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It is not? I had at least 2 years of organic chemistry at high school (Czechia).


In Germany it's 1 year of the final 2 year Chemistry elective, where most people instead choose Biology or Physics (and I think if you are on a language focused path you might not even have to do one of them).


It depends on the state level, but I believe in most (if not all?) you need to take at least one year of anorganic and one year of organic chemistry


Just looked it up and you are right, all of 10th grade is already focused on organic chemistry[0] (in Bavaria) for those with a STEM profile, while other profiles also have organic chemistry that year, but a bit less of it.

[0]: http://www.isb-gym8-lehrplan.de/contentserv/3.1.neu/g8.de/id...


In the US, high school includes very basic chemistry lumped into general science topics. Pretty much all organic chemistry I've learned has been from Khan academy and wikipedia...


same in Egypt.




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