In a harrowing interview, a long-time teacher in a predominately migrant school describes a “hellish” experience that involved “knife violence, bullying, and sexism.” Her testimony is laying bare the lie that diversity is always a strength, and her experience may help explain Germany’s plummeting PISA test scores and worsening educational outcomes.
Birgit Ebel has taught for 15 years at a “problem school,” where she says everyday life was an “absolute hell,” in her interview with Focus Magazine,
Ebel, who has since moved to a new school district, warns: “The system is coming back to haunt us.”
Ebel does not beat around the bush and is not afraid to say that foreigners are the main cause of the chaos in the school she spent years in.
“At our comprehensive school, 80 to 90 percent of the students had a migrant background. Many come from predominantly Islamic countries such as Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan or Pakistan, but also from Russia and North Africa.” Ebel says among these students are also refugees who fled war and harsh Islamic rule.
She says the connection between immigration and Germany’s disintegrating school system cannot be denied, but says the view is controversial.
“In my view, the connection cannot be denied. But hardly anyone dares to say it openly”, she said.
The extreme violence she saw was “mainly the responsibility of migrant students, i.e., male adolescents,” she said. “It’s more about who can hit or kick the fastest. And then the others even celebrate you for it. Many do martial arts, and a toned body is the ultimate plus.”
She said stronger boys who can handle weapons like brass knuckles and knives are considered “masculine” and others look up to them. Ebel added that many of the students are armed with such weapons and that it is “normal.”
Despite claims that “diversity is a strength” from the left, this teacher, who actually works with true diversity, saw the other side of the equation.
“The conflict between Turks and Kurds or between Muslims and Yazidis is almost always present,” she warned.
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