Abstract
Education in Germany is an extremely federal affair. The state of Hessia has just passed a bill called “Schulverwaltungsorganisationsstrukturreformgesetz”. This is a linguistic monstrosity, its 49-letter length owed to the peculiarities of the German language, describing the intention to reform the organizational structures of school administration. But teachers are subject to endless legislation too. Official catalogues of educational objectives describing a pupil's competences and skills, which have to be promoted by all means, must strictly be adhered to. Apparently, not much needs to be learned these days. It used to be a tradition that, when back at school after the long summer holidays, German children would write up their “Holiday Story” as a writing exercise. This is probably a completely old-fashioned concept for many professors of pedagogics, although, to speak in their terms, it does theoretically induce an intrinsic motivation. Your editor, for one, has an urgent craving to tell you his Holiday Story.
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