The fact that homeschooling is illegal in Germany is pretty authoritarian so I did vote fascist.
Yeah, but that's just considered "normal" in Germany. Asking an German why homeschooling is illegal is almost the same as if you ask him why driving drunk is illegal.
The most probable answers would be:
1) Well, it would be a pretty stupid idea to allow it, wouldn't it?
2) Are you insane?
3) What the hell is "homeschooling"?
True in some way, but not entirely. I agree that itīs considered "normal" by the German and also, in my case, the Austrian population, that students go to public schools. But does it have to be this way ? Not necessarily in my opinion. We could still burn witches and open up KZs. That was thought to be "normal" back then by lots of people. The majority is not always right. Iīm not really familiar with this matter, but I did some research lately and found out that a religious couple from Germany who practiced homeschooling for their children had to move to Austria, where homeschooling is legal, because they didnīt want their children to study Darwins Evolution Theory or Sex Education etc. They were persecuted by German State authorities, they were threatended with high fines, coercive detention and child custody deprivation if they donīt put their children into state schools.
Homeschooling in Austria is quite an easy going matter, too easy going as seen by some recent child abuse scandals in the state of Upper Austria. A mother "jailed" her daughters in her house for more than 5 years. They were not allowed to leave the house in that time ... and they were granted homeschooling by the local authorities. But because the law is so lax here, the mother managed to cheat the year end exams all the time or whatever...or the authorities just f****d up.
I therefore think that homeschooling is not a bad idea if certain qualifications of the parents are met and an indiviual exam (based on religious beliefs or whatever) is taken at each year end.
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