Updated on August 14, 2020, 6:27 a.m.
Dunja Hayali criticizes the lack of concepts for teaching in Corona times in her program. She goes on a search with politicians, a teacher and a parent representative – but they don’t find anything.
A criticism
from Fabian Busch
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Schoolchildren, victims of violence and the cultural scene: in her summer talk show she is dedicated to Dunja Dream on Thursday evening in three rounds these losers of the corona measures. It is pleasantly human, there is less talk about abstract figures such as reproduction numbers or a drop in sales than in other talk shows. But with three different topics there is also little time to get results.
These were the guests of the evening at Dunja Hayali’s:
Franziska Giffey: The Federal Minister for Family Affairs (SPD) warns of panic in view of the upcoming school start in several federal states. In Berlin, after the end of the vacation, a high school had to close again due to Corona. However, there are a total of more than 800 schools in the federal capital Giffey to consider. Fear of the virus should not lead to “talking about widespread closings again”.
Tobias Hans: “Society has a mandate and an obligation to protect the children’s education,” said the Saarland Prime Minister (CDU) about lessons after the summer vacation. That is why, in his opinion, adults are now called upon to keep the number of infections low – also in the supermarket, in the line in front of the bus and in front of the outdoor pool.
Gloria Boateng: The school misses reality in parts – and not just since Corona, criticizes the Hamburg teacher and education activist. “When it comes to digitization, we have known for a long time that we are behind and that a lot still has to happen.”
Norman Heise: The Berliner is a member of the Federal Parents’ Council and would have liked a plan B for at least the first two weeks: reduced lessons with fewer students in the class. But even he cannot say exactly what wishes the parents have when they start school: “It’s difficult to find majorities on this topic.”
Anika Ziemba: The child protection specialist in a Hamburg women’s refuge reports on her work – and warns against only looking at the issue of domestic violence because of the Corona lockdown this spring: “The violence is there all the time.”
Bernd Siggelkow: The pastor and founder of the children’s and youth organization “Arche” reports on children who were not taken out of their parents’ homes where there was violence – because the youth welfare office worker in charge was ill. “Is that the solution?”
Tim Bendzko: The singer will soon appear again in front of an audience – but in the service of science. Researchers at the University of Halle want to find out where and when there is a particular risk of infection at concerts. “I hope that the study can shed some light on the darkness,” says Bendzko, “So that we can all quickly take part in major events again.”
School start despite Corona: discussion without a goal
The organization of school lessons in the corona crisis poses a dilemma for politicians: On the one hand, there are parents who ardently want their children to go to school again instead of just sitting at home – and many children who want to finally see their friends again.
On the other hand, there are parents who do not want their children to be infected in school – and many teachers who are also afraid of an infection. It is impossible to please both sides.
The discussion about starting school is correspondingly aimless. Because what goal should politics, schools, teachers and families actually pursue? Dunja Hayali asks the appropriate question of whether there aren’t alternatives: divided classes, weekly alternating lessons at home and in the classroom, or even extending the teaching time. But she is not clinging to finding answers to this question.
And then there are the politicians who are giving contradicting signals. Both Federal Family Minister Giffey and Saarland’s Prime Minister Hans emphasize that one is well prepared for starting school. They don’t want to talk about alternatives to nationwide school openings. Then Tobias Hans is finally asked by Dunja Hayali how concerned he is about starting school on a scale between 1 (completely unconcerned) and 10 (extremely worried) because of the risk of infection.
The answer from Hans makes you sit up and take notice: “My concern is very, very big – hence a clear 10.” That shouldn’t help parents send their children back to school with a clear conscience.
Violence in families: 120 million euros and a milk carton
The second round deals with violence in families – especially against children and women. It is known that victims of violence had it particularly difficult in the corona crisis because, like their perpetrators, they had to be at home all the time. The number of calls to emergency numbers has not gone up extremely, it is reported. But that also has to do with the fact that children or women had little opportunity to get help. “It will become known that much more has happened than we actually expected,” says child protection activist Bernd Siggelkow.
Franziska Giffey lives up to her reputation for being able to package and sell her politics in a particularly plastic way. She conjures up a milk carton, the imprint of which indicates the initiative “Stronger than violence” and a helpline. The Federal Family Minister explains that the initiative is being advertised in 26,000 supermarkets nationwide – and has another figure up its sleeve: the federal government plans to spend 120 million euros on strengthening women’s shelters.
She cannot impress the two practitioners in the group. Anika Ziemba, an employee of a women’s shelter, doubts that the money will be enough. She finds it tiring that the federal and state governments are constantly shifting responsibility on this issue back and forth. “In Germany we have 15,000 shelter places too few.”
What is the result?
Three interesting topics, as well as voices from practice instead of just from politics: These are the advantages of Dunja Hayali’s concept. However, this program hardly helps to solve the problem. The time is too short for that. But the moderator and her guests also talk too much about frustration instead of looking for solutions.
On the other hand, the concert study, which should show how music and other major events can take place in Corona times, sounds like a good idea. Tim Bendzko will perform in front of up to 4,000 fans in Leipzig.
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Bendzko and Hayali rightly point out that the well-known celebrities are not suffering so much from the current standstill in the event industry. But the many technicians, DJs or support bands who are less in the spotlight. It would have been a nice gesture to ask someone from this group to come into the studio.
Hamburg’s students have started the new school year after almost three and a half months of a compulsory Corona break and six weeks of summer vacation. The school year began under aggravated conditions due to the corona pandemic.
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