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  • The rotation system is quite stupid imo.

    First of all it means that the school year is a few weeks longer or shorter depending on which year you are in. So one year in one state might get three weeks more in the tenth grade, where the exams are, and another might get three weeks less. This is simply unjust and as the amount of time changes year to year teachers constantly have to shift around topics from one grade to the other. When the teacher changes, it creates a rift.

    The hottest times are End-June to Mid-August. Especially with climate change driving temperatures even further, baking in a run down school building without AC in the middle of July is a bane to any productivity and often schools have to cancel class early, because the heat becomes a health risk.

    The congestion hits the roads the most. This problem will always exist as long as Germany remains car-brained instead of expanding the capacity of the much more efficient rail-network and fixing the mismanagement of the train companies.

    Finally the Summer-Holidays in Germany are 6 weeks. With a typical family vacation lasting around two-weeks there is plenty of space to shift around the individual holidays. A much more efficient way to reduce congestion is to ensure that people can also take off work for parts off the weeks rather than having to go weekend to weekend.