Did you know that the Olympics were originally an opportunity to make a truce from the wars and that subsequently those colored circles, which are their symbol, went on to represent the five continents united together as if to describe that sense of humanity, closeness and union that we should feel mutually among all of us inhabitants of the globe?

Reading the article “I flunked out. I lost a year!” by Marco Michelini, I was reminded of a personal memory.
I was 11 years old, sixth grade. Very shy… Today I would have been diagnosed with “selective mutism.” I was studying, but in questions, even though I knew the answers, I couldn’t open my mouth. Flunked!
That was many years ago and in the school there was not even the idea of a listening desk nor even those PDPs (Differentiated Learning Programs) that now rage.
The following school year, obviously a repeater: 7 in conduct and excellent grades in all subjects. I never stopped “chatting” again!