By Konstantinos Zannetos *
The phenomena of anarchy observed by a group of students at Paralimni High School, are particularly worrying considering the extent they received and the public outcry they caused.
However, the adolescence factor must be taken into account as well as the fact that in Cyprus, there is no legislation governing the criminal treatment of juvenile offenders. But is punishment the easy solution for everyone? How will these children be punished?
Is it with their stigmatization? Is this how we will actually help these children cope with their lives? It is the easiest thing to point fingers at these children and constantly spread their actions on Social Media.
But who actually takes responsibility for their actions? Should we study where their behavior comes from? The first answer that can be given is easily related to anarchy-related adjectives. The difficult thing is to explain their behavior from the source of the problem.
Should the punishment of these children be exemplary in creating the feeling of severe punishment in the educational space or should we create in these children the need to repent and apologize for their actions, becoming a model of moral apology and taking on with dignity the responsibility of their actions.
If we continue to point the finger at these children and in general the children of the Province of Famagusta, we can only cause harm and this is not the solution. We must win by all means the tomorrow's citizens of our society and through the social education that must be applied in every classroom. The best lessons in schools are those that cultivate in children morality and dignity, and if there is not even one teacher who can introduce children to moral values, then we will have increasing cases of delinquency and an anarchist society.
The artist is a revolutionary professor
Art is a form of free expression that, however, can cause great outcry as it did with the works of the teacher who depicts according to his statements that saw the light of day, anti-systemic art that opposes the current corrupt system.
Personally, I condemn such works that offend the sanctuaries and the holy ones, and in fact by an active teacher. What is the model we cultivate in our students today? Should we reconsider the ethics of our teachers?
* Municipal Councilor of Ayia Napa