Arturo Perez-Reverte He has messed it up again with his latest statements in which he criticizes the youth of our country and the Spanish educational system: “You cannot treat the brilliant student the same as the one who does not have the talent.” Criticism has rained down on the writer on social networks, where he has been branded classist, egocentric and reactionary.
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The RAE academic expressed his opinion on the Spanish educational system and its failures: “Stimulate the brilliant student. Help the one who is not, but do not try to bring the brilliant student down to the level of the one who is not, because then you will you are carrying them all”, he confessed this Wednesday in the anthill.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s criticism of the Spanish educational system: “You cannot treat the brilliant student the same as the one who does not have the talent”
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https://t.co/dGlKOV5I6n pic.twitter.com/RwP3cVuhb1— THE WORLD (@elmundoes) October 19, 2022
After his interview with Paul Motorcycles, social networks began to boil. They reminded the former war reporter that the public education system he criticizes aims to guarantee equal opportunities and not to train elites, as occurs with private or concerted education, or happened during the dictatorship in Spain.
Pérez Reverte, encouraged by the right-wing press, proposes the return of elitist education, like the one demanded by the extreme right. pic.twitter.com/cAg5Pa5O7R
– Lucio Martínez Pereda (@anluma99) October 19, 2022
the author of The Adventures of Captain Alatriste He also criticized the poor preparation in Spain of the new generations to get ahead: “Young people are not prepared for the Titanic iceberg.” He argues that we are raising “boys too comfortably ensconced in an unreal world… Young helpless for when the blackout comes.” Again, before this almost apocalyptic statement, Twitter users have “explained” what are the real conditions of the present and future youth of our country. They have turned to criticism.
“Young people are not prepared for the Titanic iceberg” – @perezreverte #ReverteEH pic.twitter.com/NDsGZObtyd
– The Anthill (@El_Hormiguero) October 18, 2022
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Known names, such as the singer Ishmael Serrano, have ridiculed the opinions of the literary author by making him ugly when he attacks young people and points out their irresponsibility or little preparation. Serrano has described it as a dangerous, warmongering message and “militaristic pessimism.”
“Today’s young people love luxury, have pet peeves and despise authority. They answer to their parents, cross their legs and tyrannize their teachers.”
Perez-Reverte or Sócrates? Ismael Serrano (@SerranoIsmael) October 20, 2022
In addition, some other user of social networks has shown “the brilliance” of the author of novels by posting a screenshot with a headline that recalls his status as a plagiarist: “Arturo Pérez-Reverte pays more than 20,000 euros for the plagiarism of a script “.
brilliance pic.twitter.com/3uO92JyIcE
– Mazurkiewickz (@BenjamnJmnez) October 20, 2022
Another tweeter wanted to summarize what happens every time the academic gives his opinion or intervenes on television: “He could talk about interesting things… But every time he goes on TV, what he says is that people are stupid.”