Stock Photo - 14 May 2019, Venezuela, Caracas: A teacher teaches in the dark due to a power failure. ""Since we currently have no electricity, we work without laptops,"" explains Orlandy Gaspe, a teacher at the Guaicaipuro school. ""The crisis our country is going through is also reflected in the classrooms. Not just because of the power. Some children arrive here in the morning and have not had breakfast"". They get something to eat at school. However, the amount varies from day to day. ""If we don't have anything to eat, we'll quit class early. The children are then sent home at noon,"" describes Lorena Aponte, also a teacher. Both think that they are overwhelmed by the children's many questions about the current political situation. How is the socialism represented by the late Hugo Chavez and the current president Maduro represented in the classroom? ""Children want to know everything. ""Why would anyone want to overthrow the president?"", etc., etc. They don't want to talk about the past, about history, but about Maduro,"" says Lorena. ""And we'll talk about it. Because they must know the meaning of the oil industry, the large landed property, the caudillo phenomenon. But I also point out to them that these are difficult questions - and I tell them that politics is the worst thing in life. Dirtiest thing ever. So they should always do their own research and not simply repeat what they hear at home or at home,"" says Lorena emphatically. The school also teaches children how to save water and electricity. Venezuela recently suffered from massive power outages. From 7 March, parts of the country were without electricity for over 100 hours. The water supply was also severely impaired as a result. Photo: Ruben Sevilla Brand/dpa. - Caracas/Venezuela