TALKING ABOUT IMPORTANT THINGS | How to Resist Propaganda in Schools and Not Go Crazy
"Mom, someone asked me today what patriotism is. How would you answer?"
"Love for one's homeland." And what did you answer?
"Excessive love for one's homeland."
"Conversations about What's Important" is an educational initiative actively promoted by the Russian authorities. Patriotic education lessons are offered on a voluntary and mandatory basis. But some schoolchildren and parents are resisting the established system.
Watch the stories of 11-year-old Tanya from Krasnodar and 15-year-old Masha from Kazan, who refused to attend "Conversations about What's Important."
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0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Tanya: "You can't talk about politics with children"
2:37 - Masha: "Mom doesn't want me to go to these classes"
3:40 - Kirill, teacher: "Our task is to teach children to filter everything"
4:45 - "My daughter will not participate in anything like that"
5:28 - Aivazovsky, Santi, fan fiction
7:18 - What is patriotism?
9:25 - Hippie mom and punk daughter. An article for pacifism
11:18 - A teacher on how "Conversations about Important Things" work
13:20 - How children talk about war
15:15 - "I want to become a tattoo artist"
16:58 - Tanya. The poem "Victory"