For months, students have been doing what the opposition should have done a long time ago: they are walking from place to place and talking to citizens. Now they went to the smallest villages
This cataclysm did not happen because educators have a salary below the national average, but because their profession is completely meaningless, and their position is above all disenfranchised.
Educators are responsible people and they should be provided with mechanisms to bring the school year to an end in the best possible way, says Milan Stošić, director of the "Veselin Masleša" Elementary School.
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"No one needs to tell students what is justice or what is unjust," said the president of the Education Union of Serbia, Valentina Ilić, stating that the union is also seeking the support of students.
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From place to place
One of the smaller places that the students visited as a "walking medium" was the village of Jagošnica.
On social networks, they published their impressions of the warm welcome of the inhabitants of this village.
"They showed us their households, introduced us to the animals, served us unpeeled apples, took us to the church and the lookout point and had various conversations with us," the students reported on their Instagram profile.
They drew their attention to the neglected roads of this village, to the distance of shops and institutions to which the locals have to walk, and added that they send love and hope that someone will pay attention to this village.
The next location they visited was Obrenovac and its surrounding villages.
After that, they visited Barajevo, where they held talks with citizens in three different locations, in order to reach as many people as possible.
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"The greatest success for us is when someone gives us a hand after the conversation, even if we remain in disagreement. This shows that we are all human and that everyone has the right to their own opinion, and that there is no need for hatred because of that," said the "Student in Every Village" work unit, reports the Pravo u centar portal.
They also visited Azanja, from where they moved the action to Loznica and Gornje Nedeljice.
"We said goodbye to the citizens of Loznica and Gornji Nedeljice. We must not allow the beautiful nature and fertile land of this region to be destroyed because of someone else's interests. We remain at the service of these people who have been fighting so long and vigorously," the students announced on social networks.
The students said that they are happy to visit smaller places, talk to local residents about current topics, and the advice of citizens helps them a lot.
Students also visited Čenta, Perlez, Sakule, Farkdžin, Idvor, Titel and Kničanin.
They also visited the locals in Šabac, Pančevo, Kruševac, Turinci, Vrbas and Srbobran.
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Not stopping in this action, wanting to exchange as many different opinions as possible, the students also visited Kikinda, Stari Bečej and Srpska Crnja, Vrbas, Lapovo, Velika Plana and Jagodina, Lazarevac and the surrounding area.
Based on the impressions, photos and videos that the students posted on their Instagram profile, a large number of citizens from smaller and larger cities in Serbia had a conversation with them. Their plan is to establish dialogue with different layers of society, promoting mutual understanding and respect.
Students in the blockade from the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad also join the action.
The next location, on Wednesday (April 23), will be Misar, then Orašac, and on the same day the action will also be held in Arandjelovac.
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The action "Student in every village - Talk to students" was launched and students Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade, and soon they were joined by colleagues from other faculties.
This action started on March 5 and the first "public rehearsal" was held at the Kalenić market in Belgrade.
After that, the students expanded the action to cities across Serbia, in order to talk with the locals about "education, solidarity and the society we live in".
"The fact is that we have been living in 'media darkness' for many years and that we have been dehumanized and called derogatory names, as future academic citizens, which is unacceptable. This started as an initiative of ETF students in Belgrade, and the expansion spread further within our University," the students said in a post on Instagram.
The organizers of this action say that the target group is people who do not support them. They want to talk to the citizens of Serbia, regardless of their views, in order to make them aware of the current situation in Serbia.
"Everyone can talk to us and get relevant information first-hand, since we are dehumanized on a daily basis on national frequencies, so now we are a walking media that goes around Serbia, from smaller to bigger places," explained student Luka Tanasić for Beta.
Until now, students have mostly been approached by people who provide them with support, while the others generally do not know what the students' requirements are.
"As far as we are concerned, we can return to classes tomorrow, but only when the institutions do their work," said Tanasić, as reported by Beta.
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From place to place
One of the smaller places that the students visited as a "walking medium" was the village of Jagošnica.
On social networks, they published their impressions of the warm welcome of the inhabitants of this village.
"They showed us their households, introduced us to the animals, served us unpeeled apples, took us to the church and the lookout point and had various conversations with us," the students reported on their Instagram profile.
They drew their attention to the neglected roads of this village, to the distance of shops and institutions to which the locals have to walk, and added that they send love and hope that someone will pay attention to this village.
The next location they visited was Obrenovac and its surrounding villages.
After that, they visited Barajevo, where they held talks with citizens in three different locations, in order to reach as many people as possible.
View this post on Instagram
"The greatest success for us is when someone gives us a hand after the conversation, even if we remain in disagreement. This shows that we are all human and that everyone has the right to their own opinion, and that there is no need for hatred because of that," said the "Student in Every Village" work unit, reports the Pravo u centar portal.
They also visited Azanja, from where they moved the action to Loznica and Gornje Nedeljice.
"We said goodbye to the citizens of Loznica and Gornji Nedeljice. We must not allow the beautiful nature and fertile land of this region to be destroyed because of someone else's interests. We remain at the service of these people who have been fighting so long and vigorously," the students announced on social networks.
The students said that they are happy to visit smaller places, talk to local residents about current topics, and the advice of citizens helps them a lot.
Students also visited Čenta, Perlez, Sakule, Farkdžin, Idvor, Titel and Kničanin.
They also visited the locals in Šabac, Pančevo, Kruševac, Turinci, Vrbas and Srbobran.
View this post on Instagram
Not stopping in this action, wanting to exchange as many different opinions as possible, the students also visited Kikinda, Stari Bečej and Srpska Crnja, Vrbas, Lapovo, Velika Plana and Jagodina, Lazarevac and the surrounding area.
Based on the impressions, photos and videos that the students posted on their Instagram profile, a large number of citizens from smaller and larger cities in Serbia had a conversation with them. Their plan is to establish dialogue with different layers of society, promoting mutual understanding and respect.
Students in the blockade from the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad also join the action.
The next location, on Wednesday (April 23), will be Misar, then Orašac, and on the same day the action will also be held in Arandjelovac.
