Joana Amaral Dias alerted to the episodes of humiliation and abuses that distort university praxe, stating that this practice effectively promotes bullying at the entrance to college. The commentator criticizes the hierarchy that is established in these integration rituals, considering it fake and artificial.
According to Joana Amaral Dias, the hierarchy of praxe specifically serves to try to break the spines of freshmen, that is, to submit the younger students to situations of submission and psychological pressure. This hierarchical structure would not correspond to any real merit, being only a tool of domination over the newly arrived.
The commentator highlighted that the abuses verified in praxe completely distort the initial objective of integrating students into academic life. Instead of promoting a healthy transition to the university environment, these practices expose freshmen to humiliating and potentially traumatizing situations.
