enesetappude seeria… 22. jaan 2010

Nii ja, ma just eile sain teada, et Volkeri ülikoolis, mis on suhteliselt väike, tegid 1997-1998 pooleteise aasta jooksul neli doktorikraadi taotlejat-tudengit enesetapu. Põhjusteks siis arvatavasti ülikooli eliidi tase, ranged nõudmised, pinge kodust eemal elamisest, Firenze elanikkonna kinnisus ja nii edasi… Suht friik mõelda sellele…

Leidsin netis ühe artikli selle kohta, panen paar lõiku siia ka:

“Between January 1997 and August 1998, a German, a Ukrainian, an Austrian and a French student all took their lives while working on, or having just completed, their theses. At the EUI, with a population of only 300 students a year, four suicides in succession is a real emergency.

[...]the institute is still faced with the question of why a string of brilliant students, selected as an elite to become the brains behind the Europe of tomorrow, working in the idyllic setting of a Renaissance monastery in Fiesole, on an olive tree and vineyard covered hillside overlooking Florence, plunge into such desperation as to take their own lives.

“The structure is rigid and closed,” declared Halmut Hoefert. “Intense rhythms, fierce competition, great expectations. The institute offers no connection with the outside world. Only elementary Italian is taught, enough to buy a loaf of bread or rent a flat, because Italian is considered a non-competitive language. Therefore, isolation from the real world is the price which one must pay for this very valuable experience.”

Kogu artikkel on siin:

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=110246&sectioncode=26

Brrr, igatahes, ütlen mina selle peale.. Hoidke pöialt, et meil Volkeriga närvid vastu peaks siin pingelises eliidikoolis . No ok, tegelikult ei ole asi ju üldse nii hull ja kool on tänaseks päevaks ka suht palju vaeva näinud, et midagi sellist vältida.. Eliiditunnet ka eriti ei ole ). Pealegi, me näiteks juba mõtlesime seda ära kasutada ja tangotundidesse minna .