Dana at Principled Discovery comments on the small changes concerning public attitudes about the relationship between the German state and German citizens.
A different presentation of German homeschooling
In the wake of a few high profile cases, however, there is evidence that public attitude is beginning to shift. There have been a number of positive articles on homeschooling in German newspapers which have looked at the problems in German public education and noted that a number of other nations in the European Union allow homeschooling with positive results.
The cartoon that Dana explains is at Götz Wiedenroth’s Daily Political Caricaturesite. I don’t mean to use Uncle Adolf as part of the argument, and I don’t know if Herr Wiedenroth intends to, but the cartoon reminds me of a concentration camp, rather than a jail. The motto over the entryway, “For Life, We Learn” resembles the “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Makes [you] Free”) motto over the entrances of Nazi concentration camps.
Regardless of what is driving the molasses-in-January changes, I am glad to see that the actions of families standing up for themselves is having an effect.
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I noticed that too, as did one of my readers. I wasn’t sure the resemblance was entirely intentional, and didn’t want to draw too strong of a comparison. It definitely reminded me of the “Arbeit Macht Frei” signs as well.