Volksschulen and 1960s Germany

[nightrose83]

One more question: Were the older forms of the Realschule (Mittelschule) more or less the same when it came to the sorts of careers it prepared children for

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[majolika]

[nightrose83]

Thank you. I had read that schools were gender-segregated at a point in time, but I'd heard it in regards to Gymnasien, and that could be state/school dependent in the 70s. Was it also true of elementary education until the 60s?

[majolika]

[nightrose83]

But I would guess that many Gymnasien were gender-segregated, and all schools were segregated based on religion? I've also been told things about the German Carnival in the predominantly/traditionally Catholic regions; I believe I was told that parades and floats happen and people will dress up, but is there anything else I'm missing with that that would be traditional?

[veradee]

1. If her teachers deemed her to be bright enough and her parents had been interested in sending her there, she could have attended a Realschule or a Gymnasium anyway after attending Volksschule for four years.