Best posts made by EMINA043e019d70

@Samreen-Tahir
Thank you for sharing your point of you. I wouldn't say that children should be non-political part of the society. It's true that we are not supposed to talk about politicians and parties at school but children should certainly be allowed to freely express their opinion about the current situation in the country and criticize all bad phenomena in it. They have a right to "raise their voice" against the things that bother them. That's a kind of "politics" I'm talking about. Critical thinking naturally leads to concrete actions.

@BRYANb8875625e5
Thank you very much for your encouragement, I really appreciate it. As for the "like-minded allies and engaging with the community", here's a link to a video about a project I've just done with a colleague of mine and our students, that is intended to fight against mental and verbal bullying in our schools. The video is in Serbian, but you can feel the zest and enthusiasm of the project participants, both students and teachers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrR2QmJJssw

@Bilim
I'm very grateful for all the understanding and support I got here from like-minded people. And as for the "seize the day" philosophy, it's no coincidence that my favourite movie (and inspiration) of all time is "Dead poets society"

Hello, I work as an English teacher in a Belgrade primary school. I can proudly say that I am one of the most enthusiastic and diligent teachers in my school. The problem that has bothered me for a long time now is- what do you do when your school authorities as well as the majority of your fellow teachers have no vision and don't support you in your enthusiasm, introducing novelties and progressive ideas into the school life, when you start feeling suffocated with general lethargy and even obstruction of your work (for political or whatever reasons) by others...Let me elaborate "political reasons"- in a non-democratic country such as Serbia any kind of criticism of state policy or bad phenomena in society( eg. poverty, violence, pollution...) is considered a threat, therefore critical thinking and engagement of anyone, even primary school students, is unwelcome...It's a kind of self-censorship in educational system..