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arriving each

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morning at fei her school , the

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Children pray and sing the national

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anthem of Libya before heading off for

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lessons , the Children haven't been

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able to attend school properly for over

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six months and even now don't

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officially have to be here , but they

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come anyway . We wanted to go to

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school and do some activities but the

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schools were shut .

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I

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get to study and revise at school ,

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there are fun things to do and there is

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discipline . I like it

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better than staying at home . The date

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for the official school period to start

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is still unclear . Some predict it will

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be months from now , possibly in

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january . The school is operating

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without an official curriculum , much

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of what the Libyan pupils have been

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taught over the past 40 years has to be

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re examined . required reading in

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schools during the Gaddafi era was his

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green book which contained the former

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rulers , thoughts on politics ,

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economics , and how to live your

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everyday life .

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I wish that the

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changes in the curriculum were

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fundamental . So there were a complete

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shift from all sides , socially ,

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morally and educationally . It is

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impossible for us to change without a

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change in what we are taught , Libya's

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Children need schooling to help them

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escape the traumas of living through

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conflict and get back to a sense of

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normality . Although on a limited basis ,

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these Children can come here and

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continue learning on computers and

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studying subjects like maths , music

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and art . I feel that they are getting

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into art and during , with enthusiasm

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and without restrictions , even the

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ones who have the old mentality and

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whose parents are still sympathetic to

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the old regime . They can express

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whatever they choose to . The number of

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students returning back is increasing .

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However , a recent skirmish close by in

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the abu slim area , known still to

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contain people sympathetic to Gaddafi

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is reflected in the slightly lower

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attendance . Despite this , the feeling

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of freedom permeates every level of

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libyan life and every generation ,

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there was a feeling of fear when

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Gaddafi ruled us . But now we have

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total freedom . We can talk , we have

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freedom of thought , not at all . Like

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it used to be my feeling now is that

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I'm a free libyan , sit in front of a

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camera and I'm talking freely . I can

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say whatever I want without any of the

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red lines , right ? This is the NATO

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channel reporting from Tripoli .