There is a wave of school sit-ins sweeping Greece. While the five-week teacher's school is drawing to a close the students have decided to take matters into there own hand. According to www.syntonistiko.gr 1015 schools are being occupied (υπο καταλυψη). The demands of the students include higher government spending on schools and guaranteed access to all levels of education. At the moment the vast majority (and we mean 90% plus) of students are obliged to do extra lessons which have to be paid for by their parents, if they want to get into higher education or learn basic skills such as a foreign language to any kind of adequate level.
Check out what one of my students think of all this here.
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"At the moment the vast majority (and we mean 90% plus) of students are obliged to do extra lessons which have to be paid for by their parents, if they want to get into higher education or learn basic skills such as a foreign language to any kind of adequate level."
This happens because of the sit-ins and because of the deep embedded mentality of Greeks (pupils, students AND teachers) that anything that is public in Greece is for looting, destroying, stealing, mocked at and only private is good and respected. This happens in a country where it's a shame to be "rightwing"!
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