Educating Germany
If this is how you treat foreigners.....?
10/06/08 @ 03:00:00 am , Categories: Other Recently an American family came to my attention as they were frustrated by the German school system that one of their children is enrolled in.
As you can read in the father's posts:
- the school refused to teach the child German, saying it was the responsibility of the English-speaking parents
- they refused the parents the opportunity of transferring to the other public school in town
- and when the parents found an alternative school, the current school refused those school administrators entrance to their premises to observe the child in question.
It is all very bureaucratic and reflective of the German school system's total disregard for the parents and their protégé. Where do they 'get off'?
How it began
More about that meeting
Knocked back
Visit to another school
You've got to be kidding - they did what?
Won't you come on in?
Update 9 October 2008
A shrink in any language
Accepted - says it all!
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Arno Lange
Jena is a long way from where this family is, but other readers could be interested in this alternative to traditional public school - at least until homeschooling is legal ;)
Its good to know that there are people out there that actually observe how children learn and provide environments to nurture that curiosity and zeal.
Keep up the great work!
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For those new to the situation in Germany: home educating is (perceived as) illegal.
The common citation for forced school attendance is to protect against parallel societies.
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