So
At 22:29 or as they would call it 10:29 pm
I have decided I will write out the Danish education system starting with the basics and then going into more detail about like, mainly the secondary part of the system
Dedicated to @faintvibes if you ever wanna read it
So there are three parts, two if you don't continue with a higher education.
Primary - lasts 10 years
Secondary - lasts 3 years
And the third part would be the highest education.
Primary
So basically primary is sort of put into parts, you have year 0 to year 2-3 being put together, year 4 to 6 being put together and year 7 to 9. There are certain classes which start at year 3 and ends in year 8 (Jesus christ right) and some classes last all 10 years. There's a few different unique classes which focuses on design or hardiness to give us experiences outside of normsl academics, and then we have math, Danish, English, history, social studies, religion (because we are a very Christian based society religion is a core subject in primary) and of course some science subjects
Now I think the Danish primary system heavily fails in their science department and part of it is because teachers aren't getting paid enough so therefore those who do get degrees in for science will go else where for higher pays. It's unfortunate and some of us (such as me) didn't have Biology at all for the three years I should've had it since there were no Biology teacher. (Still mad) (still got A+ in secondary) (who said you couldn't become super good at Biology in a year)
Secondary
The secondary part is kind of different. During the start of year 7 you get introduced to the opportunities after primary, in year 8 you get more information and year 9 you get it drilled into you (even though I think Danish schools could do way better at guiding people when it comes to education)
So our secondary system isn't like the American system, we don't just have a singular high school you have to attend.
We have pathways, different schools offers different pathways.
Our pathways are divided into vocational pathways and gymnasium (high school) focused pathways
I introduce, gymnasium:
STX - Standard Student Exam
HHX - Higher Trading Exam
HTX - Higher Technical Exam
HF - Higher Preperation
Pre-IB + IB - International Baccalaureate
EUX - a mixture of gymnasium and vocational school
And I introduce, vocational:
EUD - Vocational education
EUX - a mixture between gymnasium and vocational
Now, you may ask, what are the differences, why are there so many, how do you even choose. Personally, I love having these choices, instead of going through a standard student exam where I would have to have more religion, more about ancient artifact, sports for three years. I got to choose a higher technical exam, where I DONT HAVE TO HAVE SPORT AT ALL
Let me get more into them individually
STX - Standard Student Exam
So, STX, The standard, made in 1850, pulled down from university level to a Latin school, to have some good ol education for the Danish boys.
Now going past all the major history such as girls being allowed into schools, and all of that, I will focus on the modern day version of STX and what it entails.
So the core subjects get described from A - 3 years, B - 2 years and C - 1 year. It's basically how long you have them, so the core subjects in a STX:
Danish A
History A
A third language A/B
English B
Mathematics B
Ancient artifacts C
Social studies C
Religion C
Sports C (last three years FOR WHATEVER REASON)
Biology C
Physics C
Oh wow, ok a lot of C subjects, that's also just very, STX. They are mainly spread out between their first, second and third year so they can have them at different points. As you can see it is also obligatory to have a third langauge, these are often either beginner which would require you to have them all three years therefore A Level, or continuation, which means you have had said langauge in primary, and therefore it is B level because you are already experienced.
Now the core subjects aren't all because STX also have study tracks which adds some subjects.
The study tracks in STX specifically focuses on:
Social studies
Examples: Social studies A, Math A. Social studies A, English A.
Science
Examples: Math A, Physics B, Chemistry B. Math A, Biotechnology A, Physics B. Biology A, Chemistry B.
Art
Examples: Music A, English A. Music A, Math A
Langauges
Examples: English A, French continued B, Spanish beginner A. English A, French continued A, Latin C. Greek A, Latin A.
So depending on the study track of your choice, you could get a whole lot of different subjects.
Oh yeah
The first three months of STX
The first three months of a STX you go through these basic courses, you do that at every gymnasium except for HF and IB. At STX the basic courses are:
Natural Science Course (Physics, Chemistry and Biology)
General linguistic understanding
HHX - Higher Trading Exam
So HHX, initially made as an experiment in 1888 and officiated in like 1920. Used to be a vocational school before in 1994 they made both HHX and HTX official gymnasium pathways (recent babies)
HHX, as you may guess, is extremely business and economic focused, as reflected in their core subjects:
Danish A
English A
A third languages A/B
International Economy B
Business Economy B
Math B
Contemporary History B
Sales B
Business Law C
Social studies C
Informatics C
As you can see, no science, just a bunch of economics and business and that's great for the because that's what they love. Of course obligatory langauge.
Now study tracks are put into three boxes
Economics and Sales
Example: Sales A, Business Economy A. Sales A, International Economy A. Sales A, Innovation B. International Economy A, Business Economy A.
Economics and languages
Examples: Spanish/French A, International Economy A. German A, International Economy A.
Languages
French A, Spanish A. German A, French B.
Yeah, HHX
And of course, the basic courses, the first three months:
Economics Course
General linguistic understanding
HTX - Higher Technical Exam
My love <3
So HTX, made as an experiment in 1982 and officiated in 1988, made into a gymnasium pathway in 1994. Had quite a short run as a vocational pathway but damn, only forty years of existence.
This pathway, is extremely science and technology focused, the perfect fit for Donnie. As of course, reflected in the core subjects:
Danish A
Technique A
Math B
Physics B
Chemistry B
Technology B
English B
Social studies C
Biology C
Informatics C
NOTICE, NO THIRD LANGAUGE
Absolutely best part.
HTX feels like a love letter to me
For it's study tracks, it is put into boxes of three yet again:
Applied Science
Examples: Math A, Physics A. Math A, Chemistry A. Math A, Programming B. Math A, Biotechnology A.
Communicationtechnique
Examples: Communication/IT A, Programming B. Communication/IT A, Design B
Technology
Examples: Technology A, Design B. Technology A, Social studies B. Technology A, Math A
As a extra mention, if you choose a study track with Communication/IT A, it replaces Informatics C.
And now for the basic courses:
Science course
Product development (introduction to technology)
Fun little facts, HTX is the gymnasium pathway that focuses the most on real world applications and its often noticed by how well students from HTX do anywhere, because we are so good at working in groups (due to constantly having to do it) and trained in practical work flows.
Thrilling conclusion
Ok so for right now I only did the main big three, I will do the remaining another day since I do need sleep unfortunately, hope you enjoyed the read.
