tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post8232127362491793012..comments2024-03-28T10:07:24.955-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: The Angry YoungOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-88582852561726328662012-04-29T12:03:32.766-04:002012-04-29T12:03:32.766-04:00I totally agree with you, Philip. If you were to l...I totally agree with you, Philip. If you were to look at my graduation yearbook, you would notice that most of us were first generation Quebecers and Canadians.<br /><br />The doors of the university were open to all who had the qualifications to attend. The financial standing of any student was less important than the student's drive to succeed.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-36767881026125930882012-04-29T11:29:53.212-04:002012-04-29T11:29:53.212-04:00You would do better to compare the Quebec Student ...You would do better to compare the Quebec Student protests and the Chilean Student protests and not bring in the broader social protests in Europe and Isreal, which are largely economic.<br /><br />The Chilean protests have been largely ignored in North American. The Quebec protests have similarities. They have gone on longer than most student protest. They are mostly in defense of more accessible and equitible university education. In other words they are a defense of a cultural view. In Chile, the students even went so far as to chant "keep our Socialist Society".<br />Canadians like to try to compare the Quebec students with those in the rest of Canada. But in Quebec University tuition was low because the University was seen as a social good and not a means for a individual to gain economic and social status. In the rest of Canada the University functions on the principles of business, charging "what the traffic can bear", even if it creates large debts for graduates. In Quebec, the University is a social benefit which should be available to all<br />The stuggle of Quebec and Chilean students is a struggle to maintain the cultural values of their societies, resisting the business model of the University and defending the broad access to the University for the benefit of the society.They are protesting more for future students than for themselves.Tossing Pebbles in the Streamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354065895900279070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-72536697305477310432012-04-29T10:27:04.322-04:002012-04-29T10:27:04.322-04:00We should all hope they do, Karen. God knows, they...We should all hope they do, Karen. God knows, they deserve better than what they've got.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-24510203204619577952012-04-29T09:58:26.863-04:002012-04-29T09:58:26.863-04:00I like the sign in the photo: "Sorry about th...I like the sign in the photo: "Sorry about the inconvenience. We are trying to change the world!"<br /><br />I hope they do.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131927710530023725noreply@blogger.com