Dateline: Aug. 2, 2005
Homeschooling In Germany: Illegal
I was struck with suprise to find that Michelle Malkin was blogging on homeschoolers. And then I found that she was blogging about homeschooling in Germany. Being a homeschooler myself, I jumped to read what the latest news was.
It's worse than ever. I had read about it awhile back in Virtue Magazine, and couldn't believe the persecution there. And we in America think we have it hard.
Brussels Journal:
Last week, a court in Paderborn in the German state of Westphalia ruled that two Baptist couples lose their parental authority over their own children in educational matters. The court said it was interfering "in order to protect the children from further harm." It stated that the parents had shown "a stubborn contempt both for the state's educational duty as well as the right of their children to develop their personalities by attending school." The court appointed the local Paderborn social service as guardian over the children to ensure that they attend public school."
The court said it was interfering "in order to protect the children from further harm"? It was? Please, tell me how that works? They are outright saying that homeschoolers are unsocialized, stupid, and will be unable to act properly around others.
If they could only see my blog. My friends blogs.
I'm telling you, it would open your eyes to read, and to research homeschooling. We aren't unsocialized. We will be able to develop our personalities. Am I a robot? Am I someone who just does whatever I've been indoctrinated to do?
No. I'm not.
I've written an amount of material on homeschooling, that you can read (again for some of you). One of my favorites is "Homeschooling Is A Bad Idea."
This story is just sad. Sad that it happened, and even more sad that homeschoolers in Germany have come to expect it.
Comments
Aug. 3, 2005 - Untitled Comment
Posted by drewsfamilytx
We are so blessed to be in the U.S.A.-- problems and all! There were some interesting articles in TOS about hs'ing around the world. I was especially impressed with the one on Japan.
As far as Germany, I guess I missed the research on kids having a "right to develop their personalities" and how the state being guardian is more beneficial than the parents!
~Marsha