By: Domen Mezeg /Nova24tv
“Communist Manifesto: The establishment of communism requires the destruction of the family, the nation, private property, religion, and private education. Cultural Marxists on Spletna Mladina continue the old totalitarian tradition,” wrote Prime Minister Janez Janša on the cover of Global magazine.
It is well known that in socialism there is not much room for diversity and private initiative. In the former system, many (except perhaps the elite) drove Flags that were falling to pieces already on the way from Serbia to Slovenia, where they went to buy them in the factory in Kragujevac. It was similar with many other products, and if they ran out (especially coffee and bananas), it was necessary to cross the border into capitalist Trieste, where the communist elite also acquired (or stole) their luxury goods, and which were not so easily accessible for the common folk.
It was similar with schools: They all offered the same, moulded upbringing with a uniform view of the world that did not allow even the slightest deviation from the outlined guidelines. This is how Tito’s loyal “carriage horses” were “trained”. It was nice to be young in our homeland. But even though people were plagued by poverty, the key was that they were all as “equal” as possible. God forbid that anyone would stand out a little one way or the other, and it would be even worse to have a dinar or two more under their thumb.
At the time of independence, it seemed that we had left these “golden times” behind us, and that as individuals within society we could also be different (which the transitional left likes to advocate), and that some of us could earn a tolar or a euro more. We also hoped that private initiative would no longer be a problem, and therefore also private educational institutions, as it is known that competition (usually) brings higher quality. But this does not seem to be the case. This time, Prime Minister Janez Janša highlighted the example of the cover of Global magazine, which served with a socialist headline: “Private schools are something perverted”. The Global magazine is edited by Marcel Štefančič Jr., a Mladina columnist and host of the Studio City show on Javna RTVS.
The days of the old regime “breeding” of “hardworking citizens” are over!
The cover is really stupid and only points to the fruits that we are still reaping after the decades after the end of Kumrovec “University”, and where the system raised its “doctors” (read “useful idiots”), preferably people without a real education. It is known, however, that the “problem” here is not only private kindergartens and schools, but also private higher education institutions, as they represent a threatening competition for many who decades ago acquired the status of full professors and “enclosed themselves” in their offices.
Due to this way of thinking, similarly to the field of monopoly taxi services, we are in a grey zone of the average or lagging behind our own capabilities. The phrase “another Switzerland” should not be used because it only shows a sense of second-class status, which we as a nation do not deserve. Just why would we be second class? But we can take Harvard University as an example, which is at the very top of the best universities, and which has given the world many Nobel laureates.
Alojzij Šuštar Elementary School should thank Global for the ad: Why not enrol a child in a quality private school?
Finally, let’s take a look at a short presentation of the Alojzij Šuštar Primary School: “Every man is searching. Especially children. They learn new words, fractions, animals, and chemical formulas. They discover themselves and the world around them. Not only do they learn to survive skilfully, a school must teach them to live. In order to be able to live as fully as possible, we also open the spiritual dimension of life to children. Alojzij Šuštar Elementary School in the Institute of St. Stanislav is a private primary school that implements a publicly valid nine-year primary school programme. School education is based on Christian and universal values.”
“The school supports the holistic development of children, and thus the spiritual side of shaping the child’s personality. We strive for a good education and upbringing of children for socially responsible and active citizenship. In this we share the goals of education with all Slovenian schools, and the path to the set goals is our own SCHOOL OF THOUSANDS OF TALENTS, as we call our school with a programme and a set of activities and skills for students. A touch of classicism, artistic creation, sports, science skills, mathematical and computer literacy, language diversity, outdoor and classroom learning activities in nature – are the building blocks of a network of knowledge and opportunities for our students.”