r/azerbaijan • u/Necefmaybe • 13h ago
Söhbət | Discussion Having Russian schools in Azerbaijan is pointless, I wish we had English speaking schools instead.
In my opinion, we must make sure that we enforce English as much as possible since it is the only language that we can use in order to create more well-skilled people. We must also make sure that we use proper and pure Azerbaijani apart from Russian, Turkish and Persian influences. Because no matter how much we deceive ourselves, our citizens are suffering a lot when they go to foreign countries since they cannot use their language skills for their majors. It is almost impossible for an Azerbaijani to compete with a German in Frankfurt in any major. I hate those people who do not keep saying Russian is also useful, it is not. Because you can only go to really poor countries and work there for what? 1-2 dollars per hour? All the Russians I have seen so far in the USA struggle really hard to learn English. And I, as a nationalist Azerbaijani, do not want to see my nation in the same position as Russians. Let's say that you finished computer science in an elite university of Azerbaijan, right? You are gonna suffer a bit if you are considering to go to Europe and compete with other guys who are very well-experienced and speak English at C1 level. Also, the annoying effect of the Turkish language over our own language must also be removed. I personally think a smart enough Azerbaijani is surely gonna speak his/her language properly since education level is more than an average guy from a rural area of the Republic. I think the only reason why our people are heavily influenced by the Turks is that we do not have decent Azerbaijani content creators. I mean look at all those good content creators in Azerbaijan, you will actually see that people watch them when they actually do good at creating useful content. I think another reason why we do not have good content creators is that even apolitic people get into trouble after some point because the government does not want anyone to have a huge auditory over an audience. I believe that if we had a democratic government our people's psychology of seeing themselves as little brothers of Turks would stop. That is the reason why if you are an elite person (an influencer, a blogger or maybe a politician) and dont wanna lose your fame then you gotta deal with the government. If you dont, the government is gonna prevent you from being a different person and creating content in Azerbaijani. I am not saying we should enforce English to be a puppet country of the US, it is just that it is an international language and we should teach English properly in our schools. If possible, we should choose the smart students and force them to learn English as their mother tongue (from 8th grade to 11th grade), so that they will be able to compete with an average European guy. Another annoying thing I see is that our language is not getting the value it deserves. Go to a random cinema, you will actually see that the only language you can ever watch a movie is Russian. I sincerely feel like every other people of different nationality seems to live and get respect better than Azerbaijanis. It kinda reminds me a quote from Mahmud Asad Bozkurt - "For centuries, we shed blood and gave our lives in this country, yet it was always others who profited. The Turk in this land was only a soldier; he worked, died, and was killed. But others withdrew to a corner and reaped all the benefits." The condition of Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan is no different than the condition of Turks in the Ottoman era. It is painful to see it.
