[HIGHLIGHTS] Young teachers feel humiliated by ritual: “Trainers make it clear that it is expected”

Young teachers feel humiliated by ritual: “Trainers make it clear that it is expected”. “We were told that we had better come up with something good,” said Yvonne Walters.

The Education and Science Union (GEW) is aware of the strange custom. The appearance of bribery should be avoided, says GEW board member Anja Bensinger-Stolze. In some federal states, schools now provide examiners with coffee or tea as a collegial gesture of hospitality.