March 21, Institut Sainte-Marie de Chatelet began the era of democracy. This day was rich in emotions and encounters.
5 students th and 6 th years of high school had an appointment at half past eight in the study hall for an oral presentation, taking the whole of the day, given by teachers who organized the day: Mrs. A., Mrs. V. and B. Previously, the director of the Institute, ML, had stressed the importance of such a day, which " goal is education for citizenship more than a pedagogical .
Then at nine o'clock, the first of three events beginning with the enthusiasm and interest of students and guests to end at half past ten. After this workshop, students were all gathered to share a convivial moment while enjoying a delicious meal provided by the organizers. About eleven o'clock they then went to their second appointment with an appetite for more and more voracious cultural enrichment and intellectual and an enormous desire for openness to the world. They again shared their emotions with the distinguished guests for an hour and a half. A break of one hour then allowed them to unwind and dine to tackle the end of the day. The workshop continued until last fifteen hours, and finally, students were asked to rank the locations of the debates.
But more important than planning, it was the twelve workshops, their content and guests. Thus, " justice, public service " was orchestrated by Thierry Marchandise, former Attorney King's in Charleroi for many years. Recently, he decided to resign after a clear mandate to become full justice to Gosselies and thus be closer to population problems.
Secondly, "The journalism and freedom of the press " was represented by two industry professionals. The duo of reporters, including Rudy Hermans (radio journalist
Moreover, Paul Magonet, corporate trainer, tried to teach students to be responsible for their actions through games showing the importance of collective consultation before any decision.
The political world has also been honored by two workshops. The first act saw a representative from each party Francophone Democratic politics: for example, Anne-Marie Corbisier and Véronique Salvi for the HRC, Joelle Kapompole for the PS, Jean-Marc Nollet for Ecolo and Philippe Fontaine MR. The second workshop on the policy was supported by Etienne Bertrand, mayor of Sombreffe, and focused on democracy and citizenship at the local level.
Additional workshops were also offered to students: the gestures and democratic citizens, fair trade, Amnesty International, to end with two "witnesses to the unspeakable "Henry and Chil Kichka Elberg, both survivors of death camps.
The students participated in this event with great enthusiasm. According to Julian T., Rhaeto student, " To keep the system fair and honest, we must preserve democracy, which is in my view, vote, have duties but also rights. I think this is not the best system, but this is not the worst. Having attended the workshop on justice and the media, I thought it was awesome: the presenters were receptive, accessible and quite convincing. " Another student Rhaeto, Samuel W, said: " I think this day was interesting and could, unfortunately I was disappointed by two workshops, one in particular (leadership), where I did not expect to conduct workshop. It was quite an experience, I think most of the guests were able to convey a message of peace, tolerance and democracy . Julie C. adds that " stakeholders were very diverse and happy to be there, students had also looked happy ... The session saw the joy and good humor, and students have come to realize that democracy was not only on paper .
Text written by Carmelo, Gwen and Louis
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