Cornelia Funke: School is children's storage and robs childhood!

Cornelia Funke: School is children's storage and robs childhood!

The well -known children's book author Cornelia Funke, famous for works such as "ink heart" and "The Wild Chickens", has sharply criticized the German education system in a startling interview with the "Tagesspiegel". "Children will take their childhood," she said. The pressure and stress from which the pupils suffer is so enormous that many have already “bled” to the university. An alarming signal for society!

Criticism of the school structure

Funke goes on and compares the school with a kind of "children's storage". Long school days and an excess of homework leave little space for valuable family time or being with friends. "It's like unpaid child labor," said the author. She asks the question of how much of school knowledge is actually useful to understand and actively improve the world. Funke demands a school that reacts to the challenges of modern times and puts creativity and practical knowledge in the foreground. "It is infinitely difficult to be a child today," she summarizes the pressing problems.

The demands of Funke are clear: a rethink in the education system is urgently needed in order to meet the needs of the children and to give them the joy of childhood. The discussion about the right to educate in Germany is rekindled by your words!