to remember how I started the sentence and what point I was trying to make. I was completely burnt out and tried to kill myself a few months later.

However before I burnt out, I was one of the best students of my year, especially in sciences, especially physics. I regularly discussed with my teachers on above-university-level. My grades reflected that. One of my teachers was so exited about my love and talent for physics and maths that he introduced me to his old college professors that was at the time still teaching in the university of Heidelberg (maybe anyone knows it) that within Germany (and I also think internationally) is quite well known for it’s great physics (& other sciences) studies. Since financing my university degree aka financing myself through that time was always gonna be an issue and I had talked about that to my teacher before, him and two of his formerprofessors organized a scholarship for extraordinarily talented students that would’ve given me a “full ride” - the only condition was me graduating with decent grades aka that everything stays the way it was grade-wise.

It didn’t. Since I didn’t even graduate, the dream of studying physics (most likely practical, maybe a minor in theoretical physics or the other way around, I wasn’t sure yet) and astrophysics died, but honestly it died when I burnt out.

I didn’t lose my intelligence (/ability to think logical-analytical very very well) over night. I still had all of that, but it was (and partially still is) like having the best CPU (processor) in the world but the tiniest, shittiest RAM (kind of the short term memory of a computer) imaginable and in addition to that an amazing hard drive with buckloads of data, but aren’t able to reliably connect to it and if you manage to connect to the hard drive you can only access some data and most of it is corrupted.

It had gotten a lot better since I was 16, but I am still healing and working on it and anyone in a similar situation will know what I mean when I say, I can still tell that there is so much that I still can’t access and use.

So to me it feels like the biggest slap in the face when rich people (multimillionaires but especially billionaires) who often have strong ties into politics or at least strong ties into lobbying groups and often lobby against state welfare programs and call people who need that kind of help useless and leeches, say we need more people like Einstein, when they are the ones stopping people from studying, developing these abilities, getting into positions in which we can do research and innovate. It’s like they’re taunting me in a way. Because I genuinely don’t mean to sound arrogant and again I don’t think the problems our world has are gonna be solved by physicists or engineers, but I know my IQ and even if we ignore that my therapist is convinced when I get the chance to go back to therapy (currently my insurance won’t pay, not because they don’t agree I need it but because I had “too much” therapy already and they simply won’t pay for more), once I have healed more, my IQ is gonna be even higher, my IQ is already well above average. I have been likened to Einstein and Hawking and while I certainly don’t know as much as they did and never got the chance to become a physicist, I definitely had the potential to become one of the “great minds” In physics (of our time, I don’t think I would’ve reached their status but then again that’s also a lot of other factors involved)

So here I am, one of tens or hundreds of thousands if not millions of people who had the potential to become exactly the minds the likes of Bezos and Musk call for. But they’re directly responsible for the fact that most of us are busy surviving and don’t have the privilege to spend years studying and not earning money and then even the people lucky and/or privileged enough to do that, spend most of their time trying to acquire funding that they only get if it’s profitable enough and it doesn’t put the wrong people out of business.

Again all of the technology to fix the climate crisis exists already - very few don’t fully exist but could be developed within 2-3 years if given funding/ not blocked. But thousands of life-saving, climate-saving, world-saving innovations and technologies, collect dust in the forms of plans, concepts and patents in some drawers because either the people who could make it happen don’t want to because it won’t generate enough profit, or they’re actively being blocked because they would threaten the profits of someone who’s part of the 0,001% richest people on this planet.

(Again:)

Instead of more Einsteins and Hawkings we need more Che Guevaras, Thomas Sankaras, Nelson Mandelas, Motaz Azaizas, …

We need people who fight to change the system, who get the information to the people as to why this system isn’t just failing us, but has never worked for us and was always built against us and to exploit us. Who is responsible. Just how dire the climate situation is and why it isn’t being fixed. Why the “solutions” were being presented isn’t even like putting a small band aid on a massive flesh wound but more like slapping a bow on a massive open wound so deep that the entire spine is seeing daylight and the loung is visible and stabbed by bone etc.

Because it’s not helping in the slightest, it’s supposed to look like they’re helping/ doing something. It’s supposed to fool us into thinking our protest have taken effect and something is being done, so we lessen our efforts, stick by the current strategies that don’t do anything and are harmless to the people actively destroying our planet and hindering efforts to save the world so they can accumulate even more money, so we don’t start using measures that actually affect the people actually writing the policies (aka lobbies of billionaires & billionaires themselves)

We need brave community organizers, journalists, people who bring people together and inform them, people who organize all of us together so we can fight together. Notice how I didn’t say activists? We don’t need front figures, we need community and community organizers, if you take one thing away from this, then please look up the difference between organizing and activism, organizers and activists. I know when a lot of people say activists they mean organizers, but they way activism is seen and portrayed as by the general society and therefore media right now is ineffective and sometimes even hinders us because we’re so busy running against walls hoping others will join us to eventually break it, that we don’t take the time to learn how to support each other to build a human ladder and get above.

Either way, we need innovators, but not to innovate technology but to innovate ways we can break this system, tear it down and build a new one, how we can organize to agree on things and build a future together, create a positive vision for the future we can fight for - it’s way easier for us to fight for something as opposed to against something! People who figure out what we need to get there and start building networks and communes and grow food so they can’t starve us out, who make sure everyone is welcome and has an easy time becoming part of the effort, again, people who figure out how to spread information despite heavy censorship on those topics, people who figure out the best ways to break this system with the least casualties and get the information out that to break this system doesn’t mean a few weeks of throwing stones and violence and it’s done, but that revolutions take decades and sure there will be parts where we will throw stones in the streets, but most of it happens in our heads and with how we work, strikes, building networks, growing food, building communities that connect to each other within the networks, help each other, heal together etc.

There is a task and a space for everyone who just wants a better system that serves all of humanity and not just the profit and growth of very very very very very very few!

Just because you’re not the type to like going to protests and revolting, just because you might not be able to, doesn’t mean there isn’t a space for you in the efforts. On the contrary! While sure there will be some occasions where everyone who can reasonably go has to hit the streets, 99.9% of the time we will do other things and there are millions of tasks and ways to help - there will be one that you’re not just able to do, but one that suits your strengths. You just have to stay creative.

But I digress. In summary, the billionaires now advocating for more people in general to exist so there can also be more “geniuses” to “solve problems” is BS because THEY are the ones stopping people from even being able to create those kind of solutions but also because this isn’t the kind of solutions we need! It’s clear what they want: more people they can exploit to get even richer than they are - so they can be even more powerful. And they spread dumb BS propaganda like that, because birth rates in a lot of “western” countries are declining and they’re scared that them creating and pushing the myth of “overpopulation” to blame climate change problems on or claim the problem of world hunger on (not true, we have more than enough food, it’s just rather thrown away than given away for free, again and issue of distribution) backfired and makes people stop having kids, so now they’re back paddling. Which also shows they fundamentally don’t understand why many younger people won’t have children. Usually it’s not ideological but practical - we can’t afford it. Again because of the welfare programs and social security measures they keep cutting down on! And even the ones who do it for ideological reasons, do it less out of a concern for everyone else and more out of a concern for their potential children: I wouldn’t want to put a child into this world. I am not rich enough to guarantee a good life, especially after I am no longer there to help my child. It’s hard enough for me to survive right now and the way I see it with climate change and capitalism getting worse by the minute, I don’t want to imagine how it would be 25 years from now when the child would have to start working LATEST. No thanks, to me it seems extremely egoistical if I were to create a person just because I want to, when I know the world is going to shits and we all suffer more and more. Don’t get me wrong, anyone who still wants a child and gets one, that’s super fine. I don’t think not having children is a good long term strategy, but I personally don’t have the privilege/ life circumstances to at least be able to say that while the world goes to shits, at least I can always guarantee food on the table and give the child a good childhood and a stable basis so it’s grows up healthy emotionally and therefore resilient enough to deal with anything. But if you feel like you can give that to a child go ahead! Only rich assholes having children would be a sucky alternative!

So anyways they are back paddling. It’s BS. My story is one of millions who in so many different ways could’ve fulfilled the type of person these rich AHs pretend is necessary for the future, but they made sure we all can’t reach our potential and break the ceiling. But they know it’s not the solution either, they just need more people to exploit.

So instead let’s band together and build communities and dream big and fight for a better life! A better world! A better future for ALL OF US!

As my late [political] mentor used to say:

“Let’s be realistic. Let’s try the impossible!”

He taught me it’s never too late to fight, as long as there are people there is hope, never give up no matter how dire it seems, always be aware of the fact that the people in power will do anything to stay in power, don’t think “oh but they wouldn’t do that” bc no matter if evil or insane, they will do it, don’t forget human psychology when doing politics because the biggest mistake of most leftists politics (& politics in general) is not factoring that in, starting with how to defend against propaganda and fake news and how we spread information, but also which measures are more important, how to get people to understand and to listen and how to get people active, what is needed etc etc.

I wish he was still here, he died in 2023 but he was full of hope, more and more, that we can make it and while he wasn’t a pessimist, he certainly wasn’t an optimist either and he saw what is happening and while he certainly saw all the bad things, he saw how people react and how it’s changing, we’re all changing and how it gives us a fighting chance!

Preferably within the next 10 years, bc if we manage to win until then/ get to a point where within a few years we will be building a better society and are already doing better in general, already being able to live again instead of just survive, well then I can still have another child! (another since I consider my sibling I raised my child/ call him siblingchild. I love him to bits and if I don’t get the chance to have another child I will still sleep well knowing I raised him as best as I could and he is such an amazing person. I couldn’t be prouder. But I would love to grow our family and give him a nibling-sibling and also even tho life was hell at the time, I loved raising him and love being a parent even tho I am currently very badly burnt out again and not doing a great job. I would love to be a parent to yet another child/ children and this time around be an adult while I am raising the child(ren) and raising them with my partner and best friend and the community (it takes a village) together and not have to fight against an abusive adult who’s also a Nazi so they don’t raise them to be one. Just sounds nice in my head yk? So let’s revolution soon please!)

Context: Germany doesn’t put everyone in one school, instead after fourth grade the students get split up into three different kinds of schools based on “intelligence” (often socioeconomic factors heavily influence who goes to which school)

- Hauptschule: for the “least intelligent” which ends after grade 9 with a “Hauptschulabschluss” - that you can only use to get into practical Job-trainings (“praktische Ausbildung”) and some part on the job, part vocational college trainings (“duale Ausbildung”) where you usually have about half practical training in a company and half study in a school we call “job-school” (“Berufsschule”) which is comparable to some colleges/ the degree is comparable to some college degrees, I have also seen it translated as “vocational college”

- Realschule: for the “middle” basically, that used to be just for average people and the average degree people held, but the pressure to study in college and/or university is so high these days that ppl still see it as “not enough”, Realschule ends after grade 10 with the degree “Realschulabschluss” that you can use for everything the Hauptschulabschlusses does plus any and all “dusle Ausbildungen” aka part on the job training, part vocational college, as opposed to just some with the Hauptschulabschluss - the degrees you can start training/ studying for with a Realschulabschluss are comparable to some community-college degrees, it includes jobs like graphic design stuff or nursing etc.

- Gymnasium: supposed to be for “above average intelligence” but now most people go there nowadays, used to end after grade 13, now after grade 12 (which sucks and we learn less now) with the degree “Abitur” that enables you to do anything the first two do plus study at a university/ college (again, lots of jobs you need a college degree for in the US, in Germany you need a “duale Ausbildung” for instead)

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URBEX Guy Clément DEUTSCHLAND | ALTES LAGER | EHEMALIGE FLIEGERSCHULE V... - N'hésites pas à t'abonner à ma chaîne et activer les notifications 🔔pour être informé de mes prochaines explorations et découvertes! Feel free to subscribe my channel and activate notifications 🔔to be aware about my next explorations and discoveries! L’« École technique de l’École allemande de l’aviation commerciale GmbH » a été fondée le 14 aout 1933 par le Ministre de l’aviation du Reich, Hermann Göring. Cette zone est appelée Waldage  et depuis le XIXeme siècle, elle est à vocation militaire. Les bâtiments sont construits par la Luftwaffe : l'armée de l'air de la Reichswehr. Le Traité de Versailles, n’autorisait pas l'Allemagne de disposer d'une force aérienne. La base était initialement déguisée en installation civile. Dès 1933, elle comptait déjà 1 500 étudiants, hébergés dans des casernes. L’ensemble des bâtiment ont été édifié en 1933/1934 dans le secret absolu. Le 1er mars 1935, l’armée de l’air allemande prends son « envole »  et devient une installation militaire. La Seconde Guerre mondiale épargne le site, et dès le 20 avril 1945, au cours de la bataille de Berlin, l'Armée rouge occupa la garnison et son aérodrome et transforma le site en centre de formation pour les officiers des troupes blindées de chars et de l'artillerie soviétiques. Après le retrait de l'armée soviétique, URSS, le site est à l’abandon… pourtant classé monument historique. The "Technical School of the German Commercial Aviation School GmbH" was founded on 14 August 1933 by the Reich Minister of Aviation, Hermann Göring. This area is called Waldage and since the 19th century, it has been military. Buildings are built by the Luftwaffe: the air force of the Reichswehr. The Treaty of Versailles did not allow Germany to have an air force. The base was initially disguised as a civilian installation.By 1933, it already had 1,500 students in barracks. The entire building was built in 1933/1934 in absolute secrecy. On 1 March 1935, the German air force took its «fly» and became a military installation. The site was spared by World War II, and as early as 20 April 1945, during the Battle of Berlin, the Red Army occupied the garrison and its airfield and transformed the site into a training centre for officers of Soviet armoured tank troops and artillery. After the withdrawal of the Soviet army, USSR, the site is abandoned... yet classified as a historic monument. After the withdrawal of the Soviet army, USSR, the site is abandoned... yet classified as a historic monument. Die «Technische Schule der Deutschen Handelsluftfahrtschule GmbH» wurde am 14. August 1933 vom Reichsluftfahrtminister Hermann Göring gegründet. Dieses Gebiet wird Waldage genannt und ist seit dem 19. Jahrhundert militärisch. Die Gebäude wurden von der Luftwaffe gebaut: der Luftstreitkräfte der Reichswehr. La «Scuola tecnica della Scuola tedesca dell'aviazione commerciale GmbH» è stata fondata il 14 agosto 1933 dal ministro dell'aviazione del Reich, Hermann Göring. Questa zona è chiamata Waldage e dal XIX secolo, è a vocazione militare. Gli edifici sono costruiti dalla Luftwaffe: l'aeronautica della Reichswehr. Il trattato di Versailles non autorizzava la Germania ad avere una forza aerea. La base era inizialmente mascherata da installazione civile. Già nel 1933, contava già 1.500 studenti, ospitati in caserme. L'insieme degli edifici fu costruito nel 1933/1934 in assoluta segretezza. Il 1o marzo 1935, l'aeronautica tedesca prende il suo «volo» e diventa un impianto militare. La seconda guerra mondiale risparmiò il sito, e dal 20 aprile 1945, durante la battaglia di Berlino, l'Armata rossa occupò la guarnigione e il suo aeroporto e trasformò il sito in un centro di addestramento per gli ufficiali delle truppe corazzate dei carri armati e dell'artiglieria sovietici. Dopo il ritiro dell'esercito sovietico, URSS, il sito è in abbandono... eppure classificato monumento storico. La «Escuela técnica de la Escuela alemana de la aviación comercial GmbH» fue fundada el 14 de agosto de 1933 por el ministro de aviación del Reich, Hermann Göring. Esta zona se llama Waldage y desde el siglo XIX es de vocación militar. Los edificios son construidos por la Luftwaffe: el ejército del aire de la Reichswehr. El Tratado de Versalles no permitía a Alemania tener una fuerza aérea. La base estaba inicialmente disfrazada como instalación civil. Ya en 1933, contaba con 1.500 estudiantes, alojados en cuarteles. El conjunto de los edificios se construyeron en 1933/1934 en secreto absoluto. 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Germany grants more professional visas.

How effective have the reforms been?

A collaborative announcement from three German government ministries indicated that by the end of the year, approximately 200,000 professional visas will have been issued.

“This signifies an increase of over 10%” in comparison to 2023, the announcement stated.

Furthermore, it was noted that there is “significant interest” in visas for studying in Germany, completing vocational training, or having foreign qualifications recognized.

The issuance of visas to students from non-EU countries increased by more than 20%. The rise for vocational trainees was even more pronounced, at around two-thirds, while the number of individuals seeking recognition for their foreign professional qualifications surged by nearly 50%.

Germany faces an annual shortfall of 400,000 skilled individuals, which hampers our economic growth. With the implementation of the Skilled Immigration Act, we have established the most progressive immigration legislation in Europe, fundamentally transforming the visa application process.

The Opportunity Card:

The Opportunity Card operates through a points-based system that assesses an individual’s eligibility based on their qualifications, knowledge, and experience.

Additional points are awarded for meeting criteria related to occupations identified as experiencing a labor shortage, partial recognition of foreign qualifications, age, proficiency in German and English, and any prior ties to Germany.

Applicants are required to demonstrate financial resources of approximately €1,000 ($1,050) per month for the entirety of their stay.

In the last five years, Germany has generated approximately 1.6 million jobs, with 89% of these positions filled by foreign nationals.