Pupils set up own school
A group of frustrated German pupils have opened their own school, employing teachers and setting up their own timetables.
The school, named the Methodos School, was started by nine pupils who were unhappy about the way they were being taught and with the success rates of their teachers.
As a result the final year pupils started their own school, where they felt they would improve their A level exam chances.
The young adults from Freiburg, all 18, have rented rooms, employed ten teachers, founded a society and set up a budget.
The group will bear the total costs for the school year of £34,000. Their parents have agreed to chip in £10,000, and the pupils hope to find sponsors for the remaining amount.
So far the costs are covered by a loan, but “we all carry the risk to have massive debts after our exams,” says Alwin Franke, 19, one of the project’s organisers.
The Methodos project is not for slackers - Franke explains: “We will study in small groups of four or five from 9am to 5pm, six days a week.”
Papazoo Commentary:
This sounds like its right out of a movie, all its lacking is keg standing 101, student body 102. Seriously though, Germany’s education system is first rate, these must be some very exceptional students if they weren’t happy with the education they were receiving.
