Post AVcMzuifF1SLzsbmE4 by LunaDragofelis@fedi.criminallycute.fi
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 (DIR) Post #AVcMzuifF1SLzsbmE4 by LunaDragofelis@fedi.criminallycute.fi
       2023-05-13T16:08:51.186012Z
       
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       I did my software developer apprenticeship in a job training center for autistic people. I only had a Quali degree, no Abitur or Mittlere Reife (Germany has three branches of high school), and even that was a fight to get, as I was in special education due to bad behavior (read: autistic with poorly treated mental health issues).The job training center was in the next bigger city, Munich, 60 km away from Augsburg, where I live. An hour by train, city center to city center. I live in a neighborhood at the edge of the city, taking me about half an hour from my apartment to the train station.The job training started at 8, and I had to leave the house at 6:15. The training was pretty school like, with an instructor in a classroom. Though the subjects were handled day- or even weekwise, instead of hourwise. We did theory and exercises, and also some other, pedagogical contents.But in Germany, most apprenticeships are formally required to follow the "dual apprenticeship" model, with about a quarter of the time spent in a public vocational school. Which vocational school one goes to, is defined by the location of the apprenticeship, not the place of residence.So I had to go to Munich for vocational school. Classes started at 7:30 on most days. The vocational school was also at the periphery of Munich, requiring a subway ride and then either a long walk or a bus ride, compared to the job training where it was 10 minutes of walking from the main train station.This meant leaving the house at the unholy time of 5:15 on vocational school days. I often was so tired I slept at the desk.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVcMzvmFJBupHHI9Ro by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
       2023-05-13T16:24:16Z
       
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       @LunaDragofelis I consider forcing young people to get up excessively early for school and/or work to be actively dangerous; particularly when they are older and start driving - round where I live this leads to nasty road traffic collisions and workplace accidents (especially as a lot of the work is in London and SE England which is a 2 hour drive away, so people are starting to travel around 05:00 to arrive on site for 07:30)