Humiliating, terrorizing, and harassing a child—black mark! • #gyereacomeniusba
A teacher must command respect! A pupil mustn’t make a sound!** Let them tremble when the classroom door or attendance book opens!
Learn every word of this material— no paraphrasing!” “Take a seat, young man— a failing grade! Didn’t you study again? What part of this don’t you understand?!
Weekend homework: ten problems or tasks from the ones rated difficult. (And that’s just one subject’s assignment for two days!)
You get another black mark next to that F, because you dared to ask a stupid question! Or, frankly, because you asked anything at all! Keep this up, and you’ll definitely flunk in June!
Hold on a second— and the teacher still gets paid for this?! Brilliant!
Does anyone in the system care how burned out instructors manage classes, barking orders without taking any responsibility? Why aren’t they removed—the ones who verbally abuse children, teach nothing, and set no positive example?
This is the black mark that Hungary’s state schools just earned from Szimler Bálint’s film!
I rented a cinema in Székesfehérvár for the screening and invited every Comenius teacher and staff member. I wanted everyone to see this and reflect on it. At the end, stunned faces shuffled out—some silently on the verge of tears, all deeply shaken.
It is shocking to watch that on screen faculty grind a fifth grader’s spirit to dust while crushing a young teacher’s hopeful ambition. Their movements support every harsh word: the school administrator always shown with his back turned (he’d never show his face to justify these actions), “Ms. Juci” collapses in powerless despair on the classroom floor, and “Palkó” climbs up into the shade of the old oak that’s seen dozens of kids like him.
Is there a way out of this system of constant quizzing, shaming, humiliating, grading, and black marking? In the film’s final scene, they cut down that oak—Palkó and kids like him will have no refuge next time.
Yes, they destroy the tree, but the human thirst for knowledge and freedom cannot be cut down. That’s why I firmly believe there is a way out—but only if we forge a new social compact.
Let the child come first, above all else, as our shared future!
Let the little one in her mother’s arms be the center of the universe! As she grows, teach her with the deepest love and impart all our knowledge—because today’s child will one day support us, care for us, and surround us with a loving smile as they earn their own way.
Until then, let’s hand out an infinite number of red marks! Encourage and uplift our children—because every moment spent with a child is truly a gift from the heavens!
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COME TO COMENIUS!
#hanemférszbeleadobozba; #gyereacomeniusba
The flowering tree was painted by Róza Szalkai.
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