Sociologist Gelu Sunday notices that one of the topics from the National Assessment, the written test from the Romanian language and literature, disadvantages the poorest children in the rural area. “M.-disgusted the lack of knowledge of the social realities in Romania of those who did, and validated the topics, “he said.
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Gelu Sunday claims that thousands of students have never been on a trip because of poverty.
“At the eighth-grade evaluation, the students had to make a composition to tell an incident that they lived on a trip. I admit, I disgusted the lack of knowledge of the social realities in Romania of those who did, and validated the subjects. Thousands of students, of those who gave the national exam today, were not in their lives on a trip. Not because they would not have wished, but only because their families are too poor to allow such an expense. Many of them are broken by the field work, the care of the animals, passed through the house or in any other activity through which they can help their family give «branches at poverty»“, Gelu wrote on Facebook.
In the opinion of the sociologist, to ask for a composition to some students, who have no foundation in reality and knowledge, is “Discriminatory”.
“Yes, those kids are «hidden» For a crooked and weakly fair system and receive a much weaker quality of education. But to develop a subject by which you ask for a composition for something that 10-15% of the students does not have a foundation in reality and knowledge, it is, from my point of view, discriminatory. Because, from the beginning, do not give equal opportunities. (…) Imagine what it would have been for students in the big urban agglomerations if the subject had been centered on
The sociologist’s post has aroused numerous comments in the online environment, being massively distributed. The parents’ opinions are divided.
“You said things by name. Not all children had the privilege of a trip. When you ask them to write about something they have not lived, you transmit them, maybe without realizing it, that their real experiences do not matter, that they do not take place at the table of those who decide. They have prepared the subjects.wrote a person.
“You are right. This is what I was talking about with my kid after leaving the exam. On the other hand, even those in the big cities do not know archaic or regionalisms. There are many discrepancies and must necessarily structured matter, teaching methods, updating additional readings and, most importantly: reducing the gaps between the conditions that the students have from the URBAN. Infrastructure, and in the urban air, about the reduction of pollution or infernal traffic) ”,, added another parent.
“With all respect, but I think you exaggerate this case. If a 14/15 -year -old child cannot write a text with a trivial event even with childhood friends, a day trip or imagine something to conceive a little story, it means that it has been through school – and this is not to do it.” wrote another person.
“” Do you want to tell you that 50 % of the compositions of the class-1 have a trip, a vacation, a hazlie in the park, a peasant to my grandparents? He could have invented, if one of the primary education can ”, commented another Internet.
“A child who has read enough could develop ideas in which to include the lack of that experience. The role of composition is not to probe the life experiences of children but rather the organization of ideas in a structure, to demonstrate the ability to literary expression and to use an adequate vocabulary.”said another parent.
“This time it is not. It is about creativity and literature. Many stay in the block, many do not have grandparents in the country, but they can imagine a holiday.commented someone else.
