While researching the "true story" (as in "based on a...") behind runaway horror blockbuster The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Corporation of America), I reviewed the sad history of Anneliese Michel of Bavaria, 1952 - 1976. Here I learned that the unfortunate young woman in question attended the Pedagogic Academy in Wurzburg. And I just thought, "what the hell." Do these kinds of things really exist? More importantly: do they still exist?
The answer is no, at least not in Wurzburg. There is pedagogic academy in Athens. Bydgoszcz has one as well. Liepaja. The Ukrain.
Wurzburg, I learned, does have Fachschulen, Sprachenschulen, Bildungswerke, Fachakademien, Privatschulen, Volkshochschulen, Fachhochschulen, Fachschaften, Sonstige Hochschulen, Universität, Frühförderung, Förderschulen, Gymnasien, Musikschulen, Nichtstädtische Berufsschulen, Realschulen, and Städtische Berufsschulen - which facts led me to question the veracity of the whole "Emily Rose" backstory. It seemed like they were leaving a lot out. Still: you have to admit that it sounds like the kind of place where you'd go to school and wind up crazy.
This concludes our segment on research in online journalism.
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