[rad_gruchalski]

No, I don’t think that’s true. The 12 years of the pre-uni education set you up for being a member of society. You don’t see it because it became a part of you. You also learned to read, write, all basic math, geography, …

The uni taught you more real-world expected skills but I‘m certain you learned more before uni.

[constantcrying]

Why couldn't I have learned university courses and these other skills at the same time?

[kube-system]

> Why couldn't I have learned university courses and these other skills at the same time?

Was that not offered at your school? It was at mine.

University level courses do presume you have some basic skills. But in many places, schools do offer university level courses for those who are prepared.

[constantcrying]

>Was that not offered at your school?

I think it would have been theoretically possible, but obviously logistically difficult as I would have had to skip multiple classes in other fields to attend.

It's also not like I was particularly interested in mathematics at that point in my life. I essentially chose my field of study based on what I had the best grades in. Only during my studies, when the material actually became difficult, I started to be interested and engaged in the subject.

[kube-system]

For the schools that offer students the ability to take university-level courses, students aren't "skipping" other classes.

> Only during my studies, when the material actually became difficult, I started to be interested and engaged in the subject.

Many schools solve this by having different difficulty-levels of courses. My school, in the US, had three.

[constantcrying]

Germany has different levels of schools. I was in the one for highest education, targeting a university degree.

[kube-system]

Schools in the US often offer different tracks within the same school but still offer different difficulty levels within them, including university level courses.

[rad_gruchalski]

I don’t know. Why couldn’t you?