Hard, yet not impossible, to encourage someone to tell their story and dive deeper in their livelihoods when the socio-economic context renders them as replaceable. I am really curious to see where journalism will be in the upcoming years in Romania. There will be fabulous storytellers, but there is a growing dislike inside that is inches away from erupting for local publications that became basically PR machines for the publication administration. I have one of those in my town, with people claiming to be journalists, while only smiling at the mayor and thanking him for the support without asking any uncomfortable questions.
You have mentioned the passionless students that are putting up with the courses just so that they can get a diploma, a characteristic my father identified in his geography course (he is a second year university student since retiring). It is alarming, but blame should not be laid on their shoulders, as it has often been done. The phenomenon needs to be addressed on a mass-scale and the education department that is right now led by an “expert” as it was praised by many, should ask what are we doing that we fail those students from finding any meaning or pleasure in the act of learning.
Nevertheless, I cannot wait to read more from your journey, Cristi :). Will keep the conversation going.
Hard, yet not impossible, to encourage someone to tell their story and dive deeper in their livelihoods when the socio-economic context renders them as replaceable. I am really curious to see where journalism will be in the upcoming years in Romania. There will be fabulous storytellers, but there is a growing dislike inside that is inches away from erupting for local publications that became basically PR machines for the publication administration. I have one of those in my town, with people claiming to be journalists, while only smiling at the mayor and thanking him for the support without asking any uncomfortable questions.
You have mentioned the passionless students that are putting up with the courses just so that they can get a diploma, a characteristic my father identified in his geography course (he is a second year university student since retiring). It is alarming, but blame should not be laid on their shoulders, as it has often been done. The phenomenon needs to be addressed on a mass-scale and the education department that is right now led by an “expert” as it was praised by many, should ask what are we doing that we fail those students from finding any meaning or pleasure in the act of learning.
Nevertheless, I cannot wait to read more from your journey, Cristi :). Will keep the conversation going.