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Interview with Dmitry Medvedev about teachers. “Have a good mood!” Five loud sayings of Dmitry Medvedev

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a conversation with participants of the “Territory of Meanings” forum on Klyazma, he advised teachers who were complaining about low salaries to earn money in business. “I am often asked about teachers and professors. This is a calling, and if you want to earn money, there are a lot of great places where you can do it faster and better. The same business,” said Mr. Medvedev.

The Prime Minister’s statement was a response to a question from a teacher from Dagestan about why in Russia the salaries of security forces are much higher than the salaries of teachers.

Medvedev responded by saying that when he worked as a teacher after graduating from university, he received 90 rubles a month, while novice police officers received 250 rubles.

The Prime Minister's speech caused a lively reaction on social networks - among the statements on this matter there were many critical remarks.

“Dmitry Anatolyevich confuses bland with sweet. A teacher should not make ends meet, as he said in his speech. A teacher should not look for a way to earn money on the side. A teacher should work normally and comfortably. You can give a damn about our profession, as, in fact, has been done for many years, but history shows that national security and teaching are very strongly interconnected, even more than with the security forces,” said “Teacher of the Year” in an interview with the radio station “Moscow Speaks.” -2009", physics teacher at Noginsk school No. 5 Vadim Muranov.

“It’s especially interesting - in what miracle country did the police receive 250 rubles? I stood at the machine, exceeded the plan and did not always get 250, and not for everyone. By the way, later I served in the police in another country. In 1992, my salary was 26 (twenty-six) US dollars, and in 1998 it was as much as 180 US dollars,” the famous publicist and translator Dmitry “Goblin” Puchkov, former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

About “good mood and health”

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev owns a large number of phrases that are remembered by the people and have become practically aphorisms.

In May 2016, during the Russian Prime Minister’s visit to Crimea, a pensioner approached Medvedev and complained about the low level of pensions.

Responding to the woman, the Prime Minister, in particular, said: “There is simply no money now. If we find the money, we'll do the indexing. You hang in here, all the best, good mood and health to you.”

This statement immediately entered folklore and still circulates throughout the country.

Commenting on this speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: “I have not seen Dmitry Anatolyevich say anything similar about this. You can always either take a phrase from the context as such, or take it from that general conversation: also, according to the words, everything may coincide, but in spirit, the meaning, perhaps, can be presented somehow differently.”

The head of state is absolutely right - we are simply not talking about the most successfully constructed phrase. However, it is not for nothing that the proverb says: “A word is not a sparrow; if it flies out, you cannot catch it!”

About the “young country of Russia”

On December 31, 2010, delivering a New Year's address to the people as president, Dmitry Medvedev said: “We have a rich and ancient history, and we are rightfully proud of it. And at the same time, Russia is a young country. Let me remind you that she will only be twenty years old next year.”

As with Medvedev’s recent speech in Crimea, the politician did not mean anything bad. However, the formulation “Russia is a young country, it is only 20 years old” surprised many. It turned out that the Russian Federation does not identify itself not only with the Soviet period, but also distances itself from the thousand-year history of Russian statehood as a whole. Meanwhile, the Russian Federation, for example, is officially the legal successor of the USSR under international agreements.

Medvedev’s words about “a young country, which is only 20 years old” were also included in the “golden fund” of his statements.

About words “cast in granite”

In December 2009, at a meeting of the commission on economic modernization Head of Russian Technologies Sergei Chemezov After the speech of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, he asked for the floor to respond, as he put it, to the “remark” of the head of state.

Medvedev did not like Chemezov’s remark, and he snapped: “It’s not my remark, but a sentence. You have the replicas. But what I say is cast in granite.”

According to reference books, granite is an acidic igneous intrusive rock consisting of quartz, plagioclase, potassium feldspar and micas - biotite and/or muscovite. Granites are the most important rocks of the earth's crust. They are widespread and form the basis of most of all continents.

Granite is used as a facing stone, as the main material for making monuments, but casting anything from it is quite problematic.

Of course, we are once again talking about inaccurate formulation.

About “big and fat cats” in sports

In 2010, after the unsuccessful 2010 Olympics for Russia in Vancouver, Dmitry Medvedev uttered words that are extremely relevant given the current situation in Russian sports.

At a meeting with the leadership of United Russia, Medvedev said: “The figure of the athlete himself should be put at the forefront - not the federations, which in our country are sometimes big and fat, like cats, much less the heads of the federations and not even the coaches, despite all the colossal respect: athletes achieve success - they should be the epicenter of attention.”

Unfortunately, these words were not heard and understood. “Big and fat cats” from sports officials have brought Russia to the brink of exclusion from the 2016 Olympics. It is possible that at least now the “fat cats” will be thoroughly shaken up, albeit with a clear delay.

If we didn’t have Dmitry Medvedev, we would have to invent him. Because he cuts through the truth with a frankness that any opposition can envy. At the same time, you reveal your own incompetence so naively that you can’t help but think: if the prime minister is like that, what are his subordinates like?

Here is another “wise” advice to the impoverished population from the Prime Minister: to Russian teachers who are dissatisfied with a salary of 15 thousand rubles, he said that teaching is a calling, “and if you want to earn money, there are a lot of great places where you can do it faster and better. Same business." And besides, according to Dmitry Anatolyevich, a hard-working teacher can “somehow, so to speak, earn something else” - in addition to the basic salary.

These are the rosy ideas, apparently, that are painted in the head of the second person in the state: uninterested grabbers without a vocation, thinking only about money, will leave school and start a profitable business and will be very happy. In their place will come energetic, hardworking teachers who will not be embarrassed by meager salaries, because they have a calling, and therefore will also be very happy. And the most energetic of them, in their free time from their main jobs, will start working part-time in business and combine their vocation with wealth - that is, there will be no limit to their happiness.

Such views of the prime minister are quite understandable: we all know very well about government officials who quite successfully manage to combine their main activities with business, even a very large one. But here’s the problem: what the officials can do, for some reason the teachers can’t do it.

The director of the Transbaikal school, Valentina Manikovskaya, tried to explain to the prime minister what the reason for this paradox is and why teachers are so unlucky. In simple and accessible words, she explained things that are understandable to the vast majority of us: that doing business requires a lot of time, which a teacher does not have, because work by vocation requires enormous dedication and takes almost 24 hours a day. That a business needs initial capital, but a teacher’s salary is only enough to last until the next salary, and even then with difficulty.

As for the departure of overly greedy teachers into business “to make ends meet,” this is, of course, possible, but it is fraught with very sad consequences: a holy place (even a low-paid one) is never empty, and others will take the place of departed teachers. Those who, due to weak abilities and other shortcomings, cannot find another job. And our children will be taught by those who are not fit for anything else... And this is not fun at all, Dmitry Anatolyevich.

Therefore, it makes sense to familiarize yourself with the experience of other countries - those where education (and the economy in general, which is a consequence of education) is doing well. There, teachers' earnings are not left to the market, and they are quite comparable to the income of an average businessman. For example, in Germany, a teacher's salary ranges from 3,200 to 4,700 euros per month. And in Finland, even a novice teacher receives 3,600 euros per month. As a result, the largest competition in Finnish universities is for teaching departments. Accordingly, the smartest people go there. Accordingly, smart teachers prepare good personnel for the economy. Accordingly, the economy is good.

So, maybe it’s not worth sending teachers after all? Even if it’s for business.

The reaction to Medvedev’s words that teachers, for the sake of higher incomes, should change their profession and go into business, for example, was not long in coming. Indignation reigns in teachers' public pages on VKontakte. Gazeta.Ru publishes some comments from teachers about Medvedev’s words.

Olga Ch., teacher from Voronezh:

“I am a teacher myself. I am extremely outraged by the words of the Prime Minister, who advises teachers to look for other income. A teacher performs the most important function in society: not only teaches, but also educates! Raises a person responsible to himself and to the Fatherland, ready to defend his Motherland, appreciating the exploits and dedication of his ancestors, ready to benefit society. Many thanks to all the teachers who continue their teaching activities in such difficult conditions in the field of education!”

Anna K., physics teacher in Mordovia:

“In principle, it is simply impossible to go into business in our small village. The whole business consists only of trading in the market, but the teacher will not even be able to combine his work. For example, I have lessons until one or two o’clock, then elective classes until four in the evening. After that, I come home and pick up my two children from kindergarten. While doing them, I check my notebooks. You also need to have time to write a summary plan for the next day. In total, I have 18 hours a week, I also have a cool supervisor, and I am also the head of the laboratory. At the same time, my salary is 11,500 rubles, and with incentives in hand I receive 16 thousand rubles. I don’t understand why this work can’t be paid more.”

Irina D., teacher from Moscow:

“I have long disliked the prime minister, but what was said today simply caused indignation. Honestly, I don’t want to return from vacation, knowing what awaits me again... The children hold me back, but less and less every day. As Tatyana Sanna from Fizruk said: “The teacher in me has died.”

Alexander P., teacher from Nizhny Novgorod:

“It seems to me that Medvedev is provoking teachers and lecturers. I wanted to write a detailed analysis of the text of the speech of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation with my comments (as I know how to do), and then suddenly it dawned on me: this is exactly the reaction from teachers on social networks that the authorities are most likely waiting for. For what purpose is unclear to me. Therefore, I will show maximum restraint and correctness. I’ll just indicate my tough position on the issue raised: in the employment contracts and job descriptions of teachers (including mine) there is no term “calling”. There are words such as “labor”, “responsibilities”, “rights”, “responsibility”, “law”. And - oh horror! - “wages”.

From a moral point of view, the work of a teacher certainly falls under the category of “calling,” “gift,” and “mission,” finally. But from the point of view of law and justice, this is work that must be paid, and paid with dignity (Constitution of the Russian Federation, Article 7, Part 1). A teacher (teacher) is a profession that a person has spent time and effort mastering. Got the qualification. And this profession can (and should!) be, first of all, not a lyrical calling, but a very specific and legitimate means of livelihood.

Or if you count us as saints, then at least relieve us, teachers, from the obligation to pay an income tax of 13% (like the Russian Orthodox Church). For me personally, there will be a quite significant increase in money (although this money itself is small, even with two bets).”

Illustration copyright Getty Images Image caption The management of many Russian schools complains about a lack of finances

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has sent shockwaves through the Russian-language internet by advising teachers to look for other jobs if they are unhappy with their salaries.

At a meeting with the head of government, a young teacher from Dagestan compared the salary of a specialist teacher in his region - 10-15 thousand rubles ($115-170) per month - with the salary of law enforcement officers - 50 thousand.

“If you want to earn money, there are a lot of wonderful places where you can do it faster and better. It’s the same business,” the prime minister responded at the “Territory of Meanings” festival, noting that law enforcement officers in Dagestan are exposed to high risks.

In addition, Medvedev suggested that those who want to earn more should study better.

The head of government’s comments caused a wide resonance, primarily among teachers: as a rule, teachers’ reviews are not very complimentary towards the prime minister.

Social networks also responded with a number of memes - for example, with Walter White- a school teacher of the cult TV series "", who took up making drugs to earn money for cancer treatment.

“The Cabinet of Ministers should be headed by a competent, educated person who cares about the country. Now we see the opposite picture. There should not be an advertising person for Apple, sleeping at the opening of the Olympics, a person advising teachers to “work extra money somehow, somewhere to survive,” stand at the head of the Cabinet of Ministers,” says the description of Alexander Lee’s petition.

However, on Thursday afternoon the Kremlin press service said that they knew nothing about the petitions.

From athletes to billionaires

Medvedev is not the first politician from the countries of the former USSR to advise teachers to look for money on the side: in Azerbaijan, deputies recommended that educators earn extra money as unskilled laborers, and Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma once advised school teachers to become foresters in their free time.

At the end of May, Dmitry Medvedev took part in a scandalous conversation with residents of Crimea. During the dialogue, a local resident asked when we should expect pension indexation.

“There’s just no money. We’ll find the money and do the indexing. You stay here, all the best to you, good mood and health,” Medvedev replied then.

Illustration copyright AFP Image caption Government officials regularly visit schools

Of course, teachers sometimes leave their profession and begin to engage in business, among other things. Forbes magazine's list of billionaires includes several entrepreneurs with a pedagogical education.

Thus, the Duma billionaire from United Russia Andrei Skoch graduated from the psychology department of the Sholokhov Moscow Pedagogical University. True, it is unknown how long he worked in his specialty before moving to the heavy metal industry.

Among the richest Russians there are also many who graduated from the Institute of Physical Education: for example, judo coaches and personal friends of President Vladimir Putin Arkady and Boris Rotenberg. Arkady, among other things, is a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences.

The owner of the PhosAgro company, former senator and billionaire Andrei Guryev also belongs to athletes. The co-owner of the Novorossiysk port, Alexander Skorobogatko, in turn, graduated from the pedagogical institute in the Ukrainian Slavyansk with a degree in physical education. Subsequently, however, he went to the Moscow Russian Academy of Economics named after G.V. Plekhanov, from where he graduated as a financier.

"It's hard to be a teacher"

It is difficult to say to what extent the main school problems of kindergartens concern: the head of the movement “Russian children - a decent preschool education” Ekaterina Afonchenkova told the BBC Russian Service that she does not know of any cases among the teachers she knows who work overtime.

However, school teachers say that institutional and bureaucratic problems are taking a back seat to the overall decline in the prestige of school education.

“Of course, some teachers are forced to work at more than one rate: a person faces not only professional tasks, but also [the task] of educating his children, paying for medical services, building a house. Therefore, teachers are forced to take on a heavy workload. Salaries in Moscow and the regions vary significantly "Even in the Moscow region we see a different level of salaries. Various changes are constantly taking place in education, and due to a certain reorganization of educational institutions, teachers' salaries have recently been declining, rather than growing. And, unfortunately, it is impossible to say that this class is thriving." ,” stated Olga Bryukhanova, candidate of philosophical sciences, teacher at the Lyceum at the Higher School of Economics, in an interview with the BBC Russian Service.

Illustration copyright AFP Image caption Dmitry Medvedev happened to personally attend the “Teacher of the Year” ceremony

In addition, due to the increased workload, not all teachers can expect to achieve high results in their work.

"A teacher needs free time to recuperate and avoid emotional burnout. Modern educational standards require mastering new technologies, which require time. Therefore, the teacher is loaded not only and not so much with formal bureaucratic responsibilities and not only mastering the electronic journal, but also the need to be in in line with the trends in national education. And this is very difficult. Believe me, the worst problem is papers and reports, the problem is responsibility for the educational result. It is very difficult to be a modern teacher,” complains Olga Bryukhanova.

In her opinion, the teaching profession now has extremely low prestige in society.

“They wipe their feet on teachers. Yesterday I was sitting at the airport and heard people independently say: “Ha! Teachers don’t have to pay much,” and they simply shrugged their shoulders. I have a feeling that this is a super task - to completely destroy education in our country, since there are rumors about the reduction of universities, and Olga Golodets declares that this is another kick. So which is very sad,” summarizes teacher Olga Bryukhanova.

According to Rosstat, in the first half of this year in Russia the gap between rich and poor increased again. As experts say, the middle class is being eroded, from which doctors, teachers and scientists are falling out, and only significant economic growth could change the situation.

Note.This article was amended on August 5, 2016:. the assets owned by rich Russians with a pedagogical education have been clarified.

Speaking at the “Territory of Meanings” forum, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev responded to complaints about teachers’ low salaries by saying that they themselves chose this profession. The statement by the head of government angered users of social networks: they ridiculed Medvedev and tried to understand how to interpret the words of a man who occupies the second most important post in the state.

A teacher from Dagestan asked Medvedev a question about low teachers’ salaries. He asked to explain why young teachers in the region receive 10-15 thousand rubles, and police officers - from 50 thousand.

The head of government began by talking about his personal experience: he remembered that he received 90 rubles when he started teaching after graduating from the institute, and police salaries were significantly higher even then: a lieutenant, according to Medvedev, received 250 rubles. Every person has a choice, he concluded.

The prime minister also added that “a modern, energetic teacher is capable of not only receiving the salary that is due to him according to his job schedule, but also somehow earning something else,” which many took as an approval of bribes in the field of education.

They also remembered that at the beginning of his career the prime minister taught civil and Roman law at the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University, then St. Petersburg State University.

Many of the comments concerned Medvedev himself.

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