Irish Teacher: Did the State fail Enoch Burke when it allowed his parents educate him?

A parent passing on a singular world view without any exposure to the beliefs of others is indoctrination, not education

Jennifer Horgan, Diary of an Irish Schoolteacher.

My husband and I used to joke that we could teach our three babies all sorts. Drunk on parent power, we laughed about depriving them of language altogether, save for expletives. Oh, the fun we could have with our innocent bubs!

It was a joke — but behind the joke lurks the reality that parents in Ireland are constitutionally entitled to determine and design their child’s education.