A long time
ago children went to school to learn and grow up. Today they go to a company
called school. What I have learnt at the various parent-teacher conferences
(sometimes with/ sometimes without my kids) was, that they have to behave in
this and that matter. Already new to me were the absence cards, which have to
be filled in like the company leaves. Actually a “normal” excuse is no longer
counting. Then at the end of the year, something like an appraisal interview
takes place. The pupils have to show their commitment, and/or will be
reprimanded if they lack interpersonal skills, how they behave in the team,
towards teachers, respect or lack of the same, if are they forgetful; i.e. forgot
books or other school material, etc. It felt like a state in a state; a reign or maybe i should write: more a dictatorship; like: if you don’t you will have to… For me it felt
like: you have no more rights to be a child. You will learn how to behave as an
employee, already now. And should you not cope you will go to a special school,
because then you are just not able to cope with the system later on so you will
get branded already at school.
It felt
dreadful, no worse; as if your own kids were the slaves who have to deliver
what is dictated and if they don’t or are not as required as the society
demands, they will be lost during their entire life.
In addition
to the above, my kids are not “100 % Swiss” they are 50/50. When we came back
from Africa (yes – a real dictatorship – Libya – Gadhafi – their father is
Libyan), it was shown to us what that means. Nobody asked my kids about their
German language; no they both had to go to additional German classes, just
assuming that both were not in command of the German language. That felt like a
slap in the face, because it was not true.
So it
started – my presence at school for both, my son and my daughter.
Recently my
daughter had to change the school and if she “fails” again at the other one –
she will have to go to a special school or to a home for kids or to a boarding
school – for that I do not have the money, since I have been unemployed for
quite a while.
Today you
are no longer allowed to be a child. You go to Kindergarten and will already be
formed to be social (in behavior), dutiful not forgetful, and to function as it
is required.
Are my children
slaves? Can’t they live / enjoy their childhood?
No, later
on the girls are driven to use make-up, to wear the hip clothes which are
required and to do as it is written in invisible codes of conduct. If you don't have a cell phone, you are anyway out.
Kids are already driven to be the future consumers, to pop pills - to just support all the places which actually rule the monetary system.
I don’t
envy them, I had my childhood, I was able to have fun and I surely was not a
nice girlie at all – no – I was a rebel I enforced many things at school for
example the leading part at school theaters etc. But kids today are watched (by
the system – big brother?); if they don’t behave, the whole village will point
at them and send people to spy on you.
My opinion was even: to show that you
are not capable to really educate them well. It happened to us. I forgive /
forgave them a long time ago but at the same time accuse them that children can
no longer be children. This will show in their later lives and the result will
be shown: Then the society will have to bear the consequences.
What
consequences, I don’t know. I hope mine will do a great job still – but that is
a long-term project which will only show after 20 years of life…
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