&gt; Also, there&#x27;s some attempt in kindergarten at ensuring everyone can read—i.e., it serves as remedial education backstopping the bad parents who never read with their children. That continues on in grade 1, but it&#x27;s good to know early who the problem children (problem parents) are.<p>That’s interesting, considering how in Germany reading and writing is the only content of German class in first grade of school. Many kids are unable to read by the time they go to school.