“We were the ones who asked that the school reopen even without the desks.” Genoa parents incredulous about Toti’s controversy

The next day, at the Mazzini school in Genoa, there is more disbelief than outrage. Toti’s tweet with the photo of children kneeling in front of chairs used as desks, taken by a teacher, went through social networks and newspapers. But, according to the students’ families, it was not a cold shower, so much so that the opening of the school, even without the new desks, had been requested by the parents themselves. “It all started on Thursday – the parents explain when they left school – when they told us that school is starting he would have slipped 48 hours allow the desks and the auxiliary personnel to arrive to start the course with serenity “.

As reconstructed by ilfattoquotidiano.it, before a clamor from some parents and pressure from the Superintendency to start yesterday, parents were also warned that to guarantee service with the available forces they would guarantee Just two hours During the first days, and in some sections the children would continue without a desk, with educational activities obviously guaranteed and personalized to offer a moment of celebration for the children to celebrate the expected return to school.

In this photo is also my son. I had two hours of lessons, I was happy and serene. It was just a brief moment of play. Teacher error when circulating this photo, but it disgusts me to think that there are politicians willing to make children 1/2 pic.twitter.com/F2Nx58IQFo

– Giorgio Musso (@ mussolo82) September 14, 2020

“Toti’s speculation has fallen bad – clarifies Enrica Origo, school teacher – ours is a good school and we refer any electoral exploitation to the sender, especially if it is done in children’s skin ”.

“We are the ones who ask the teachers leave anyway, knowing full well that the desks would only arrive today and perfectly aware that the teachers have the skills and the experience to better handle the children for two hours, two days, even without the desks “thus they defend the teachers and the school, the parents of the children who made the headlines of all the newspapers.

While waiting for the arrival of the desks scheduled for this afternoon, the children continue to attend: “No one denies the inconvenience of seeing the support teachers and substitute teachers arrive a month later each year – comment other teachers outside the school – but it is ridiculous to witness electoral controversies on an issue that has been repeated for 20 years, while with regard to seats an organizational mistake that was sorted out without any problem by the teachers under pressure from the parents themselves ”.