Gert Regterschot is the conversation of the day at the Technical University in Eindhoven. He is known as ‘the TU/e teacher without a salary’ and was taken out of the house on Wednesday. He is not doing well since the house. “I am forced to spend the night at acquaintances and emergency shelters.”
“Last night I spent the night at an acquaintance. The alarm clock was at half past six in the morning, after which I was already leaving towards the Technical University within half an hour. I started helping students again in my permanent place under the stairs.”
Regterschot is now going through life with a single shopping bag. “It contains stuff that I use for my lessons under the stairs, for example a notebook and books. In addition, I have my phone and tablet with me.”
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He sees himself, despite his resignation, still as an employed teacher at the Technical University. “That is apparent from all the facts. I just have to give my lessons, that’s why, despite my out -of -home placement, I still come here every day.”
My biggest fear is not that I can never sleep at home again. “
The former teacher says that it is still unclear for him what will happen to his former home. “I have never had a notice of an eviction. I don’t even know if the eviction is still going on.”
His things has also been seized and that touches him the most. “I have no idea what happened to my property. I also get nothing or anyone about that. My biggest fear is not that I can never sleep at home again, but that I will not get my things back. There are very valuable and personal items in between.”
“Where should I sleep tonight?”
Despite the harrowing situation in which Regterschot is located, he can count on an enormous amount of support. “The students and teachers are there for me. It is a huge network. I always call it the ‘TU/e community’.”
They try to support him in all sorts of ways. “One brings food and the other offers me a place to stay.” A number of students, teachers and acquaintances have already started setting up a crowdfunding. “He must help me to bridge this difficult time.”
Despite the encouraging help, he also asks himself the same question on Friday: “Where should I sleep tonight? And that feels very crazy.”