... way. In both types of these high schools people can't attend college after graduating, but if they work hard, they can still make a big career and earn a decent salary. To study in college, people have to choose the third way, which is called Gymnasium. Gymnasiums have high expectations on their students and distribute large volumes of work. Twelve or thirteen years ... after ten years of school has had ten years of Math, German, Art, Music and Physical Education: six years of World History (including Social Studies), Geography and a second language - usually English or Spanish: four ye...

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... Mendelssohn In 1729, a baby was born in the Jewish ghetto in Dessau, Germany. He was born into a Germany of casual intolerance and Jewish isolation. Jewish children learned only enough to study Talmud and speak Yiddish, and those Jews in mainstream Germany faced limitations and prejudice at every turn. They could not read German or ancient Hebrew or work in mathematics because ... offspring. Next were the "protected Jews," who could own property and engage in business, but had no freedom of movement. They could also only pass their status to one child free of charge; others could pay to...

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