In the book "Students in Despair", I am focusing on the students of the International Education Junior High School established in Thessaloniki in 1985 for repatriated and migrant students.
During the school years of 2003-2006, the students experienced inappropriate behaviour from the school's Principal. The teachers were indifferent to the psychological abuse that the students were receiving for three whole years. The solution came from a reporter from the newspaper EGNATIA with the front page publication of the scandal.
This book details the following incidents that the students underwent:
- The purchase and daily use of a video camera by the Principal.
- Grabbing forcefully the necklace of a female student that resulted in breaking its chain, while she was still wearing it.
- Punishment of ten students with unsubstantiated accusations on intoxication and substance abuse.
- The medical examination of the students that proved they did not use any substances.
- Insubstantial indictment of a student for substance trafficking at the police department of Pylaia by the Principal.
- Psychological abuse of the top performing student of the final class by the Principal that was insisting she visits him at his place that resulted in the student dropping out of school.
- Indictment of two female students for the Principal.
- The front page of the newspaper EGNATIA that reported the incidents.
Finally, the students, the protagonists in this story should be proud of their ethos and their strength. After three years of efforts, they were justified by the result.
Other books by Agathi Arvanitidou
Agathi Arvanitidou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She studied Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She was trained at the Ludwigsburg University of Education in Germany. She worked as a teacher at Greek schools abroad, in the DR Congo and in Germany. In Greece, she worked at Intercultural Education high school of Thessaloniki city and volunteered for military service with the Greek army. Moreover, she has participated in scientific conferences and international scientific meetings. She has published articles in scientific journals, newspapers, and educational bulletins.
She is the author of three printed books on 1) the military service of women in the Greek army, 2) her travel experiences in America, Asia and Africa, and 3) the education of foreign and migrant students at Greek schools. In addition, she has contributed to the editing and publishing of four illustrated books on the educational activities of foreign and migrant students in Greece.
The last years, she has been spending her time in Thessaloniki, Greece and Manchester, England, while also editing her fourth book on the Recommendations and Conclusions of the Conferences of the International Bureau of Education – UNESCO.
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