The University Entrance Exam (PAU) in Canarias presented an intellectual challenge to students of Science and Technology high school this Wednesday. The second exam featured texts from renowned literary and journalistic figures, testing their analytical and argumentative skills.

One of the proposed texts was an article by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano, titled 'The Nobel and the Nobody'. In it, Galeano compares the notoriety of Theodore Roosevelt with the historical oblivion of the Black scientist Charles Drew, whose work in blood banks and transfusions saved millions of lives. The piece addresses racism as the reason for this unjust neglect and challenges students to discuss how to combat hate speech, identify examples of deixis, and find learned terms.

Complementing this social reflection, students also confronted the poetic intensity of Gata Cattana, a rapper and poet who passed away prematurely. They were asked to describe the sensations evoked by her poem 'Malditos sean' (Damn them), included in her book La escala de Mohs (Mohs' Scale), a work exploring the rage of lost love.

The Literary Education test offered other options, such as analyzing post-war social theatre or narrative, or highlighting key aspects of literary works written between the late 19th century and 1936. In the Spanish Language and Literature subject, the focus was on Galeano's article.

Furthermore, the English exam addressed the popular platform Tik-Tok, examining how it monetizes young people's time and the hate speech it can contain, inviting an essay on its pros and cons.