Comments on: Proud to be (also) Austrian! II http://www.tajder.com/archives/701 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:22:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ana Tajder http://www.tajder.com/archives/701/comment-page-1#comment-679 Ana Tajder Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:39:11 +0000 http://www.tajder.com/?p=701#comment-679 Well, it is not (only) about "for free" because the university is already for free. There were announcements though that they might re-introduce fees. It is more about the quality and the fairness (they call it democracy) of the education. But, as I just wrote in today's post, what surprised me when I joined yesterday was the quality of the discussion - Austria's best intellectuals are speaking about the system, the crisis and about potential solutions on the bigger scale. So the protests are slowly expanding from being about education to being about a system that does not work. Hut ab! P.S. Please notice the fact that international media is not reporting about this Well, it is not (only) about “for free” because the university is already for free. There were announcements though that they might re-introduce fees. It is more about the quality and the fairness (they call it democracy) of the education.
But, as I just wrote in today’s post, what surprised me when I joined yesterday was the quality of the discussion – Austria’s best intellectuals are speaking about the system, the crisis and about potential solutions on the bigger scale. So the protests are slowly expanding from being about education to being about a system that does not work. Hut ab!
P.S. Please notice the fact that international media is not reporting about this

]]> By: Oliver http://www.tajder.com/archives/701/comment-page-1#comment-678 Oliver Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:13:46 +0000 http://www.tajder.com/?p=701#comment-678 I am just afraid that the major drive for this demonstration is to get something for free. It seems to me that it's the easiest way to rally people, almost like for free beer. I wonder if the same drive would be there if the university was already for free. Do people really have the drive to stand up for change? I am just afraid that the major drive for this demonstration is to get something for free. It seems to me that it’s the easiest way to rally people, almost like for free beer.

I wonder if the same drive would be there if the university was already for free. Do people really have the drive to stand up for change?

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