Letters to the Editor

What do the teachers who don't see families demand?As a mother, I see that the message of the recent school strike is becoming diluted. There is talk of follow-up figures, economic incentives, and salary increases, but there is a resounding failure to explain the real reason for the protest. And if families are not massively joining the mobilization, it is because they have not been told the gravity of some problems that occur in classrooms.

In Igualada we have some poignant and shameful examples: the closure of the Emili Vallès School, the non-potable water at the L'Espigol municipal nursery, or the lack of heating at the IES Joan Mercader. That in 2026 an educational center has to be closed due to a lack of sustained maintenance over time is a disgrace that should make any government hang its head.

To this physical abandonment is added the collapse of the inclusive school model. We fill our mouths with pretty words about inclusion, but the reality that they tell me and that I perceive is that, inside the classroom, there are no resources. Without the necessary specialized staff, inclusion becomes, in practice, a shared exclusion: students with special needs do not receive the attention they deserve and the rest of the class suffers the overload of teachers who do not have the resources to resolve certain conflicts.

If families do not understand that this strike is for the quality of education for their children and for the safety of the spaces where they spend six hours a day, it is because the focus is not being placed where it should be.

Sara Martín RosalesIgualadaI didn't like it eitherI really didn't like that, during the celebration of Barça's League win, the second goalkeeper, Szczesny, spent the entire parade smoking. Boys and girls look up to their players. What example is this gentleman setting? "If he smokes and can play among the greats, why can't I? It must not be that bad," they'll say. If Hansi Flick called Lamine Yamal's attention, he should also call the second goalkeeper's attention.

Lluïsa Bertran Martí BarcelonaConsume out of necessity or influence?We live in a society where we are constantly given the feeling that we need something new. Every day different products, new trends, limited editions or objects appear that, apparently, will make our lives better. Social networks have further accelerated this dynamic: we open any application and immediately find people showing off clothes, cosmetics, technology or accessories as if buying were a constant necessity.

The problem is that this continuous exposure ends up influencing the way we consume. Many times we acquire things we don't really need simply because we see them repeatedly or because it seems like everyone has them. Impulsive consumption has been normalized to the point where accumulating objects is almost associated with success or happiness.

This situation has consequences that go far beyond economic spending. Mass production generates pollution, labor exploitation, and an enormous amount of waste. Furthermore, the speed at which trends change causes perfectly useful objects to lose their value in a matter of months.

Perhaps we should rethink our relationship with consumption. Buying less doesn't mean giving up everything, but learning to choose better. Having fewer things, but more useful, durable, and truly necessary ones, would probably make us consume in a more responsible and also more coherent way with the world we want to build.

Anna Sánchez CatalánCastellar del Vallès