My OperaJuan and Pablo
Sunday, October 21, 2007 4:06:01 AM
I'm writing this down today, for myself, so that I won't forget.
This is the story about two Argentinian guys, Juan and Pablo, who were best friend of my current roommate, Zsuzsanna. Last year, they were expelled and sent back to Argentina, without any specific reason given to the community.
So last year went by, and this year, Zsuzsanna became my roommate. Well, I need to say, had it not been for this, I would have been holding prejudices against her types (the playing hard type, showy clothes, narcotics, marijuana, club dancing...). But I came to understand that everyone is a person that needs to be understood.
So this is the story that Zsuzsanna told me : last year, as we know, Juan was her boyfriend and Pablo was Mira's boyfriend. Many things happened, but briefly, one day Pablo raped Mira. She was sent to a hospital, with bruises all over her body, but she refused to name the raper. But the police and the staffs' persistence frustrated her, and she somehow split it out. So, the school decided to send Pablo back home. But Juan had to leave as well. Why? Nobody knew. Even Juan himself didn't.
Now these two guys are still keeping contact with Szuszanna by emails. They're in Argentina, homeless, living on the streets.
I don't deny that bad actions had to lead to some kinds of consequences. But we are a school, where people come to be educated, not a prison where people receive punishment. By expelling them, the administration gave them a death sentence. There could be many ways to help them understand the consequences of their actions and be better members of the society, but these people chose to neglect them and their humanities. Now thanks to them, Juan and Pablo will be likely to live like this for the rest of their lives.
So sad how some people tend to put reputation above everything.
This is the story about two Argentinian guys, Juan and Pablo, who were best friend of my current roommate, Zsuzsanna. Last year, they were expelled and sent back to Argentina, without any specific reason given to the community.
So last year went by, and this year, Zsuzsanna became my roommate. Well, I need to say, had it not been for this, I would have been holding prejudices against her types (the playing hard type, showy clothes, narcotics, marijuana, club dancing...). But I came to understand that everyone is a person that needs to be understood.
So this is the story that Zsuzsanna told me : last year, as we know, Juan was her boyfriend and Pablo was Mira's boyfriend. Many things happened, but briefly, one day Pablo raped Mira. She was sent to a hospital, with bruises all over her body, but she refused to name the raper. But the police and the staffs' persistence frustrated her, and she somehow split it out. So, the school decided to send Pablo back home. But Juan had to leave as well. Why? Nobody knew. Even Juan himself didn't.
Now these two guys are still keeping contact with Szuszanna by emails. They're in Argentina, homeless, living on the streets.
I don't deny that bad actions had to lead to some kinds of consequences. But we are a school, where people come to be educated, not a prison where people receive punishment. By expelling them, the administration gave them a death sentence. There could be many ways to help them understand the consequences of their actions and be better members of the society, but these people chose to neglect them and their humanities. Now thanks to them, Juan and Pablo will be likely to live like this for the rest of their lives.
So sad how some people tend to put reputation above everything.
