Having studied in Germany, I have a few quibbles with that article.<p>On 1: teachers not uploading material is hardly a systemic issue. Not all academics are great teachers, that is true. But complaining about having to take notes seems a bit whiny to me.<p>On 2: whether you spend the semester learning and then have a quick recap before the exam, or whether you spend it goofing off and then quickly memorize everything until the end of the exam is your choice, and your responsibility. If you need constant motivation to keep working, that is not the universities problem. You have to work on that yourself.<p>3. I have never taken such an exam, but the exams described here are just terrible. I assume this is related to point 1.<p>4. I&#x27;ve only ever had one card at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, for the library, the cantina, building access, printing credit, admin stuff, and student ID. As the author noted, this is being changed in Cologne too, so I&#x27;m not sure what&#x27;s the point except a good rant.<p>5. No argument here. Administration seems to be universally terrible.<p>6. This is Point 1 again.<p>7. Wtf, Cologne?<p>8. Duplicate of #5.<p>I&#x27;m not claiming that everything is roses in Germany, but some of the author&#x27;s points are about individual teachers or issues at the University of Cologne, and do not do the title justice.