Figure 1.--This German boy hold his gift cone for the first day of school. Before the War they were larger. The cones and all the attention the children get helps to make the point that school is a major event in their lives..
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Figure 1.--This German boy hold his gift cone for the first day of school. Before the War they were larger. The cones and all the attention the children get helps to make the point that school is a major event in their lives.. |
There are some unique aspects to the German debate because of the unqiue German historical experence as well as social attitudes. One of the most important
here is the respect that Germans have for educators. German teachers thus have an authority and prestige that is often not shared by teachers in some other
countries. Not only were teachers respected, but so was education itself. German parents attached great importance to their children's education. The first day of
school was made a major event in a child's life. This is not always easy to convey to 6 years old children. All the attention and a huge gift cone helped to convince
many children. The deference given to teachers and educatioinal authorities has had both positive and negative consequences. One impact is that the level of local
community control over schools is much weaker than in America and Britain. A German reader writes, "This is now history! There is much control by the state and
bad influence by the political and social environment of schools. Teachers, who have to have a university study in their respective fields, are mostly underpaid and
not very motivated. A rather high politician in the German Govenment recently called them „faul“ (lazy), no more authority, respect and prestige. One much
influencing result is the bad rating of German pupils in the recent socalled „Pisa Studies“ (there are other influences)."
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