The professor enters the lecture hall.
He looks around.
"You there in the 8th row. Can you tell me your name?" he asks a student.
"My name is Sandra" says a voice.
The professor asks her, "Please leave my lecture hall. I don't want to see you in my lecture."
Everyone is quiet. The student is irritated, slowly gathers her things and stands up.
“Faster please” she is asked.
She doesn't dare say anything and leaves the lecture hall.
The professor continues to look around.
The participants are shocked.
“Why are there laws?” he asks the group.
All are silent. Everyone looks at the others.
“What are laws for?” he asks again.
“Social order” sounds from a line
A student says, “To protect one's personal rights.”
Another says: "So you can rely on the state."
The professor is not satisfied.
“Justice,” a student shouts.
The professor smiles. She has his attention.
"Thank you very much. Have I behaved unfairly towards your classmate before?"
Everyone nods.
"I did indeed. Why didn't anyone protest?
Why didn't any of you try to stop me?
Why didn't you want to prevent this injustice?" he asks.
Nobody answers.
"You wouldn't have understood what you just learned in 1000 hours of lectures if you hadn't experienced it. You didn't say anything, just because you weren't affected by it yourself. This attitude speaks against you and against life. You think that As long as it doesn't concern you, it doesn't concern you. I tell you, if you don't speak up today and don't bring justice, then one day you too will experience injustice and no one will stand for you. Justice lives through us all. We must fight for it.”
"In life and at work, we often live side by side rather than with each other. We console ourselves that the problems of others do not concern us. We go home and are happy that we have been spared. But it is also about standing up for others. Injustice happens every day in business, in sports or on the tram. Trusting that someone will solve it is not enough. It is our duty to be there for others. Speaking up for others when they cannot ."
And yes. The professor asked the briefed student to come back.
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We must learn to get up again, amigos. It is our duty. Courage is just a decision, you will be proud of it, every time❤️
