Dear Dr Muthwa
The continued disruptions to the education of our children for which we have already paid refers:
As a right thinking South Africans we initially had a lot of sympathy for the #FeesMustFall protestors
As a parents our hearts bled for those unable to study because of limited access to funds
We confess, we also supported the #FeesMustFall movement for our own selfish reasons
We are thankful that we could only just afford to send our children to a local university
BUT:
In life reality always wins
The protesting students have now crossed the line
When we were young we also protested against apartheid, conscription and for the right to wear what we wanted
We knew that if we vandalised and destroyed public property there would be consequences
What are we teaching our youth? How will they become productive members of society if all they learn is to be criminals?
With the dawning of democracy we all rejoiced to finally have MAJORITY rule
Are we now regressing to the days of apartheid as the MINORITY seem to rule the universities?
When the tail begins wagging the dog anarchy will reign
What about the rights of those students who are paying/have bursaries/whose parents are paying for them?
How dare this small band of students demand free education immediately?
Have they no idea of how to balance a budget?
Our real fear is that if we accede to these demands we will then be setting up another ‘gimme generation’ for failure.
If the students don’t want to be grateful and negotiate like adults then treat them like children and take away their sweeties.
Surely in our democracy the NMMU would be within their rights to hold a referendum, ask the students to VOTE and then the MAJORITY vote would stand?
[Tweet “The #NMMUSilentMajority call on #NMMU to hold an immediate referendum”]
One last question; “When can I expect my credit for the classes, tests, tuts and exams missed?”
Regards
P!ssed Off Paid in Full Parents
Editor: We South Africans need to unlearn many of the painful lessons from the days of Apartheid which taught citizens that violence and the threat thereof were the only ways that we could bring about meaningful change.
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Dear Paid in Full Parent
Had you considered your facts right first, had you not being biased on the matter at hand, i would have understood your point. But for now, it doesn’t contain any weight….surprising that a parent can write such!
Dear paid in full parent, the fact that you paid in full for your child doesn’t change the fact that i am wondering in the streets of port elizabeth with no place to sleep, it doesn’t change the fact that i am writing this to you hungry as hell, it doesnt change the fact that i am not under NSFAS or any kind of sponsorship or bursary! It doesnt change the fact that my parents do not have the money you have for them to pay for me!
Dear paid in full parrent, the fact that you paid in full for your child doesn’t change the fact that i am poor and i cannot afford. You have paid in full, and i haven’t paid at all because i don’t know how will i be able to do so. I am here because i qualify, i am here because i want to, i am here because my intention is to better the lives of my family at large, i am here because i want to pay in full for my siblings, cousins and my own children in future as i am their only hope!
Dear paid in full parent, black lives matter!!! Understand, we cannot all be rich. We dont have the things that you have, and we dont have a problem with that. The problem is the system in which we are being told to accept! Until when?
At NMMU, we never acted out of our minds, we never damaged any property belonging to the institution nor the public. But you keep labeling us and calling us names and yes we understand because you have paid in full and we not. Yes we understand because you dont feel the pain of a suffering BLACK child.
Tell me, how did you, PAID IN FULL PARENT achieve the so-called democracy? Did it come through accepting and understanding that a black person will suffer until Jesus comes? I mean did it just come as a surprise to the black nation? NO!!!! Our parents sacrificed their lives for it, they died for us to be where we are today! Did you, PAID IN FULLPARENT call them to a stand still and told them that you are fed up of what they were fighting for? Did you call them names also? I trust you did, with your heart as it represents the heart of a slave master!!!
I am black and I’m proud! I will fight for my right, i wil die for my right! I will fight for my starving brother and sister! I am in a state where i can no longer accept that im poor! I will fight and rise, and be rich like you!
Excuse my grammar!!! English never loved me, PAID UP PARENT!!!
Dear poorme
Do what the rest of us had to do to pay for our education: get a job, any job, but get a job. This attitude of entitlement is not taking you nor the noisy minority forward. All it is doing is further undermining your further employability.
Shame, life is hard and not fair.
If it is so difficult did you consider doing correspondence or part time studies and trying to get a job.
Did you look at maybe going to a technical college or getting an apprenticeship?
So many people seem to think that varsity is a golden ticket, the fact that we have so many unemployed graduates shows that it is not. There seems to be a disconnect between what the market needs and what people are studying.
Go protest out side the government offices and leave those that want to study alone, you are also impacting badly on the lives of part time students who are working.