After receiving strong criticism for his expressions during the Alexandra program at 12, political analyst Carlos Díaz Olivera said that his intention was never to call teachers “mandulets”.
As criticized by the Women’s Commission of the teaching organization Eduquem, Díaz Olivera used the term contemptuously towards the work of educators and even called for the cancellation of their participation in radio and television.
Faced with this, the analyst published some written expressions in which he denied having insulted the teachers and assured that their expressions had been taken out of context.
“It was pointed out that the Secretary of Education proposed that summer be used to help students with the problem of delay. THE NEWS BEING that the trade unions were opposed to this. It is in this context is that I criticized only the guilds that refused to help students in the summer and noted that the problem of our and our students requires a commitment from society as a whole, in addition to teachers and parents, the community and the citizens, “he said.
Díaz Olivera added that the use of the word was made while talking about the agenda of successful societies and countries.
“Societies that fail to progress are affected because there is no such rigor or discipline of work and because they have ‘mandulets’ that do not have this discipline and do not want to work rigorously. The ‘mandulets’ of which I spoke are in all societies through history I NEVER SAID AND I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT A TEACHER IS A “MANDULETE” BECAUSE I AM A TEACHER, BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS HER ALL HIS LIFE AND BECAUSE I FEEL A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE TEACHING THAT IS MY VOCATION OF LIFE “, he continued.
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