Jonas Himmelstrand Interview – March 4th 2012 -… by WellBoyFilmsIreland
Socialism sounds so great on the surface, but it leads to less and less freedom. This interview of Swedish Homeschooler Jonas Himmelstrand by WellBoyFilms in Ireland explains how the good intentions of the Swedish Government went too far, and is pushing families out of the country. Here are some highlights:
Jonas Himmelstrand Interview – March 4th 2012 -… by WellBoyFilmsIreland
Himmelstrand said:
“In Sweden, everyone has a personal number that you’re given at birth and that registers where you live, so the local authorities will just simply look at the list of how many children are seven years of age– this year they should be in school– and if that number is not registered in any school, then they will start and will track you down….they basically know everything about everybody. Unless you are living at a secret address…
They are very hard on truancy… from the standpoint of the authorities, homeschool is just another truancy… Basically, there’s no support in parliament for homeschooling at the moment…. Swedish media tends to want to support certain government policies and they think that the school obligation, general equality, day care are such good things that everybody should support, they just don’t write about it… many Swedish families are dissatisfied in Sweden… so, it’s a sensitive subject and somehow, Swedish media don’t have that courage to be open in expressing about it…
Unfortunately, it’s going to have to get worse before it gets better. It think it’s going to have to become more public what a form of oppression and harrassment and humiliation Swedish government is now doing to homeschooling… and of course, eventually we will win because Homeschooling is a great educational alternative.
It’s a bit uncomfortable for Sweden to say that education was made illegal in Germany in 1938 and it was made illegal in Sweden in 2011. That’s uncomfortable…” –Jonas Himmelstrand
COMMON CORE 
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