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The survey was conducted among the students of the 3rd and 4th courses
(grades 10 – 11). It was anonymous, but some students gave their names,
and we’d really appreciate their special opinions to be published later. Every
group was polled. The total of 161 students answered the questions.
Sometimes they chose more than one possible answer, so the percentage
sometimes exceeds 100 per cent.
A person cannot make a solid decision unless the matter is studied and
clarified. One of the main goals of the survey was to find out how well our
senior students know facts about the famous NATO.
Abbreviation “NATO” stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and
91% of the students know that. However, about 8% gave funny answers,
and 3 persons admitted their ignorance.
What does NATO do? It did not appear to be a difficult question. 86%
answered it, actually, in an officially correct way: “safeguards the freedom
and security of its members by political and military means”. However, 5%
are quite convinced that NATO ensures the US corporations’ control over the
world’s market, 2% are sure it wages war against all the progressive people
in the world. Only 3% could not answer it. At the same time there were
comments from 5.5% of the polled. They were the following (the repeated
comments are omitted):
NATO military operations seem to create a real mess in the minds of our
students. Or is mass-media disorienting them? NATO forces are seen where
there are none, and not observed where they are!
Although 43% of the students are not sure about Afghanistan, only 38%
know about permanent UN-mandated NATO’s presence in the country, where
the troops do their best to fight Taliban terrorists, maintain peace and
support the democratically elected leadership. 19% are sure there are no
NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Ukraine’s plans as to joining the NATO are unknown for mere 2% of the
polled. 74% know exactly that the country can join the NATO only after an
all-national poll. However, 15% think that Ukraine will join the NATO very
soon, and 11% believe that it will never happen.
Our students’ parents share their political attitudes with 53% of their kids.
The older the children are the more serious issues are discussed in the
families.
There is enough information about the NATO for 20% of our students, 28%
are not interested in things like that, but 52% need more. (Here you are, get
more!)
To sum up, the survey showed that the issue of Ukraine’s plans as to joining
the NATO will probably be supported by our future voters. Only 10.5%
consider the NATO to be our enemy, 51% don’t care, but 38.5% see the
NATO as Ukraine’s friend.