German mom scolds teacher for teaching her 'gifted' child about France: 'She doesn't want her child learning about France. The country.'

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• The most absurd parent complaint award goes to ...

  
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• When I was in school, we were never allowed to have classroom debates on any "controversial" topics. Any debate that could be considered "partisan" was strictly off-limits in classroom debates. Instead, we debated hot-button issues such as “Should we abolish the penny from U.S. currency?" and “Should uniforms be mandatory in schools?” We were 10 years away from the penny's retirement, so at least one of those discussions had a real-world application.

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• What about France is so inappropriate that a 10-year-old couldn't learn about it? The only thing that comes to mind is their history of rowdy protests, but surely that's not going to be the focus of France-Germany Friendship Day. That holiday is meant to celebrate the post-WWII collaboration between the countries as they entered a new era of allyship. Perhaps they'd learn about the centuries of animosity between the two countries, but what's so wrong about that? If this kid is mature enough to learn German history, then he's mature enough to learn about French history for a day. 

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• It's good that in Germany, parents can't dictate the curriculum the way some parents can in the United States. I wouldn't put it past some American schools to hear parents' complaints that they don't want their kids to learn about a certain country and change the lesson plans accordingly. 

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• A gifted kid should be able to handle any of the assignments that their non-gifted peers can handle. If they're bored in class, they need to learn to deal with that, because that's life. There's plenty of time for supplemental learning outside the classroom if needed. 

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