· I was class representative and Student Delegate in the Pedagogical Council on Camões high school (2008/2009 and 2009/2010). Under this condition I was invited to participate in the 100th anniversary of the school by doing a 10 min. speech as the student representative in the solemn session, which was headed by the Republic’s President, the board also including the Minister of Education. I developed my speech under two lines, one sharing my own dream of a more inclusive, democratic and participated school, the other in which I made strong criticisms to the education politics in this country in the past 4 years.
Due to the massive presence of the media, the political component of my speech ended up having an unexpected impact, with news in most televisions, radios, newspaper, and thousands of messages to various blogs (see for e.g. http://www.publico.clix.pt/Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o/aluno-acusa-ministra-de-tirar-credibilidade-a-democracia_1405537 , http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/alunos-educacao-ministra-maria-de-lurdes-rodrigues-liceu-camoes-tvi24/1096343-4071.html, or http://wehavekaosinthegarden.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/uma-licao-com-20-valores/ ). This media attention culminated with full page profiles in the two most important reference newspapers in this country, “Público” and “Diário de Notícias” (see attached images).
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