Education Issues

Protests are very common nowadays. Students, workers and people in general have taken over the streets to show their dissatisfaction with certain aspects of government and society in general.

But without a doubt students have been the ones that have led this movement, fighting for justice and quality in terms of education. Personally, I agree with certain ideas they have, but I think they are doing it in a really bad way. I know people have the right and duty to speak up and say what they think, but there are many ways of doing this, and violence isn’t the best method.

Another think I don’t like about this whole educational movement is that students “demand” things. How can you “demand” something to a country that has many other worries, not just education? This government has done plenty of things for Chile, but students think they are the only ones dissatisfied with some aspects of society.

I think students should be more open, they should try to sit and talk, in order to come to an agreement with the government, they should ask, or request. But they shouldn’t demand

Josefa Castro Amenábar