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Yes, everyone has different starting conditions, BUT if I don't understand something in school as quickly as little Fritzchen next to me, I just have to sit down at home and study in order to still get good grades.

It makes a difference whether you have your own room at home where you can have some peace to study or whether you sit in a small children's room with two or three younger siblings.

If I have problems understanding long texts, then I read long texts in my free time as practice.

Books in a household are certainly an advantage there or if the parents have read to the children and sparked their interest.

If I'm bad at math, I practice math at home until I know the formulas.

In my environment, most people have needed math tutors.

Those who don't do all that and then sit in school and complain that everything is not spoon-fed to them there, but that they have to learn on their own initiative, are to blame themselves.

We are talking about children and adolescents. Admittedly, as a woman without children of my own, I do not presume to be able to judge what level of self-reflection can be expected from this group, especially when there are no positive role models at home.

It usually takes a few school years until children can learn alone in their room. The little ones need help, attention, and yes, also quiet.

Not reading at home is more of a not wanting to. It can't be due to money. There are libraries, book cabinets, books at Aldi and Lidl for little money, heavily reduced clearance items at Norma, even free ones in the junior bag at a fast food chain.

A problem arises when the child on the one hand is not supported (challenged) by their family environment and at the same time is a bit more intelligent than average. Then they get through elementary school relatively easily without ever having learned how to learn. At the Gymnasium, the grades then worsen, but they can still cheat their way through. Then, at 18/19 after the Abitur, they end up with an average of 2.7 and don’t really know what to do. They could not accumulate any success experiences (working/learning for something --> reward, good grade/diploma) and have no self-confidence because they think they only cheated their way through. At university, they really have to study, but are largely left to their own devices. Those who are not used to working out material themselves in study groups and especially just practicing can easily fail despite not lacking IQ and basic abilities. The skills and methods are simply missing. Learning these as an adult is immensely difficult. To intercept this early, you really just need a better key from teachers and educators to students. Then such a child can be supported early, they don’t get bored, school might be associated more positively, and skills and methods are better developed. Actually, we need compulsory all-day school with enough staff. Only in this way can we somehow counter demographic developments and at the same time achieve integration successes... Yes, it sounds like a (re)education camp, but given the variety of abilities of family environments, I would not rely on it going well as is. Another problem is that especially educationally disadvantaged groups tend to have many children. And then there are parents who want only the best for their children but lack the means due to illness to support them accordingly. If learning difficulties or dyslexia are added, things look really bad...

Euro pallets are untreated from the production side - as long as they have not been on any overseas containers. Disposable pallets can be made of untreated wood, but a lot of stuff can be mixed in. With used pallets, no one knows where they have been, what was transported, which lubricants or goods have leaked. Therefore, I would never consider a used pallet untreated.

Whether something is mixed in (sometimes the intermediate blocks are made of something other than wood, then they are sorted out) or something has leaked can be seen. And if you know where they come from, you can also determine whether they are safe.

Especially in rural areas, everyone goes to the same school. There sits the doctor's son, next to the boy whose father is in prison, behind them the entrepreneur's daughter who is friends with the maid's daughter. There is initially a completely different equal opportunity than, for example, in the USA where everyone who can afford it sends their child to a private institution.

And even in urban areas, we are much less segmented than in the USA. Universities are the same, and practically all universities here are free of charge. Bafög is a hassle and there should also be a discussion about how it is possible that the maximum rate is below the so-called subsistence minimum of social assistance. But basically, it is open to everyone who has a need. Vocational training helps all people who do not cope well with the university format but, for example, are good craftsmen.
It would certainly make sense to invest more money in the school system and enable better support in smaller classes. Especially in primary school. All-day care can also help to offset social differences. But again, compared to other countries, Germany is actually not doing so badly.

Paragraph 3 of the BImSchV states what you are allowed to burn; waste wood is not listed there, meaning that burning it constitutes an administrative offense. Any well-informed stove owner should know this. In case of doubt, you can also inquire with your responsible municipal administration.

With single-use pallets, especially those bought on eBay, you can never be sure whether and how they were treated, or where and how they were stored and what substances they may have come into contact with.

In § 3 BImSchV it states: No. 4: natural, piece wood (which can of course also be in the form of a board, and that is exactly what single-use pallets are), No. 6: painted, varnished or coated wood (with several exclusions that do not apply to single-use pallets), No. 7: plywood, chipboard, fiberboard or otherwise glued wood (with several exclusions that do not apply to single-use pallets). So if you are even allowed to burn painted and glued boards, you are definitely allowed to burn untreated boards. Especially since they fall under No. 4, natural in this context means untreated, not in their natural shape.
Whether they have come into contact with any substances can be seen.