To guarantee that class can continue even in the event of the teacher’s absence, a complicated system of substitute teachers exists in the USA, but Germany’s system is much easier. Except in cases of extended nonattendance, if a teacher if missing, his or her class is dismissed. And unlike the USA, where teachers stay in specific grade levels to teach the same subject to a different group of students each year, teachers in Germany stay with one class from the start of their secondary school carrier until their graduation, and then return to the youngest students in the school to start the cycle again. Another divergence between the US and German school systems lies in how each country handles homeschooling. While American parents regularly decide to homeschool their children for religious, personal, or other reasons, Germany requires that all children attend either a private or public school. In these schools, religion can be taught with the parent’s consent, but they cannot exempt their child from sex education or evolution
To guarantee that class can continue even in the event of the teacher’s absence, a complicated system of substitute teachers exists in the USA, but Germany’s system is much easier. Except in cases of extended nonattendance, if a teacher if missing, his or her class is dismissed. And unlike the USA, where teachers stay in specific grade levels to teach the same subject to a different group of students each year, teachers in Germany stay with one class from the start of their secondary school carrier until their graduation, and then return to the youngest students in the school to start the cycle again. Another divergence between the US and German school systems lies in how each country handles homeschooling. While American parents regularly decide to homeschool their children for religious, personal, or other reasons, Germany requires that all children attend either a private or public school. In these schools, religion can be taught with the parent’s consent, but they cannot exempt their child from sex education or evolution