Originally posted by Nep Parth
Ah, to live in a country where I could drink. Wait, what am I talking about? I'm a teetotaler.
My school gets out in June, and finals are then. Do they use the German schooling system in Denmark? Do you go to a gymnasium and take the Abitur? Or just finals?
Yes and no. First of all, there does not exist a German school system, each Bundesland has its own school system, which have significant differences, however the Abitur and the Gymnasium exist in every Bundesland.
Denmark has a different school system, but it is similar to that in Germany in many respects, and we do have a gymnasium, which only lasts 3 years, that are the 11th, 12th and 13th class in Germany. Before that, all people are going into a Folkeskole which is kind of a german "Volksschule" (I don't know the US equivalent). If you finish there (it lasts 9 years), u get an exam that allows you to become, lets say, a specialised worker, mechanic or so (in Germany called "Hauptschulabschluß".
After having finished folkeskole u can either go to the gymnasium (Oberstufe gymnasium in Germany), take one year more to get a middle degree (Mittlere Reife in German) or start to work.
That means it only takes 12 years to get a Abitur in Denmark, as you can drop 10th class (it is absolutely unnecessary to take it).
Compared to Germany, it is a bit easier the first 9 years, after that it is getting hard, and when you get your Abitur (called studentereksamen in Denmark), it is fully accepted in all european countries (so it is equivalent to the German Abitur, indeed)