Archives for May 29th, 2007

The now-infamous Lecce school video. Potentially NSFW.

If you haven’t seen them already, some videos have been floating around that were allegedly taken in a classroom in Lecce, Italy. Right now, the only media source I could find that mentions the story is the hitherto unknown Malta Star, whose story is here.

The paper claims that Italian authorities have suspended the lecturer, presumably because she doesn’t react to the boys’ wildly aggressive harassment — even when they take it up a notch, as they do in their second cellphone video. (Again NSFW)

I suppose my revulsion while watching these videos is a clear sign that I’m getting old. The fact that the comments on YouTube seem generally positive and appreciative, while I just feel squicked out, pretty much confirms it. I now belong to the “goddamn-kids-these-days” generation.

The videos also reminded me of a rambunctious cellphone video that surfaced here in Slovenia a year ago. I had pretty much forgotten about it but if you want to see an example of the Slovenian educational system at its not-so-finest, here it is:

Slovenian dingleberries in action.

The video is of some high-school kids (aged 16-17) in Domžale, honing the skills they will need (screaming, arguing, roughhousing) for a lifetime of unemployment and heavy beer-drinking.