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On
Wednesday a group of students and some teachers from the IFDC San Luis started
a protest. During the graduation ceremony of this year, the protesters were on
the street. Then, they decided to go inside of the building and not let any other
activity continue. On Thursday, many students could not enter the building and
some that could, had problems when they wanted to leave.
On
Facebook, different statements appeared. This post explains their complaints
and demands:
Many things
have been said since the protest began. Some people complains about being
deprived of their right to get an education and others are outraged by what
they consider to be a betrayal to the teachings in critical thinking and to the
fact that we need to help each other.
I believe
this is an important issue and needs to be taken with the utmost
responsibility and respect.
I agree
with the fact that there are many aspects of our education that need to be
improved. I have witnessed how teachers
struggle to help us get a degree that allows us to have the necessary tools for
us to be good teachers. But the answers will not be given if the questions are
shouted in anger. Protesters will not gain my respect or help when they deprive
me of my right to have classes and look down on me for wanting to. I understand
their need to have solutions but not the necessity of disregarding everybody
else’s wishes to get it.
In
addition, when the statements are signed by people that are part of political
parties I start wondering if this protest is not something else. When those who
are demanding a better education and wave the flag of
their rights start denying the right of other people to get an education, and
do so in a violent way, I wonder if they see the contradiction in their
behaviour.
This post
of a classmate clearly reflects the situation:
Disappointment
is what comes to mind when I think about the way they decided to act. I
strongly believe that different decisions can be made to find solutions. Using
creativity and the help of every student and teacher, diverse activities can
bring the attention and favourable opinion of the community to this issue. But
being violent and imposing their ideas and actions is definitely not the
way.
They are
talking about it:
You're absolutely right, Ailin.
ReplyDeleteIt is undeniable the complaints made by our mates are legitimate. I lost two years in my training course because of the lack of teachers, something that never happened to me in the Universidad Nacional de San Luis. Other than that, the situation of teachers in the IFDC is unstable, since they can only project their career for one year and after this short lapse, they don't know whether they'll continue working -or not. And we, as students, also have the right to attend classes in proper conditions (like for instance, a safety building).
Free education is not equal to bad quality education, and we deserve to be heard. Only because we're young doesn't mean we can be ignored by the authorities.
The problem is by which means students complain. I've heard there has been violence and that many of our classmates were denied to enter the institution, which, for me, is not tolerable.
We should all exert democracy, vote and get to a peaceful agreement that contemplates everyone's rights. Hope the situation improve soon.