He said the authorities were contacted by neighbors who claimed he had said he would rather kill his children than send them to school. Wunderlich and his wife, Petra, are both gardeners, who themselves graduated from a normal high school, which they attended "not reluctantly," Dirk said. Read more: Access to education in Germany still determined by family background.
But school has changed since his day, Wunderlich has argued. He believes that now, teachers do less in the classroom and expect children to do most of their work and learning as homework anyway.
He further emphasized that he and his wife taught their children with the assistance of a Christian distance-learning school, and had offered to have the relevant authorities check up on them at any time.
He has disputed the allegations that his offspring were not properly socialized, highlighting their participation in various clubs and organizations. He added that he believed the family circle to be the best environment for children. Dirk Wunderlich said they had considered moving to an EU country in which homeschooling is legal, such as France, but he said they were not allowed to move as they didn't have full custody of the children at that time.
Obligatory schooling has been part of German law continuously since , and is enshrined in several state constitutions as well. Trudi Miller Global Outreach Coordinator. May 21, Germany needs your signature! A revised version of the petition was filed at the German Bundestag and will soon be released on the Bundestag website. Everyone can sign the petition, regardless of nationality.
One co-worker in particular did this. He left the teaching duties up to his wife. His now year-old son could not pass the final examination required for graduation — he is now studying for his GED high school equivalency test and can only read, write and do math on a 3rd grade level!
Too much freedom is given to the many times, unqualified parents! Years ago we moved from Dallas, Texas to a smaller town with all 5 of our children because of the poor quality of the public schools we were near.
The GW Expat Blog. Homeschooling verboten. February 3, About HF. Grew up in Calif. Tulane and U. Taught German for 28 years. Lived in Berlin twice , Book author and publisher - with expat interests. G on February 4, at pm. HF on February 5, at pm. HI on February 10, at pm. Common schools also are a significant integrative measure to preserve a democratic society.
HT Neighbors on February 14, at am. Your opinions? Search This Site Search for:. After we started home schooling all these symptoms disappeared. We didn't want to stop," says Mr Romeike. Home schooling is simply about parents making the choice as to what's best for their children," says Michael Donnelly, a lawyer for the Home School Legal Defense Association. German police recently placed their four children in temporary care because the Wunderlichs refused to send them to school. The children have been returned to the Wunderlichs, but the German government has banned them from leaving the country, says Mr Donnelly.
Like many families who decide to educate their children at home, the Romeikes and the Wunderlichs are evangelical Christians. But some law experts say they their grounds for claiming religious persecution in Germany are weak. It offers many choices of school - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, private, public - every imaginable sort," says Professor David Abraham an expert on immigration and citizenship law at the University of Miami School of Law. What they can't call persecution is the obligation to attend school with other children.
That's an important social value that the German legislature has adopted," he says.
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