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TITLE OF THE EXPERIENCE
Gypsy culture
NAME AND SURNAME OF THE TEACHER
MªCarmen Gómez Acosta
SUBJECTS TAUGHT
mathematics
YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1 year
TYPE OF SCHOOL
Hight School
COUNTRY
Spain
THEMATIC AREA
Integration of immigrants students
DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIENCE
The experience has been in the IES Alfaguara, located in the town of Loja ( Granada). This school is located in one of the more marginal areas of the city, in the middle of a neighborhood of Moroccan immigrants and gypsies.
The protagonist of the story is a student of 15 years old, gypsy, with a long history of disruptive behavior, both outside and within the school, even to minor crimes, among which are several local robberies .
The student last February was ejected for the second time the school so far this school year, after committing several serious offenses (threats and insults teachers, attacks on colleagues, smoking marijuana during breaks, property damage, etc.). After this second expulsion, the student has decided not to return to the school. Among the reasons is the lack of interest in continuing their education (and to be devoted to hawking with his family) and, on the other hand, want to avoid more riots in education, since the juvenile court takes monitor their behavior.
In cooperation with his colleagues and his family support him in his decision. All students openly express that gypsies continue to attend class to charge their families financial aid which gives them the administration are in a situation of disadvantaged sociocultural, so I mostly want to stop "studying " .
Teachers, after the departure of the student, we are more relaxed, since its presence in the classroom caused a continuous emotional stress and also difficult teaching their peers.
The measures undertaken by the school to reduce contact with the family (with little success), and social services who know the subject in depth.

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Date: 2014.05.27

Posted by Oana Acsinie (Romania)

Message: Such cases always make one involve emotionally and make difficult decisions, that one could later regret. In such a situation, one should always have someone to talk to. Unfortunately, most immigrants are poor and have problems in adapting and with their behaviour. We also must take into consideration the fact that education is supposed to form their personalities, to help them integrate socially and economically.

Date: 2014.05.05

Posted by Georgia Latta (Greece)

Message: It was a very difficult situation.
I think the child should be transferred to a special school.

20 December 2014

Final Partners’ meeting

The fourth partners’ meeting took place in Florence (IT) on 15 December 2014. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the third meeting of the project and share and assess the in progress results. A special focus has been dedicated to the presentation of the strategies to solve the case scenarios.