Educational requirements in Germany.....differ from state to state (there are sixteen German states, if you didn't know). So, you could have a certain requirement in the Saarland, but it's non-existent in Hessen or the Pfalz.
So, there's been this debate going on in Bavaria with the CSU folks (the right-leaning crowd) who would like for all Bavarian students to go over to a former concentration camp once in their school lives. But all these years.....it's been a local school thing....if they mandated or offered a trip. No one gives statistical averages on this, and I doubt if more than a quarter of all Bavarian students attend such a trip.
The discussion currently met an obstacle. Opposition political folks say that various immigrant groups don't need to attend such a concentration camp visit. Among the groups named? Yeah.....the Islamic folks.
The claim here is that new immigrants must take over the protection of German history and know their obligation in preventing such things from happening. I have to admit.....it's a good discussion and argument.
I've been to one single concentration camp in my life.....Dachau (outside of Munich). I spent three hours walking around and have to admit that it has some affect on you. I wouldn't suggest sending 12-year-old kids there......but maybe fifteen or sixteen year-old kids would be agreeable.
Mandating it for all Bavarian students? Either it's for all or for none. Once you pretend that only 'real' Germans (not immigrants) need to attend.....the kids wise-up real quick and figure out the gimmick. The political folks are creating a 'real' German versus a 'fake' German situation once they offer a waiver. If I were a regular white German kid.....I'd get wise.....note that I'm a 'fake' Islamic guy and ask for my waiver to get out of the trip. All it takes is one guy doing dumb stuff like this to make the whole thing look like a bogus deal.
The argument by the African kids or the Islamic guys? Basically.....you picked Germany to come and immigrate into. It's your tough luck. If you think this is bogus to attend.....wise-up.....go and find some country with no anchor tied to history and get in line to immigrate there.
For the political thugs playing out this discussion? Either it's stupid for all kids, or it's smart for all kids. Don't invent some fake or bogus waiver that gets manipulated by people.
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