The most important key learning was that not a single bit of training goes on in the German system without an employer at the other end who has already agreed to hire that person. Be it in a high school, a community college, or even at the university level, there are no programs existing that train for no reason. Everything is linked to an employer, and the employers are there with the educators and with the governments determining curriculum and determining what skills will be needed for those businesses.
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