– The Russetida is something people really look forward to, so starting to plan now is a bit exciting for the future. Elise Horne Kristiansen, leader of the student council at Naustdal school, says both she and others at the junior high school talk about the rush hour. Photo: Sunniva Skurtveit / news This is according to the head of the student council at Naustdal school in Vestland, Elise Horne Kristiansen. The 10th-grader says that some people start planning ahead of time at junior high school to “make sure they have someone to be with during the rush hour”. But early planning of rush hour also means that some others end up outside of the middle school already. Plan six years ahead This is why Sunnfjord municipality and Viken county council meet parents and ask them to talk to their young people about Russian time already in the 8th grade. It is six years before the Russian celebration actually starts. – Parents must be aware that rush hour is something young people talk about early on. The group formations take place long before the pupils are at the next level, says Tove Nedrebø. She is an external contact in Sunnfjord and says that there is an encouragement from former Russian cohorts and students that they talk to their parents about Russian time already at the secondary school. Eli Britt Danielsen, Tove Nedrebø and Lillian Vassbotn work with young people in Sunnfjord. They point out that young people plan their rush hour long before their parents are aware of it. Photo: Sunniva Skurtveit / news – We must make the young people aware ahead of the rush hour and ahead of the planning, says Lillian Vassbotn. Encouragement in both east and west In several places, exclusion from the Russian environment and Russian groups is a problem. In Viken county municipality, the project “A more inclusive Russian time” was started after feedback and wishes from Russians to create a better community. – Most people see that it has been difficult with the groupings that have happened and are a little despairing. The young people wonder how they are going to get out of that tradition and rather get the community they actually want, says project manager Henrikke Bugdø-Aarseth. Exclusion comes with the Russian bus Sociologist at NTNU Samfunnsforsking, Marius Vigen, believes that exclusion is especially clear during Russian times. He thinks this has come with the Russian bus. – When the nightlife industry closed out Russian, the young people created Russian groups and started Russian buses. The attempt to regulate the rush hour thus led to several people being excluded due to limited space on the bus. Russetida for some is very inclusive, where you get together with your gang and celebrate as a team. While for others who do not get this community, they are left outside with all that entails. Sociologist Marius Vigen believes that community in the russe era is in many places limited to the russe bus and those who get a seat on it. – The outsiderness and exclusion reflect society otherwise. But in Russian times, it becomes extra clear through social media and the use of symbols, for example the Russian sweater, who is in the group and who is outside. When Vigen himself was Russian in Trondheim in 2014, it was the school that created community, among other things with a common Russian sweater for all the students. Need a common place Both the project leader in Viken, the sociologist and those in Sunnfjord municipality believe that talking to the young people early, perhaps as early as eighth grade, will lead to a more inclusive Russian time. – We must all play as a team so that the young people can meet in one place with room for everyone, so that the Russian bus and Russian car become completely unnecessary, says the project manager in Viken. Hear the episode from “Updated”: What has happened to Russian time?
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13-year-olds plan rush hour so as not to be banned – news Vestland
