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Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 1, 2026

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No, Berufsschulen are a special kind of school for an Ausbildung, which you do after regular school. They help with the theoretic part of a practical education for a specific kind of job. As an example, if you want to become a mechatronic, you may learn the practical part working in an actual repair shop, and then for specific days you go to the Berufsschule and learn some basic electrical circuitry or whatever.

I would say it slightly differently, tenure is a special kind of being a civil servant, but yes.