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March 31, 2006

Germany: Muslim School Pupils Create Havoc In Neukoelln, Berlin

A report from Expatica states that a school in the neighbourhood of Neukeolln in Berlin has deteriorated as a result of unruly pupils that police have been seconded to the school, to check the students for weapons.

The school in question is the Ruetli secondary school, which is dominated by Arab and Turkish youths. This week, the teachers published a letter which indicated that the conditions at the school have become so bad that the school should be closed.

The letter claimed that teachers had no authority any more, and refused to enter any classrooms without carrying a cellular phone, so they can call for help, should an emergency arise.

"The mood ... is dominated by aggression, lack of respect and ignorance. We have reached a dead end and there is no way to turn around," the letter stated.

Yesterday, reporters visited the school and were pelted with paving stones, hurled by youths in the schoolyard, wearing face-coverings. The district's mayor stood by, unable to do anything to establish order.

The Berliner Kurier newspaper stated: "While sheer chaos dominated behind him, the mayor talked about the failures of the 1968 generation."

The teachers say that of the 224 children attending the school, 83% are foreign, with 35% Arab, from Lebanon and "Palestine", and 26% Turkish children.

The Deutsche Presse-Agentur quoted an educationalist, who said that Arab male students refuse to accept the authority of women teachers.

There are three classes of secondary schools in Germany. These are the Gymnasium, where students are expected to go on to university. The next class of school is the Realschule, which specialises in training youth for the business professions, and then there is the Hauptschule, of which Ruetli School is an example. The Hauptschule is for children expected to fulfill the role of blue-collar workers, or to supplementl the ranks of the unemployed.

Peter Struck, an education specialist at the University of Hamburg, explained in a radio interview: "It is often Hauptschulen which are hit with difficulties because they have a concentration of problem students and high number of foreigners which means that the boys are often being raised in a home environment which glorifies violence."

Integration between children of immigrants is poor. Even second and third generation offspring of immigrants often do not speak fluent German, and many fail to complete their education. The problem is compounded by "white flight", where Germans of German ancestry have been in a state of constant migration out of areas such as Neukoelln.

Klaus Boeger, Germany's education minister, rejected suggestions that the Reutli School should be closed. Boeger has promised that the school will soon have two social workers and two psychologists to assist the pupils.

Now police are posted at the school, to present some semblance of order. Six officers are stationed at the school, to check the incoming students for weapons.

The problems of the neighbourhood have been compounded by the murder of 42-year old German police officer Uwe Lieschied, who was shot in the head at point blank range while trying to arrest two men involved in a street robbery. Two Turkish males have been arrested since, and one of them has confessed to the shooting. Today, the police officer, who died after a period of being in a coma, was buried.

According to the BBC, a teacher who left the Ruetli School told the Tagesspiegel newspaper that the majority ethnic Arab pupils were bullying the Turks, Germans and other minorities.

One student told N24 Television that pupils were coming to school fully armed. "Things have been getting worse and worse because people seem to be crazy here. They are bringing knives and weapons to school," he said.

According to one contributor on FFI's message board, the school had formerly been an institution to which parents would have been proud to send their children.

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at March 31, 2006 5:27 PM

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