Discrimination
It is not easy to live in the world were are a lot of people of different races, faith, beliefs,appearance,tastes,languages etc. In our school we have a quick survey just about discrimination.The idea was to clarify for ourselves what it means and ask others.There are your findings:
In our school we do not have any foreigners or refugees.More than 90 per cent are Lithuanians, some are of Russian origin,some German origin but they all were bornin Lithuania and they have been living there for many years. But not far away we have the centre for refugeees In Rukla and we decided to learnt about this centre and its people.
It is very difficult to judge people why they leave their country......
Here you can see the presentation of Rukla Refugee Reception center(RRC):
In Jonava and in Rukla some activities were organised and schools were participating in there.
Pictures from the Rukla basic school.
Interview with some students from Rukla basic school.
In General Lyceum of Eleoussa and specifically in our class we have 3 students (16 years old) with origins from other countries. We interviewed them and wrote down their answers.
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Sophie |
Antzela |
Spyros |
| 1)Could you please explain us your origins? |
My mother comes from Holland and my dad comes from Greece. I was born in Holland and I lived there 'till the age of 6 until we decided to move to Greece! |
My parents come from Albania. I was born and raised in Greece. I sometimes go to Albania with my parents and my two sisters.
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My mother is from Bulgaria and my father is from Ioannina (Greece)
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| 2)Have you ever faced any kind of racism when you first came in our country? If yes, how did you face it? |
When I first came here I faced quiet the racism. In primary school I was bullied a lot which put me in a very bad and dangerous psychological condition. At first I didn't know how to face the situation because I was still very young. Later on,though, I faced the situation by opening up and talking to my parents which helped me a lot to get over my depression. It took two years but I did it! Since then I haven't kept a single secret from my parents.
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I was born in Greece. So I have lived all my life in Greece.
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No, because I was born in Ioannina.
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3)Can you tell us an example of a situation that you were involved in and made you feel sad about lack of tolerance at school?
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I remember one time, some students who were bullying me, wrote on the board something really mean about me. I can't describe how awful the thing they wrote was.. It had to do with where I came from. See, Holland is considered a ''free'' country, with legal drugs and prostitutes. They used that against me and laughed me all the time saying that I should go back to where I came from and do the same job. I remember being very sad that day and thought that it was never going to end. That's when I realized that tolerance at my school was on a low level which brought me down every time I thought about it.
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When I was in primary school sometimes I felt a little bit angry because in cases of disagreements my classmates were more aggressive to me than to the other members of my team.
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I don't think so because every student here in my school is very tolerant
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4)How did you face it?
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I wasn't able to face it unfortunately... Like I said I was too young and didn't know how to face things like these. Luckily now I know!
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With a lot of patience. I had a good friend who always supported me. As we have grown up problems were smaller and now I feel happy for being accepted in my class.
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5)Do you believe that it's important for students and teachers to feel comfortable in school and in general to exist tolerance to any special characteristic related with origin, religion and race?
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Of course it is! Every student, teacher or any other person should be accepted for they way they are. It doesn't matter where they come from, what sex they are, what religion they believe in. It's character that counts. And if others can't accept that, well to bad for them then. Everyone should feel comfortable in their own skin!
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Sure, everybody must feel comfortable in school. It is prerequisite to feel happy, to make friends, to work in team, to be an active member in the educative process.
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Yes I do because everybody is different and we all have the same rights as far as education goes.
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Schools for refugees and immigrants in Greece
Apart from students with origins from other countries the last 3 years many kids that are refugees and immigrants arrived in Greece and live here. These kids are not able to attend lessons in a typical greek school like Sophie, Antzela and Spyros (the students that are in our class and was interviewed) because the don't speak Greek. So the Greek state has established special schools for them. Alexandra and Sophia give us some information about these schools:
The curriculum for these special schools is:
For Kindergarden: 08:20 – 13:00
The curriculum is the same with the curriculum of the typical Greek kinder gardens
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For Primary schools 08:30 – 12:30
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Subjects
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Hours per week
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Greek Language
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6
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English
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4
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Maths
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3
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P.E
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3
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ICT
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2
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Arts
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2
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For Gymnasiums:08:30 – 12:30
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Subject
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Hours per week
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Greek Language
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6
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English
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4
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Maths
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4
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P.E
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2
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ICT
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2
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Culture
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2
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