Posted on 09/26/2013 1:02:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
At a home-school community meeting deep in the woods of Baden-Württemberg, children kick around balls and parents grill sausages while chatting about their latest run-ins with the state.
An American woman who just gives her name as “Teri” says she and her German husband started home-schooling their two daughters so they could learn both English and German. “We want them to be fluent in both languages, in both cultures and in both politics,” she says.
But when local authorities discovered their daughters were not going to school, Teri and her husband received a letter demanding they enroll them. “The letter said we can fine you tens of thousands of euros. We can take your children away from you. We have the power to do this, and we have the power to do that,” Teri says. “It was very frightening.” …
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*snicker*
Nazis.
Um, let’s cut Germany a little slack on this. You remember that Hitler guy, right. I think the Germans have a right to be a little sensitive about what sort of ideas might get crammed into a kid’s head after that Hitlerjugen camp out. I’m not condoning the attack on home schooling, just saying that there’s a pretty damned good reason why there are laws on the books in Germany about keeping nazism there throttled back to zero, which includes making sure that Germany’s children know and understand what was done by their great grandparents.
That is a very confused response. What exactly do you want the government of Germany to have slack cut for them over, if not this issue? This is a statist position in and of itself; there is no excuse.
Also, do yourself a favor and learn some history.
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