[kiney]

Even though most schools are public, quality very much depends on location. Germany is federal and education is responsibility of the "Länder" (like provincia). In Argentina i visited a private school which was more or less comparable to the my school in germany (Gymnasium "part" of a Gesamtschule in Niedersachsen). Not sure about the quality in Berlin which is notoriously broke.

[nick_meister]

Thanks! I didn't know that German schools quality varied between locations/Länder.

[ethnologica]

You are welcome.

Berlin schools, even Gymnasien, have a bad reputation due to Berlin's failed economic policy, which resulted in a lack of equipment and missing teachers. To get into a Gymnasium with a very good reputation processes are highly competitive.