I recently had a chance to eat dinner with a group of alumni from the PUCCM here in Santiago, one of the more prestigous universties in the DR and as usually I started up a conversation about the corruption in this country and what should be done about it.
I was surprised to learn from the group of Dominicans that "social justice/action" is not really discussed at the universtity level. If this is representative of the general case here in the DR how can anyone hope for change when the future of the country aren't challegened to question the status quo?
This isn't the first time I have run into this, in fact I'm quite verbose and open(in general) so I have had the opportunity to speak with many, many Dominicans about this topic(my favorite) here in the DR and 100 times out of 100 they see that there is a problem and recognize that a change is needed but at best are apathetic and unmotivated.
My question is how can anybody expect change when the higher institutions of learning aren't teaching the students anything more than book learning as opposed to teaching one of the the hallmarks of a free society - challenge the status quo if needed and always strive for a better, more relevant solution?
I was surprised to learn from the group of Dominicans that "social justice/action" is not really discussed at the universtity level. If this is representative of the general case here in the DR how can anyone hope for change when the future of the country aren't challegened to question the status quo?
This isn't the first time I have run into this, in fact I'm quite verbose and open(in general) so I have had the opportunity to speak with many, many Dominicans about this topic(my favorite) here in the DR and 100 times out of 100 they see that there is a problem and recognize that a change is needed but at best are apathetic and unmotivated.
My question is how can anybody expect change when the higher institutions of learning aren't teaching the students anything more than book learning as opposed to teaching one of the the hallmarks of a free society - challenge the status quo if needed and always strive for a better, more relevant solution?