School brings new hope to island in Croatia | Focus on Europe

[@Ben-sh1dl]

Everyone would run around and make a mess. Spoken like a true islander.

[@LayllasLocker]

ye lol XD

[@TheAmbassadorCass]

😂 haha

[@channelchen]

The boy's eyes are glowing and full of life when he speaks of his teacher, school, or wanting to be a fisher-man. Not too long ago, many children were like this. Innocent and eager to learn.

[@boredutopia]

until puberty hits in and only kids around are his siblings, then the problem starts and most such families eventualy or send kids to attend schools in mainland to fiish last 4 or last 2 classes of elemntary school, but when they start highschool they either go to mainland or have virtual school, wich again is not a solution, coz kid needs other kids not related to them. that is huge problem in croatian islands (smaller ones), remote places for last 50 years. and majority of kids eventualy leaves and never comes back to live there. when kids are small and healthy it is easy, once the puberty starts the problem starts, coz kid need to socialise and have friends outside family circel, wich is hard if a child is only child on whole island of that age.. when winters comes, faries dont sail, especialy if weather is bad, helicopters cant fly and if child is injured or have health issues it is very unpleasant place to live. my partner is from one of croatian islands, once he left, he never returned except for summer vacations, coz life on island is harsh and can be lonely and isolating if everyone around you are twice of your own age or much younger than you, or all people around your age are your own family...

[@momo10305]

The little boy's name, Val, means wave in croatian language, that's so fitting! Good luck, Val!

[@boris-ilic]

Wave The Wise

[@g.h.milanboseblut5616]

@@momo10305 Haha yeah Wise Wave. Although it's probably short for Valent or Valerio or something

[@fritula6200]

Val means the waves in the sea.

[@romeo2473]

Val also mean “wave” in Romanian :))

[@tumblevid]

Val is the king

[@Transcendfinejewelleryonline]

What a sweet little boy! We are praying that he will have classmates there and that the island population will continue to grow.

[@shivjain]

No. That will destroy nature and environment

[@mcchicken9878]

Don't do that lol he likes the quiet would be nice if he got a few classmates though

[@Transcendfinejewelleryonline]

@@mcchicken9878 oh yes, just a few classmates for him. I understand,. I prefer the quiet as well

[@panthomromah1551]

He will b the valedectorian and last in his class at the same time,what a legend..

[@laurafabianmarrero]

😂😂😂

[@icturner23]

Val-edictorian. People in normal countries don’t have that, though - just U.S.ians.

[@irenealorbu6885]

😂

[@philyew3617]

Why do you assume everyone does what you do in America ? You're not the best. You just label everything, even failure. It simply does not happen anywhere else.

[@BobTonmit]

... What happened to the home school?​@@philyew3617

[@TheSouth-j7f]

The govt could do more for the Croatian islands less taxes for people who live on islands would be a start or financial help for young families with children. It's a complex problem.

[@freespiritable]

The Balkans has and is experiencing heavy emigration. It's not about how cheap it is. People are set to leave

[@TheSouth-j7f]

@@freespiritable Yes that is true but it would make it easier for those people who want to stay there. Greece does a lot for the people who live on its islands but people are still leaving for Athens and elsewhere but at least they try to keep people on their islands.

[@Je-rb7je]

The govt?😅 Do you know anything about govt in Croatia?

[@gregengel1616]

@@Je-rb7je like the original comment said, it's a complex problem. If you have a solution...

[@Je-rb7je]

@@gregengel1616 it really isn't. Don't get me wrong, I agree with original comment. Its just funny from Croatian govt to expect anything except robbery

[@roadstergt3308]

Croatia ? Bro i am from Kosova as an Albanian i can say croatian people are the best in the world i love theire colture they are wery good people i love how croatians love theire country and they are proud nation like us albanians me and my family always spent our summer time in croatia we feel safe and respected by the best nation in the world

[@majacapric500]

Hvala!!

[@GLikeGoggy]

You're always welcome, dear neighbours! 😊

[@xOrestt]

Albanian from Tirana here. Have never taken any step in Croatia but it feels like we have a very strong connection and almost same story repeated for both Croatians and albanians of Kosovo. A lot of love and respect to the beautiful Dalmatia ❤

[@g.h.milanboseblut5616]

Bro I'm a Kosovo Croat? How good am I!!? GREETINGS from Janjevo

[@palsenka5755]

baš lijepo - hvala !

[@biblemademedoit]

I love how not one time did I see a tablet or cell phone in the hands of Val or his siblings. Our world needs more of these types of families.

[@boredutopia]

it is not recorded, kids here do use them, but not so early, average age is 9 when theyget first one, but kids in big cities get one when they start chool, coz they go alone from and to school, so it is fr communication mostly. kids on islands and remote areas live differently and often isolated. and majority of kids when they go o universet never come back to those areas, coz it is lonely, lonely t beonly kid in a school., village etc...and only kids to play are your siblings...

[@jonpoulda3362]

Who would he text? He’s the only kid his age in that place, apparently!

[@miovicdina7706]

Fantastic. Greetings to Val and the Mudronja family from Serbia.

[@maxasaurus3008]

More kids! I’ll bet the older folks LOVE seeing him! 😊

[@SyedWadud-j2c]

That`s why people should get kids. But unfortunately now many people are remaining childless. But young people can change this situation.

[@phanders6236]

Having kids is a very personal choice and young people should not be pressured into it

[@SyedWadud-j2c]

@@phanders6236 It`s not pressure. Getting kids makes a man/woman happy. A man/woman can have 1,2,3 or even more kids by his choice. If he/she want few kids or many kids. They have their own decision but at least a person should get kids in his/her lifetime.

[@frozencrow8735]

​@SyedWadud-j2c and that's exactly what people mean when they say people pressure others to have kids. Some aren't good parents, some don't like kids, some aren't in situation where having kids is possible, currently I don't want kids since I know I will get way too annoyed and frustrated because of them that it will ruin my relationship with everyone around me. Maybe I will have them later. Maybe I don't but what I am sure about is I don't want anyone around me try to pressure me to have kids when I know I am not ready to have them especially if that person is someone close to me. Pressuring someone to have kids can and will ruin relationship with that person. Ps. Pressuring doesn't have to be aggressive Pressuring, it can also be passive too where someone keeps mentioning "everyone should have kids" etc constantly or every now and then. Good example can be grandparents or parents asking "when are you having kids" everytime they meet you even though you always tell them that you aren't planning to have them.

[@textickulartrauma8287]

I just spent 6 weeks in Croatia, first time years that I've been there. The people are warm, hardworking, friendly, and healthy- both mentally and physically. They interact, I didn't see people looking at their cell phones, I saw them walking, talking, being social. I met university students who lived this way their entire lives and work the coast on the boats in the summer- their english/education is phenomenal. I did not see an obesity epidemic there amongst the kids. This is a fantastic thing, perhaps more families will move there now?

[@razesmile4703]

You have a romanticized view of Croatia. It's statistically one of the most obese countries in Europe, especially bad among children. We're also just as phone addicted as the rest of the world. Sorry.

[@ravenregards]

What a wholesome and heartwarming story. Makes me want to live there. I won't mess it up. I promise.

[@nicolehall2177]

Just some really good people. What a lovely place.

[@lmarchand8526]

Lucky Val!! What a beautiful place Kaprije must be ... my favourite place in the world is Cres, an island some 300km NNW of Kaprije. The people were so nice, so warm... Looking at a map, I see it has been developed a fair bit since I went in 1986, but I hope it hasn't changed too much. We ate delicious cheese burek for breakfast every morning, they are so addictive. Oh, and ajvar, ćevapčići, fried calamari with a potent draft beer, eaten with the sea right before us... I often wish I could have just stayed there for good.

[@biserkasertic1208]

Wich place on Cres?

[@lmarchand8526]

@@biserkasertic1208 Oh my, let me see... we came from Rovinj, I think, took the ferry at Brestova, and then drove south from Porozina... About 1/3 down the island, west coast, was what they called the town of Cres. I'm using Google maps to figure this out... I'm pretty sure our room was along the northernmost marina (near Palada ul.) We would walk up to the Jadran fountain piazza. The burek hut was near there...yum yum. I can see there are MANY more cafés and restaurants now. I think we had our wonderful suppers near where there is now the Buffet Marittimo. We drove around the island, walked around a lot and took in the beautiful sun and nature... When we left, we went up to Rijeka then Zagreb, on our way to lake Balaton, etc etc. Do you come from Cres? Tell me about it 🙂

[@rashmibelur]

What a lovely life…

[@maninblack9271]

It makes me wanting to travel to Croatia.

[@BosisofSweden]

Do it! The country is stunning!

[@maninblack9271]

@BosisofSweden Indeed. Already added it on my list. Thx btw

[@женягуньков]

Biology class: "When the summer is over, tourists gather in flocks and fly away to colder countries."

[@lucasjames7524]

Beautiful story! Love it! 🌎

[@fritula6200]

Pozdrav narodu ovom otoku pogotovo mali Val.. želim Vam isto sve dobro...

[@firepower7654]

Europe in general needs to start making having children a priority for the native populations. Increasingly large tax breaks per child, offering free baby supplies, free school supplies, etc. With the internet, people can now work from anywhere. They just need more incentive to move back into the villages and start having large families.

[@hjiikojulokjj1593]

The kid has a free private teacher. Only in Croatia.

[@andrearoces8597]

Wow... Good job Val. I'm from the Philippines.

[@isthatmysatay]

This reminds me of that Japanese schoolgirl who had a train station opened just for her till she graduate high school😮

[@jcmurr2669]

The Dad is a great man. Says "I love it". The boy will grow up to ge a great man!

[@sylph99]

It’s so cute because his family name means Wise.

[@sknn9779]

That s a sarcasm. They clearly are not

[@KarolinaS-zt1kl]

Go Val! ❤️

[@me9981]

His first and last name are so cool. Val is wave in croatian,and mudronja can technically be translated as wisdom or even better a wise one. It's hilarious.

[@MT-ys6ju]

Sounds like paradise.. The island nation i'm from used to be like this too before it got taken over by capitalist greed.

[@cool-o-koivibes1987]

Bless you all there esp Val. I love English subject too. Keep it up buddy. I'm from the Philippines. Sending you all the love and good luck! ❤

[@hscamzhscam177]

Tourism and tourism economy doesnt support community growth long term

[@razesmile4703]

Tourism is a plague. I say this as a worker in the tourism industry. Unfortunately, there is not much else to do in a lot of places in Croatia.

[@DoesntMatter-p8z]

@@razesmile4703 didn’t tourism and medical tourism help Greece after their economy or money ranked around 2012? I believe that was a big credit to getting back on their feet. As long as the locals and their culture are not negatively impacted there are times it can be beneficial to have access to. Luckily it is beautiful there and they can always turn to it if needed.

[@andjelkaivic-rc4mb]

In summer i live in Kaprije i know the little man he is kind

[@johnostrum6953]

0:33 I wouldn’t be bothered by that commute either….

[@eclectic505]

Koje ime, bravo za roditelje!!😃

[@majacapric500]

Jako lijepo :)

[@sknn9779]

Pošalji svoju djecu onda tamo. Preselite se. Jadno dite

[@majacapric500]

@@sknn9779 što mu fali, ima i braću i sestre, učiteljicu, mamu, tatu...

[@abdulrahmanadam818]

Wow its better than my country islands Maldives ❤

[@j-h-123]

Amazing! 😊❤

[@Fr99763]

God bless Val!

[@dimphinapereira1502]

Beautiful story

[@palsenka5755]

perfect but is strategic too - they want young people to live in islands ... which is 👌

[@sallymoen7932]

That boy would find a similar school in many other parts of the world. Kudos to the school officials and teachers willing to commit to teach small populations of students.

[@miketemple7686]

I think I saw a similar short documentary for a one student and one teacher somewhere in Russia. But the teacher was male.

[@ainmartinez8186]

Tan skin, blond hair and gray eyed kid. He'll be a handsome guy someday.

[@bellaciao_88]

People from Croatia are also tall. My father was huge 1.96m man, yet smallest from 3 brothers. He was called THE LTTLE ONE

[@YourD3estinY]

Yes, thats what you get with 2/3 Slavic and 1/3 Romanic (mostly Illyrian) ancestry.

[@ainmartinez8186]

I'm 156 cm asian, weighing 44 kilos at the age of 24 🫥🫥 I must be so small if I go to Croatia.

[@libertas5552]

Unfortunately, young people think grass is greener on the other side and move to other countries. Sooner or latter, most will learn that they would have been happier if they remained in Croatia. I have learned this from others and my own personal experience.

[@amalabissac]

Good luck Val.

[@saarinenj1]

That is great news❤

[@francek3892]

Our Islands are dying bcs there isn't that much of jobs and non industry there and the goverment is trying to do everything in order to make those people stay

[@fritula6200]

roadstergt... in reply: I read you comment about your experience in my country Croatia: I would like to thank for you,for such kind words of praise, on what other nationalities find in us and inmour country: I thank you for your generosity.... As l was growing up in another country, my family had friendship with Albanian people where we lived, we respected each other and liked each as human beings... Thank you for your comment... I can only offer you a welcome to my country...l hope you continue to enjoy life in Kosovo and holidays in my country: May God bless you and your family and country. With respect.

[@leemccabemccabe5627]

Beautiful 🙏

[@sps6]

I had 80 people in my class...there was no place to sit

[@rboddington]

Val is also the leading boy model on the island.

[@KeithApp]

0:33 Nice sunglasses! Deirdre Rashid wore a pair just like that!

[@BrigitteSeil]

Bravo 👏👏👏🇭🇷

[@RichardOseikusi]

What a handsome boy val

[@PeronuPeric-wm9hx]

1 student and 30 employes in school.😂

[@ReinaAfricana]

That must be a dream job😂 hang out with your friends and barely have to clean.

[@GoldenEDM_2018]

I do not see anything wrong with that, actually that is win win for everyone lmao

[@birdsoul5731]

Sritno! ❤❤❤ bravo Val!

[@MargarethaDeanna]

❤❤❤

[@nathanmoore1893]

Very cool.

[@Contessa6363]

❤❤

[@stevehathaway4715]

Val could be a model :)

[@NourKLI]

I wouldn't want to live there tbh. I would be bored fast. It's all fun and games until it isn't anymore.

[@iftunasrin]

This boy won't be able to cope with people in future since he is treated like a king in primary

[@carlwhite3471]

He's going to clean up at sports day!

[@jcmurr2669]

He is the worst behaved student in the whole school. He is also the best behaved, dumbest, smartest, oldest, youngest, tallest and shortest. Yeah I have no life whatsoever.

[@savannahdebose757]

Where are all the other children at? Like neighbors? Does this boy have friends his age?

[@angelrivera8558]

When I was his age, I would have loved a school like that. Instead I had rowdy kids who didn’t want to learn things. all they wanted was just have out till launch p, then hang till three o’clock. And they didn’t like Me because I wasn’t hanging out in class. I was into class subjects and it made me weird to others. Oh not to say I was a great student in reality I took longer to learn things, but finally would get it. I like eating my food with a small group at my table. witch made me Evan more different. Oh I moved a lot so keeping friend was not so easy. In the long run I got along well with most teachers but in every semester there was some who where not good at teaching they wanted robots student with not to much time with them but as years went by I Evan got some of the not so good teacher to not hate me. How many time I moved wee kindergarten to fifth grade the moved to two school in 2 1/2 years then from 8 the grade to 9 the then change to another one for a semester then 10, 11, 12 in three years finish in 1976 the off to work from then on so in my life time 6 school in my scholastic life so it would have been great to have a teacher to my self for the grander, the first 6 years then jr high, then high school . Three school in tote wow it bee great ti learn more and one teacher all my self until I go the basics

[@litoboy5]

Great

[@jovanierheyzayas7459]

I remember my college days in my course there are only 7 . there was a time when my whole classmates are absent they thought that prof will not attend because someone says he have matter to do. Meanwhile im having follow up classes that day so I'm in school . Then suddenly he called me why im outside the time for his class starting asking where every one.. i said idk. nothings comes in my mind that time.. the subject is integral calculus a 1 vs 1 😂

[@romanaivanovic3230]

Mutti hängt den ganzen Tag im Café ab .

[@TheRajat23]

I'd enroll if I had her for my only teacher.

[@andmos1001]

«So can you tell us whats e is in math?» Teacher to the singular student. «s***» Student

[@sailorsenshi4504]

How much does it cost to move there from the US?

[@Ul.B]

You can't say that across the board. It depends on how much the accommodation costs, how many things you bring with you and most importantly you need a job. And above all, you have to be prepared to learn the language.

[@RicoBanani]

Kroatische Welle

[@JosephHenry-l5e]

Now what happens if they come to an impasse and can't agree on something? 1 teacher, one student doesn't seem very practical. Actually it seems very wasteful. Government at its best.

[@fortissimoX]

❤

[@Monster_Mover_Stocks]

And yet, he still gets bullied 😅.

[@martymcfly256]

I guess that's one way to become the valedictorian of your class.

[@krio.]

Is he the only kid in the island? Does he even have playmates?!

[@gabriel3141616]

Es tan complejo el tema que el niño tiene que hacerse bullying a si mismo.

[@rvn5532]

Maybe in this day and age, kids like him need to be homeschooled online. What's the point of walking halfway through the island when he can just sit in front of his laptop and start to learn?

[@iloveallkindsof-blue]

He is lucky not to live in the US, otherwise his mother would be arrested for letting her ten year old walking alone outside

[@mimi-p7r1n]

In some parts of Europe, it's safe to do that. I would do that too, but now looking back, I realise what kind of a privilege that was.

[@haadbajwa7565]

Royal 👑 treatment!,🎉 Only one child 🧒 in the island 🏝? Makes no sense!

[@mario-mk6gc]

Primary school is prescribed by law, so the state is obliged to provide primary education to everyone. And since in Croatia, out of over 1200 islands, only about 60 are inhabited, the goal is not to empty them out, and school plays a big role in that, for further education, unfortunately, they will have to move.

[@natasamladenovic1765]

He is not the only child on the island. He has siblings and there are other kids on the island but older amd they go to schools on neighbouring island.

[@gillowens24]

He needs friends to talk to though.

[@georgethomas7814]

gGreat Story

[@Zatvornik]

This “news report” in a metaphorical way tells you the whole story of EU, doesn’t it?

[@dannyboy-vtc5741]

How so? I mean, the island lost its school in times of yugoslavian "prosperity" it opened again in the eu era. If you wanted to bash the eu, you failed miserably. For instance those small island zirje, kaprije etc in sibenik archipelago are just getting waterpipes under the sea from the mainland, the farthest one is about 26 km away from the coast and they are laying the pipeline for some 100 or so inhabitants, where else can you have that except the eu?

[@YTonYahoo]

Very rich

[@romanaivanovic3230]

Wer bezahlt?

[@FateOfFools-o6h]

school 🏫🎒

[@quasimodo8215]

Croatia must be a very rich country....

[@-schattenpflanze-3755]

It is far more richer then for example Germany

[@omsi-fanmark]

No. not rich at all. But it is quite beautiful, especially the coastal area and the islands, been there several times. I adopted my first cat from there in 2007 (a stray kitten), that was even before Croatia joined the EU.

[@AbsolutelyFabulous3]

It’s not rich, not poor

[@quasimodo8215]

@@-schattenpflanze-3755 how's that?

[@quasimodo8215]

@AbsolutelyFabulous3 so you mean pola-pola?

[@shivjain]

1:49 Haha

[@romariobrown4938]

So why did he walk to school if he had bicycle???

[@mg4361]

Because walking is fun and he has enough time?

[@ShounakDebnath-ef9fn]

He should do homework if he has so much time 😂

[@heidi22209]

Bleep bloop. 🎉

[@DrBallSac]

Never heard of remote learning like they teach kids in Australia over vast distance on the Internet?

[@u.synlig]

Having a skilled private tutor is, by far, preferable to "remote learning". He is a fortunate lad.

[@domo434]

maybe they could take a lesson from this story. education is far more then just q&a especially in this age when a kid learns everyday from interaction with another grown up person

[@DrBallSac]

@domo434 It's not about the obvious whats best. Which is direct learning in person. For now, until the brain chips, maybe? But a question of resources. Is it viable for the economy to spend so much on a teacher who has a 3 hour round trip commute, which is being paid for by the taxpayer, I assume. Untop of every other expense for just one student. Hence, internet schooling, until a classroom of x number of children, basically balances the books and justifies the use of one single educator.

[@crochapz]

@@DrBallSac Funny, my parents always told me to stop staring at the screen and go out. Now people advocate for staring at the screen the entire day.

[@vanessathainegalindo1683]

In croatia we are noo so attach to the net, we are more into relationship with people and nature!.

[@alimran229]

How it’s possible 😇😇 it is not possible for developing nations

[@AbsolutelyFabulous3]

She gets paid like any other teacher in Croatia, only she’s willing to commute to the island every day, probably gets some compensation for that, too

[@palsenka5755]

@@AbsolutelyFabulous3 I do not think this is only hours she is doing I am Croatian, worked in rural areas... as teacher, it is only part of her schedule

[@kinglizard3406]

bcs they dont tell part that people actualy leaving Croatia

[@palsenka5755]

@@kinglizard3406 yes, some of us came back -I did

[@palsenka5755]

@@Ivano_Lovreta zato i super !!! Živjela sam u "razvijenim zemljama "

[@casandramorgen8185]

Fishing is cruelty and murder😡

[@ekek29]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ananyatewari6318]

👍

[@MidnightWarrior1976]

The boy needs a life jacket. We don't need another tragic story.

[@CrazyMurica]

This happened to a little girl in Japan 10-12 years ago. No one paid any attention to it.. a white kid does it and all off a sudden there are 100k likes within 2 weeks comments on

[@RachmaHidayati-s1l]

*please.. Croatia🇭🇷 recognise Palestine country in UN. like Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia recognised 2 country (Palestine & Israel).🤲*

[@jaabaadaabaaadoo]

No thanks.

[@sentaveliki425]

No one cares

[@regiumcroatiumrexbh6003]

The problem is that the Israeli lobby holds Croatia by the balls as well as Germany, so we don't have such wide options.

[@GLikeGoggy]

Unfortunately Croatian government follows only what the American government says... It's been like that for the past 30+ years...

[@gregengel1616]

@@sentaveliki425 if no one cares, what is with all the protest question. I CARE, does that make me a no one?

[@BorisBoris-sl1sf]

And who’s paying for all this?

[@mario-mk6gc]

Croatia

[@farojf6423]

The parents should try home schooling and make the kid's life easier and more productive.

[@u.synlig]

Private-tutoring was the tradition among wealthy families for generations. They thrived.

[@AbsolutelyFabulous3]

@@u.synligThis is not rich, the island is not developed

[@PollutedShadesOfPemberley]

Unfortunately, homeschooling is illegal in Croatia. There are few loopholes in the law where parents can do it, but it's not easy.

[@u.synlig]

@@PollutedShadesOfPemberley It is good to recognize that teaching is a profession that requires advanced knowledge of many subjects in the 21st century.

[@todd.galore]

"Home schooling" is an US invention, it doesn't exist in Croatia or anywhere else in Europe, for that matter. In Europe, children can only be taught by trained professionals (teachers) and not by parents.

[@GabrielaGARAYREYES]

😮😮😮❤🎉 we need foreigners to go there