Trying to homeschool in Germany

First of all, for Ute: schön, dass Du mich gefunden hast! Ich denke immer, ich sollte mal auf Deutsch schreiben, aber komme nie dazu…

Second: this is going to be really short, because I’m supposed to be home in 21 minutes and am not finished with what I have to do here, yet

So for the quick update:  "here" is the wonderful guest flat (apartment to my compatriots) we had asked to stay in for two or three weeks and actually stayed in for SIX AND A HALF WEEKS! It was wonderful and we’re very grateful–thank you, thank you, Sue and Richard! And the reason I’m "here" at the moment is because we don’t have telephone/internet in our house yet, so I’m checking e-mail, etc. (Too much etc.–I’m sorry I’m so behind on answering e-mails, but I DO always answer eventually, you know I do, A and M!)

And yes, our things arrived on Thursday (yay!) and nothing was broken (yay! again and a huge thank you to Neema and Judy, who packed most of the dishes!), but we didn’t actually move ourselves in until yesterday. I still haven’t figured out how to put photos on here (yes, you can tell me what to click, and it should be obvious, but when I’ve tried, it hasn’t worked), but I’ll get photos onto Facebook at least. Eventually. Don’t hold your breath.

But we’re in our house and are very happy!

Hi Ruth-who-left-a-comment-below

Please e-mail me, and I’d be happy to discuss the possibilities for ex-pats to homeschool in Germany. There are actually several LEGAL options in some places, but some places and some options are a little less…um…straightforward. So it’s best not to go into detail here on the blog, unfortunately.

I don’t check this daily, but I do eventually–please do write. hsingermany @ aol . com

For those who found this blog because of interest in homeschooling in Germany, please do write to me! I don’t check the e-mail address associated with this blog daily, but I DO check it and will respond eventually. And for those who are here because of interest in us as a family: we are no longer trying to homeschool in Germany! We moved to Cyprus almost a week ago, are trying to find our feet here, and I think it’s finally time to start writing on my new blog, which I started a month ago, with the grand and glorious and oh-so-original title of…drum roll…The New Blog. No promises, but I might update that a little more regularly than I have this one, and I’m now going to head over there and write a bit about the last few weeks.

The Dudek family received good news on December 24th: this summer, the parents had been sentenced to three months of jail each for homeschooling their children, but that has now been overturned. Here’s the article in German, for those interested.