I can only agree that I'm sorry to hear
about the current development
and very much admire your work and your strength and future aims.
As in Greek we also in Swedish say that "hope is the last to die", and I
very much think that such is the case and it seems to me that you have much
hope still which is very positive!
*Be Bold!
Sophie Österberg
0733-832670
sophie.osterberg(a)wikimedia.se*
*Every single contribution to Wikipedia is a gift of free knowledge to
humanity. *
2013/7/3 Mina Theofilatou <theoth(a)otenet.gr>
**
Hi Dimce and thank you for your kind words (I also admire the progress
your Wikipedia has made over such a short time!)
We are going through difficult times, but we haven't stopped fighting
and we haven't given up hope: there's a saying in Greek that goes "hope is
the last to die".
All the best,
Mina
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Dimce Grozdanoski <dimce.grozdanoski(a)gmail.com>
*To:* Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 02, 2013 7:59 AM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Education] good news... and bad
Mina, the video and blog post are great. You do big things. I believe
that you will find the way to continue with your excellent work instead of
current crisis in Greece. Best regards, Dimce.
On 30.06.2013 22:27, Mina Theofilatou wrote:
Hello all
I'm writing to share some news with you... first the good news: we
successfully completed and presented two school projects for the school
year 2012-13. The projects were featured in the Wikimedia Global blog
post
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/21/education-program-greece/#more-21982>I
wrote in February. In the post I had mentioned that we would be holding an
outdoor event to engage the locals in our work on Wikimedia Commons: the
event was initially planned for mid-March, but the weather was so
unpredictable this spring that we had to wait until mid-May to be certain
that we would not have to face a storm! Anyway, here is the video I just
uploaded :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWffhaJjAcY (in English). In
addition, I have submitted the video to the European "generations at
school" competition, as it was an intergenerational project both in the
making and presentation.
And now for the bad news: this may be the last project I will be running
in secondary education in Greece: the "Troika" (IMF-ECB-EU) has
demanded that 12.500 people are fired from the public sector, and the
government intends to fire around 8000 school teachers. They are looking
primarily at ICT teachers (such as myself), as they intend to gradually
eliminate ICT from secondary education curriculum (they have already
removed a total of 4 hours per week in 1st and 2nd grade of upper secondary
since last year). With no evaluation, no forward thinking or planning and
no consideration for the quality of work ICT teachers have produced, we may
find ourselves jobless in a matter of days.
The crisis in Greece has led many people to despair: with an
unemployment rate of nearly 30% (60% for the 18-25 age group), social
structures crumbling (schools, hospitals etc. are closing down on a daily
basis) and salaries cut by at least 40%, it's not surprising that suicide
rates have tripled over the last three years. Anyone interested in an
eyewitness account of the situation can read a post I wrote in English
on my blog.
<http://agrypnocoma.blogspot.gr/2013/06/this-was-not-accepted-for-publication.html>
Anyway, sorry to convey sadness... hope you all have a nice summer, and
keep up the great work:)
Best,
Mina (saintfevrier)
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