A School Initiation Ritual
Translated from Slovenian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Several Slovenian secondary schools held first-day receptions for new students, but some older students subjected them to degrading and potentially harmful treatment.
- New students were reportedly marked with pens, covered in flour, pelted with eggs and sprayed with a harmful metal-paint product.
At several Slovenian secondary schools, welcoming ceremonies for first-year students crossed the line into abuse.
Older students reportedly marked newcomers with pens, covered them in flour, threw eggs at them and sprayed their bodies with a harmful product used to paint metal.
Humiliation, coercion and interference with a personโs physical or mental integrity are not tradition or entertainment. They are mistreatment and violence.
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Originally published by Delo in Slovenian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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