..to "counteract the development of religious and philosophically motivated parallel societies."
This is a quote from the German High Court explaining why they have outlawed homeschooling in Germany. A common school system counteracts the development of religious and philosophically motivated parallel societies. The common school system promoted homogeneity.
There is a lot here. Looking around at various societies, the "parallel society" seems to be a real problem with real risk. But, for example, how would a Muslim German citizen respond to this? Is the Protestant north taught the same as Catholic Bavaria?
More specifically, is this ordering pressure applied in the right way? Outlawing home-schools seems more like herding than leading, confining than directing.
A better approach might be to create a core understanding of the nation's basics and make that understanding mandatory. All the rest, home-schooling included, would be elaboration.
But this would require the nation have a good concept of self.
This is a quote from the German High Court explaining why they have outlawed homeschooling in Germany. A common school system counteracts the development of religious and philosophically motivated parallel societies. The common school system promoted homogeneity.
There is a lot here. Looking around at various societies, the "parallel society" seems to be a real problem with real risk. But, for example, how would a Muslim German citizen respond to this? Is the Protestant north taught the same as Catholic Bavaria?
More specifically, is this ordering pressure applied in the right way? Outlawing home-schools seems more like herding than leading, confining than directing.
A better approach might be to create a core understanding of the nation's basics and make that understanding mandatory. All the rest, home-schooling included, would be elaboration.
But this would require the nation have a good concept of self.
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