Russian schoolchildren for refusing to attend a patriotic concert were promised to put a “deuce”

Songs of first grade soldiers, living tombstones and other excesses of school patriotism

A loud scandal in Nizhny Novgorod: students of school 24 claim that they were driven to the patriotic event “For Victory” under the threat of getting “twos” in social science and literature. The school administration denies blackmailing with estimates, the head of the regional ONF promises to sort it out…

The video from the concert was replicated by local publics, from there it became known about deuces for not attending events. In the frame, school director Polina Sushchevskaya, solemnly emphasizing every word, reads from a piece of paper: “Today we have gathered to support the fighters of Donbass. The action “Everything for Victory” united many caring people … ”After her speech, the schoolchildren were shown on the big screen a video for Oleg Gazmanov’s song“ Let’s Get Up. Then at the concert there were more performances, poems and speeches of veterans.

The news about the “twos for patriotism” caused a wide resonance, the local department of education hastened to dissociate itself: “the information about the grades is not true.”

“MK” managed to contact the parents of teenagers from the school. The children claim that “twos” appeared in the words of the directorate and the teaching staff. “Mukhina (head teacher of school 24. – Note. ed.) went through all the classes, and told the class teachers that everyone who didn’t come would be “two,” wrote the mother of a secondary school student (of which class, she asked not to specify). She spoke loudly so that everyone could hear.

“Yes, we knew that there would be this clip, and we didn’t want to watch it,” 10-grader Alexander (name changed) told MK. – Why? Well, at least because it’s bad as music, as a song. In response to the reluctance, the Russian teacher announced that he would give “2” in literature to everyone who skipped the concert. And there will be “deuces” in other subjects. I don’t really understand why we should watch this if patriotism is taught at the ROV. After the concert, a combat veteran came to the school, participated in Conversations in all classes, they were even rescheduled at different times that Monday.

There is no information about the scandal surrounding the “assessment” concert on the official page of the school. But there is a detailed photo report, which is preceded by poems by Anna Revyakina, a poetess from Donbass. “Russians have an acquired quality. If there is a flood, they will get the drawing of Admiral Noah. And they will build an ark, a real ark for everyone. Myopic snow is flying over my country … “

A year and a half ago, school 24 from Nizhny Novgorod also became famous all over the country when director Elena Moiseeva, known for her liberal views on education, was removed without explanation. An open letter against her “leaving” was then signed by thousands of people, including Yevgeny Yamburg, Oleg Smolin, Anatoly Bethlehemsky and others. “On the one hand, the school remains a chamber school, and strong teachers work in it,” parents say. “Although almost half of the teachers of the time of Moses left or they “left”.” The “About the Main” section defines the values ​​of the school: striving for truth, striving for the democratization of education, academic freedom, political and religious neutrality. Here, as in the well-known proverb: either remove the “values” from the main page, or don’t intimidate with deuces.

“I really believe that it is harmful to transfer children who are still studying in the paradigm of freedom and reasoned communication immediately into conservatism,” says psychologist Alexei Titov. “Double enveloping as a child is a surefire path to adult disorganization or even frustration. Such duality can provoke unmotivated aggression, teenage riots.

Unfortunately, this is far from the first case of “patriotism” in schools being introduced with bearish grace. In Yekaterinburg, for example, all first-graders in one of the schools were forced to learn a song by an unknown author: “Here we are, young soldiers … We’ll grow up soon, we’ll go to the army …” Or a sensational case in Krasnodar, and also with a song (creativity of a local teacher): “But if the chief commander … calls for the last battle, then we will go with you!” From different cities it is reported that children were forced to write letters to the front, to make crafts with symbols of victory in a special operation.

Make a fool pray to God, he will hurt his forehead – there is such a rude folk proverb. And if more gracefully, then: “Patriotism should not blind us; love for the fatherland is an action of a clear mind, and not a blind passion” – Nikolai Karamzin.