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The Fassino debate
FLAVIA SAGONE (4E)
Continued from page 1
Naturally these aren’t exactly simple
questions, but we were all hopeful
the mayor would surely have the
answers. Unfortunately, he did not.
Nonetheless he did give us some
suggestions. When speaking about
our likely jobless futures, despite
leaving school and later on university
with a promising mind, our mayor
claimed it was crucial to learn
as many languages as possible, the
golden key to success. This is great
news, because it must obviously
mean that for example I, knowing three/four
languages, am destined to
have an excellent career leading me
to prosperity. Except this statement
of Fassino’s is incorrect, when not
only bilingual but multilingual youth
aren’t hired for jobs they would be
able to contribute to greatly, as they
are young, and therefore inexperienced.
When presented with this, Fas-
sino sort of shrugged
and muttered that
that’s the way it goes,
some are lucky whereas
some are not, and
that he could do naught
about it.
The second big subject discussed
was that of the construction of an
incinerator, The debaters queried
“The audience
found themselves ready
their future.”
Vado a manifestare?
sa
cambiare la nostra società
partecipando attivamente alle
manifestazioni; il mondo non si
cambia restando a casa a dormire,
bisogna rimanere svegli
con gli occhi aperti.
sta accadendo: quando c’è crisi
l’ultima cosa da fare sono i tagli
alle scuole.
voce e cambiare l’Italia, ovvio
che se non viene nessuno e tutti
dicono “tanto manifestare è
inutile” il nostro sforzo è vano.
tere
per il nostro futuro.
the necessity of this construction:
the only thing that politicians seem
to see is the benefit of burning trash
and consequently bringing
in bundles of money - the
majority of which would go
to them, though apparently
that’s not supposed to
be mentioned. What was brought
to light though was how they might
as well be blind to the fact that this
initiative will bring serious and concrete
physical consequences to future
generations. With this, Fassino
assured us repeatedly that first off,
we didn’t really know what we were
talking about, and second, that health
effects weren’t a definite risk.
It’s clear that going ahead and doing
something that isn’t a definite risk,
but a possible risk all the same, is
fine with him - as long as it isn’t built
anywhere near him, of course. We
wouldn’t want him breathing any of
that possibly cancer inducing air, no.
Our mayor proceeded in closing the
subject by underlining that the people
with specialist
knowledge of these
affairs weren’t there
to aid him and feed
him the correct data,
therefore he couldn’t
(wouldn’t?) speak of it
any longer. That said, the debate was
over.
During the whole conference the atmosphere
was bright and buzzing,
Perché manifestare?
REKHA PELASSA (4D)
A l l o r a
per prima
cosa,
b i s o g n a
informarsi,
non c’è
niente di
p e g g i o
che bal-
foto di Irene Floris(4E)
zare un
giorno di scuola tanto per fare,
senza un motivo. E poi è importante
perché se si è ignoranti
si è facilmente manovrabili e
influenzabili, bisogna prendere
coscienza della comunità e non
essere indifferenti perché lo facciamo
per noi stessi, è per noi
che manifestiamo. Invece a coloro
che non hanno il permesso
di partecipare: mi dispiace ma
non preoccupatevi, un giorno
sarete maggiorenni e avrete la
possibilità di agire!
as exclamations and protests could
be heard throughout the large room,
uttered sotto voce to anyone close
by. The audience was
filled with many people
who generally didn’t give
politics the time of day,
but who, in that particular
situation, found themselves
ready to step up and fight for their
future. Even someone as young as
an elementary student wanted to be
heard, intending to ask our mayor
why his schools’ lunch was so unappealing
and if he could do something
about it ( for lack of time, he didn’t
get the chance).
What I saw in that conference wasn’t
a room full of doomed futures;
on the contrary, it was the formation
of a metaphorical army, as not only
students but also teachers realized
that we have a voice and we have the
ability to use it.
One day the idea of a “lost generation”
will simply be words on paper.
And that day keeps on getting closer.
“We have a voice
and we have the
ability to use it.”
photo by Irene Floris (4E)
Non vado a manifestare?
a niente, sono solo delle scuse
per rimanere a casa a dormire.
che io mi faccia male: la maggior
parte delle manifestazioni
sono violente.
tanto non c’è nessuno a scuola.
la scuola, quindi non mi tocca
più di tanto.
manifesti,
non odio i manifestanti perché
se loro ci credono veramente è
un bene che vadano a manifestare.
SPIN! 6