Montreal Students Protest – Creative VS Stale Thinking in the Battle for Student Rights
Yesterday I was watching Russia Today news channel when I saw an interesting report about the Montreal Students Protest. The report was about the perseverance of protestors who have been demonstrating for more than 100 days against the announced hike in the tuition fees at the state universities, despite the constant clashes with the police, pepper spray and over 2,500 arrests (so far). What struck me most about this incident was the apparent difference in thinking between the students and the state officials which is having effect on the course of the events taking place in Quebec, and maybe soon in other Canadian provinces. While students have been flexible and creative in their thinking, the state displayed rigid, non-creative thinking attitude that seems to be backfiring on it. Marching route of the Montreal protestors (Source: Business Insider ) The Montreal students uprise started in the beginning of this February after the announcement of the plan to i...
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