Saacnmama
American expat in Germany
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American
Speaks English, German
Registration: 11 March 2019
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German schools鈥攈elp needed by Saacnmama
My son would be a junior if we were in the US. When we got here, the Schulamt put him in a middle school, because he wasn鈥檛 16 yet. Now that school is saying they won鈥檛 let him take the MSA. He is very bright & clearly should go to ...
Exactly. He didn鈥檛 register for it on time. Now he will lose another year鈥攈e took one year to learn the language, and now will need to take another. Do you understand now? I鈥檓 teyinh to be as clear as possible. Read More
German schools鈥攈elp needed by Saacnmama
My son would be a junior if we were in the US. When we got here, the Schulamt put him in a middle school, because he wasn鈥檛 16 yet. Now that school is saying they won鈥檛 let him take the MSA. He is very bright & clearly should go to ...
JenSheer, can you tell me more about your son鈥檚 school, how you found it, and how he鈥檇 fit into the German system if he wanted to go to Uni here? Read More
German schools鈥攈elp needed by Saacnmama
My son would be a junior if we were in the US. When we got here, the Schulamt put him in a middle school, because he wasn鈥檛 16 yet. Now that school is saying they won鈥檛 let him take the MSA. He is very bright & clearly should go to ...
JennSheer, he really wanted to do the 鈥渘ormal鈥� German thing and has done amazingly well on his German. An international school is one of the ideas we鈥檝e talked about. Tom, the problem isn鈥檛 his iq or German ... Read More
German schools鈥攈elp needed by Saacnmama
My son would be a junior if we were in the US. When we got here, the Schulamt put him in a middle school, because he wasn鈥檛 16 yet. Now that school is saying they won鈥檛 let him take the MSA. He is very bright & clearly should go to ...
Beppi, now I see鈥攜ou also aren鈥檛 in Berlin! I was irritated before coming here that friends in other parts of the country claimed ignorance about schools in Berlin, but really am seeing how differently things are set up and even named in ... Read More
German schools鈥攈elp needed by Saacnmama
My son would be a junior if we were in the US. When we got here, the Schulamt put him in a middle school, because he wasn鈥檛 16 yet. Now that school is saying they won鈥檛 let him take the MSA. He is very bright & clearly should go to ...
Beppi, thanks for your reply! I really appreciate your willingness to help, so I鈥檒l try again (this is my first time here, and I thought it was only Americans) A 鈥淛unior鈥� in the US school system is someone in the next-to-last year ... Read More
German schools鈥攈elp needed
My son would be a junior if we were in the US. When we got here, the Schulamt put him in a middle school, because he wasn鈥檛 16 yet. Now that school is saying they won鈥檛 let him take the MSA. He is very bright & clearly should go to ... Read More