Well, here I am again to tell my anglophone readers tales of greatness about education in Germany.

Today’s installment of spoon-fed wisdom shall focus on PISA – Permanent Incompetence Sucks Ass.

First, a little lesson in architectural history. Most of you should know there is a country named Italy. In Italy you will find a place named Pisa. This is famous for its leaning tower. A marvellous piece of medieval civil engineering having become THE metaphor for making the best of a basically good thing having gone horribly wrong. To me this is the reason the Programme for International Student Assessment was given the same name…

To save the tower from collapsing (mainly because then Pisa’s economy would have done the same soon thereafter…) they gathered the world’s best civil engineers to find a solution. Read the story on Wikipedia…

Look at the infamous PISA-shock which struck Germany. The race that once tried to conquer the world (which was an Austrian’s fault by the way…Californians…we warned you…you didn’t listen…you should have considered what the one Austrian leader we ever had did to our country…it’s a miracle that the Governator hasn’t invaded Mexico yet…) was nowhere to be found among the top ranks. The papers were outraged. They published articles about how close Germany’s education system was to a complete meltdown. Oh really? I wouldn’t have noticed…
What did they to do save the day? They gathered politicians…

stay tuned!

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