Young teachers feel humiliated by ritual: “Trainers make it clear that it is expected”. The North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Education says that the training school should not provide any entertainment at all.
In some federal states, now schools now provide examiners with coffee or tea as a collegial gesture of hospitality. One thing is clear: even the appearance of bribery on the hand and exerting pressure on the junior trainee staff is not possible at this time.