2. What is the issue?
• Chilean Winter is a name given to the
student protests going on in Chile.
• Students march through the streets, play
drums, and have kiss-ins.
• They are protesting the lack of a secondary
education in their country and the use of
education for profit.
3. Who does the issue
affect?
• The government has tried to meet the
students demands, but the students want
more.
• Sometimes the protests become violent, in
which case it physically affects the students
and the police.
• Taxpayers and the economy are affected by
the cost of the state-run education they
demand
4. Why is the issue
important?
• Chile is one of the most advanced
countries in Latin America.
• To see how their people react to the way
their society is set up can help us
troubleshoot for our society.
• It’s also interesting to see how the students
in other countries deal with things they find
unfair.
5. How did the problem
develop?
• There is a known lack of education in
Chile, with many students unable to go to
secondary school or pay tuitions.
• Students became angry at the way schools
were profiting off them, and called for a
government-run educational system and an
end to education for profit.
6. How have others
responded?
• The government proposed a plan to make
secondary school legal and colleges more
easy to access, but the students rejected it
because it didn’t put an end to education
for profit.
• News Medias from around the world
reported on the protests and compared it
to the Arab Spring protests. Hence the
protests in Chile came to be known as the
Chilean Winter.
7. What Solutions Have
Been Presented?
• The Government opened the secondary
schools to the public, but the protests still
didn’t stop.
• The world knows this will be a challenge
for the Chilean economy.
• The students will keep protesting until they
get what they want.
8. What solutions have
not worked?
• Police crackdowns on protesters have only
lead to unnecessary violence and have not
solved the problem.
• The government and protesters do not
seem to see eye to eye on the subject in
question. They can never come to terms on
an agreement.
9. Problem is not solved:
Short-term effects
• Protesters will continue to try and get their
way and will not stop until their demands
are met
• Out-of-control protests could lead to more
violence
• Universities could get boycotted
10. Problem not solved:
Long-term effects
• The educational system could experience a
change for the worse due to conflict
amongst students and staff
• The country will experience an economic
slump when students don’t go to school
• Presidential elections could be based on
where they stand on the educational issue
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