Minister Valditara, the post with the grammatical error and the irony of the opposition

Speaking on X regarding the percentages of foreign students in schools, the minister wrote: “The majority must be Italian”. But then he also made a grammatical error, which did not go unnoticed. “When you dictate a tweet on the phone you are not carrying out an operation of linguistic rigor and you are more attentive to the content”, Valditara wanted to clarify in another tweet

The Minister of Education, Giuseppe Valditara, spoke on X after Matteo Salvini’s recent statements and the case of the school closed for the end of Ramadan, stating that the majority of pupils in class should be Italian. In his post, the minister made a grammatical error with the use of the subjunctive, thus sparking irony and controversy both on the internet and from the opposition. Here is the text of his post yesterday: “If we agree on the fact that foreigners should assimilate to the fundamental values ​​enshrined in the Constitution, this will happen more easily if in the majority of classes the students are Italian, if they study Italian intensively where they are not already know it well, if Italian history, literature, art and music will be taught in depth in schools, if parents will also be involved in learning the Italian language and culture and if they will not live in separate communities. direction in which we intend to move.”

The criticisms

The phrase “If it is taught in schools” was particularly criticized on X, as was the lack of clarity in the exposition. The Democratic Party Deputies’ account commented: “Minister, rewrite now in Italian. Maybe this way we will be able to understand exactly what you said.” The writer Christian Raimo added: “Valditara, in addition to expressing questionable concepts (as in this case), seems to have difficulties in the correct use of Italian (as in this case). About half of the time he gets tenses and verbal forms wrong, he uses an obscure lexicon and yet no one would like to see differential classes introduced for him, which were abolished in 1977”. Nino Cartabellotta, doctor and president of the Gimbe Foundation, joked: “Logical analysis: rating 3. Analysis of the period: rating 1”. The secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein criticized the Minister by claiming that he “follows Salvini’s delusions”, while both the form and the content of his message were the subject of jokes and jokes about X. Antonio Ferrante of the Democratic Party added: “Do as I say, you wouldn’t do as I do, I would say. No, in fact, if I said”

The minister justifies himself

“When you dictate a tweet on the phone you are not carrying out an operation of linguistic rigor and you are more attentive to the content. Having clarified this, I point out to the many critics who are easily indignant, who in these hours are unleashed in the hunt for the error , who in doing so ignore the question I asked, evidently because they have no answers”, said the Minister of Education to those who criticized his tweet yesterday.