To put this in the right prospective...the majority of Germans....probably around sixty percent, get what you say is a good tenth-grade education, and followed up with a four-star apprentice/craftsman period. Twenty-five percent get less than that, and end up as cashiers at grocery stores or truckers. And the remainder as university-bound students.
If you took the typical average father and mother at age 35...their math skills, their science knowledge, and ability to teach...might not be anywhere near what a kid needs. So your choice is home-schooling with two very marginal instructors as your parents, or using the German school system. The German education system is a bit more complex than any American would ever care to mess with...trust me.
In this case....Canada readily accepts almost all Germans who apply for a visa or immigration. That’s the odd part to this story. There’s even a weekly TV show in Germany which features the ones who moved there and the satisfaction that they’ve achieved. This family could have applied and been accepted within a couple of months.
All they are...are publicity-seekers....being used by some hocus-pocus political agenda group.
I know about Germany, I have relatives there.
You still have not answered my question: do you endorse prison and the government abduction of children for failure to comply with the state’s mandate on education?