Re: Netherlandish schools (was Re: Untranslated notes)

--- Irina wrote:

> > You might consider homeschooling them, at least in languages.
>
> Not in the Netherlands. It's forbidden by law. Anyway, I want them to
> go to school to learn that there are people who don't live the way we
> do, because they won't learn *that* from our example.
It's funny. Earlier this week I read an article in a newspaper about a
woman who wanted to take her child away from school. I don't remember the
reason; probably because the child was teased, or the school did not
recognize its problems and/or capacities. Anyway, she was decided not
to let it go to school anymore.
What I remember from the article is this: it is not entirely forbidden by
law (there are, at least, some holes in it), but instead of any kind of
understanding from the side of our government, she was frequently
"harrassed" by "leerplichtambtenaren".

Jan


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