I would like to begin with a few tokens of gratitude for Armenia’s Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, Arayik Harutyunyan.
Thank you for your boldness. Few would be so bold as to put forth a proposal which, for many Armenians, appears to attack our national language, literature and history. You have successfully galvanized citizens and members of the Arm
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The Author said it well, couldn’t agree more.
“These humanities subjects are essential for the cultivation of persons capable of self-governance. This is the literal meaning of the word kaghakavar (varel – to rule, kaghak – city), which has historically been the aim of university education.”
“For example, Armenian language classes can offer the option of taking Classical or Western Armenian. Another option could be classes in dialectology, which would, on the one hand, connect students to the world largely lost due to the Armenian Genocide, while on the other hand more deeply connecting them to their compatriots across the republics of Armenia and Artsakh. The study of Eastern Armenian at the university level can also offer a more advanced study of the language, so that Stepan Partamian can comfortably retire from his position as language police. “
Is this a joke? Arayik Harutyunyan is the one who attacks our national language, literature and history. He is the one who removing Armenian language, religion and history classes from Armenian college education and soon in schools. He is the one who is promoting LGBT values popularization in kids day care. He is the one who told thousands of students The he doesn’t care what they say that he doesn’t care what students think and he will remove language and history no matter what. He is the one said no matter what I do prime minister will cover him and we all know why. I don’t blame this young guy who wrote this article as he is trying to please a person who he met when he got a temp job in Armenia. But what is written here about him promoting Armenian history and culture is totally opposite in reality. Ask people who live in Armenia and you will hear the answer and the stories.