About two years ago, I essayed a piece and talked on the issue of Ramadan, the fasting business involved, and how I felt it would eventually come to effect German society. Well....it got brought up in the past ten days....via the Minister of Education down in Baden-Wurttemberg (Susanne Eisenmann).
She has sent a letter to the regional Muslim council (as noted by the local news in Stuttgart)....that the parents of kids need to pay attention to their kids. As she noted....even young Muslims are discussing fasting....while in elementary school. She's hoping to influence them to discourage the fasting while in school.
The general deal? You aren't supposed to drink any liquids from sun-up to sun-down (you can figure from roughly 5 AM to 9 PM. You can't eat during this period either.
As she notes....if some kid tries to fast and dehydrate themselves....then their ability to concentrate in the classroom is virtually non-existent.
I talked to an Iraqi back in 2014 over this whole thing, and as he noted.....from noon on.....nothing much happens in the Ramadan period because people are so tired and dehydrated.
If some 12-year-old kid attempts this? Just on dehydration, I suspect that a school would have to call for an ambulance at least once a day. Why even bother having kids in the school, if they are in a negative health situation?
The odd thing here is that you are nearing testing periods, and some of these kids are on the borderline of grades, and probably don't need any extra stress in their life. Adding some four-week period without food or liquids in the middle of a school day? The German system isn't built to handle this.
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