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Germany
Die Welt
Life & Tech
"Faust was already quite exhausting for contemporaries"
Matthias Heine criticizes the practice of reading literary classics in simplified language at Berlin high schools, suggesting it reflects a loss of awareness about the value of intellectual effort.
Jan 13 • 10:05 UTC
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Die Welt
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Berlin High School Students Are Increasingly Reading Classics in Simplified Language
Berlin high school students are increasingly reading simplified versions of classics in German classes, raising questions about support for struggling readers versus a capitulation to complex works by Goethe and Schiller.
Jan 13 • 05:58 UTC
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Die Welt
National & Local
What Berlin is demonstrating now, namely lowering the requirements, is indeed in trend
Jan Fleischauer criticizes the trend in Berlin's high schools of teaching classic works like Goethe and Schiller in simplified language, calling it a 'capitulation statement'.
Jan 12 • 18:59 UTC