It's part of being a student. You can't say you have attended a Greek school unless you have experienced a sit-in.
A sit-in involves students occupying a school and preventing teachers from entering in order for their demands to be met.
Don't get me wrong, if anyone can get Greece out of the mess it's in now, it's definitely the new generation. I am support them 100%. We cannot expect our youth to blindly accept an educational system that does not work. One where if parents cannot afford tutoring, they are doomed to fail.
What worries me is who initiates these sit-ins. It's widely believed that teachers are behind them. It's no coincidence that the latest sit-ins were scheduled on they days they were. They started on a Monday and had an expiry date from the beginning (the kids knew they would be forced to give in). The coincidence is that the sit-ins would end the day before the teacher's were holding their elections. A day on which no lessons are held throughout the country, giving teachers -who will get paid anyway- and students a total of 5 days without work/school.
What's even more saddening is watching these kids speak to the press and reading their letters of complaint sent to the minister of Education. It's obvious that schools are failing.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
... do parents study for their children
Only in Greece do parents study for their children
This has nothing to do with lifelong learning and I'm sure parents all over the world help their children with their homework when they are young and then monitor their work as they get older. but what Greek parents do is unbelievable.
Parents consider it their duty to help their children all throughout their student life.
They will open up their bags for them as soon as they get home and check everything they did at school and see what their homework is. Then when it's homework time they will open up their notebooks for them so they can do their exercises. No wonder they don't even know which book is which most of the time and have no clue what is in their bag.
When students struggle (or simply can't be bothered) with subjects such as history, the parent -in most cases the mum- will study the lesson and then say it to the child sentence by sentence so they can repeat it and until they memorise it.
What's strange is that this continues right up until lyceum for quite a few students and it is considered part of being a parent. Anyone who is not actively involved in their child's homework is looked down on.
I wonder how these kids manage when they go to university..
This has nothing to do with lifelong learning and I'm sure parents all over the world help their children with their homework when they are young and then monitor their work as they get older. but what Greek parents do is unbelievable.
Parents consider it their duty to help their children all throughout their student life.
They will open up their bags for them as soon as they get home and check everything they did at school and see what their homework is. Then when it's homework time they will open up their notebooks for them so they can do their exercises. No wonder they don't even know which book is which most of the time and have no clue what is in their bag.
When students struggle (or simply can't be bothered) with subjects such as history, the parent -in most cases the mum- will study the lesson and then say it to the child sentence by sentence so they can repeat it and until they memorise it.
What's strange is that this continues right up until lyceum for quite a few students and it is considered part of being a parent. Anyone who is not actively involved in their child's homework is looked down on.
I wonder how these kids manage when they go to university..
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