Homeschooling Is Verboten

DIGG THIS It was in the fall of 1967 when I embarked on my 10-year school career in Germany. My mother dressed me in a short white skirt, knee-highs, and sandals. She twisted my unruly hair in a set of pigtails adorned with white ribbons. The leather satchel I carried on my back was a gift of my grandmother. In my hand I held the famous Schultüte (school cone) whose content of goodies was to sweeten my anxiously awaited day. The small schoolhouse still conformed to the old way of holding school with three or four grades sharing a classroom. … Continue reading Homeschooling Is Verboten