Split: Students, Thank You For Waking Up

The tenants of the nearby houses are obviously proud of their neighbour students, and have hung out banners with messages of support.

SPLIT, CROATIA - Even though it was Sunday, Split’s students are at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The alternative lectures that were planned took place according to schedule. It was interesting to ask certain individuals about what sort of lectures were taking place.

We found out that the lectures were mainly linked to student life in general, and life issues. For example, one of the topics yesterday was “Schooling according to the Bologna process”. The professors from the faculty held some lectures, and some students also proposed some topics and discussed them.

The tenants of Radovanova Street, where Split’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is located, are obviously proud of their students, and hung out banners themselves with the slogans:

“Students, you are our hope, not the cabinet” and “thank you for waking up”.

Students will sleep at the faculty again

We asked one of the neighbours that lives right next to the faculty, how they came up with the idea?

“It was one, I can say, spontaneous idea by us neighbours from the nearby few entrances. We are mainly older people, and many of us did not send our children to study because we did not have the means. If they manage to cancel school fees for this generation, we hope that at least our grandchildren will be able to achieve some life wishes” said Antonio, who wishes to remain anonymous in solidarity with the students.

The students slept in the faculty building. According to the codex that the students themselves accepted, alcoholic drinks and smoking are not allowed in the building, and we find out that they are strictly keeping to the codex.

So the parents have nothing to worry about, their children are at the right place, they are not drinking or smoking, and they are fighting for something that many generations have dreamed about.