WOMAN MAN – MAN WOMAN
I read with interest the article of the guys of February 3 that ended with 3 questions:
Why are women who rebel still being killed?
What tools can we use to change these things?
What is the way to achieve a breakthrough in the history of women and their freedom?
Questions that…
ON THE SIDE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
I read a book on my outward journey to Krakow: “Until my star shines” (Liliana Segre with Daniela Palumbo). There is something I would like to share because subsequently I was faced with such current situations that I was forced to make connections between a past time that does not seem to have passe…
TO MY ITACA
<<To teach Latin to Giovannino it is not enough to know Latin, above all you need to know Giovannino>> wrote Jean Jacques Rousseau in 1762, in the Emilio.
The phrase is so shareable that today it seems obvious. Yet in the school system that I know and experience every day”get to know G…
TEENAGERS ARE UNFRIENDLY
“How old are your children?” “Fourteen and sixteen!” “Oh my God, poor you… terrible years await you… then it will get better” -“My son is ten years old, he is a very affectionate child and we have a wonderful relationship” “Seee… You say it now, wait until I become a stinky, mute teenager or a…
GENERATION X
I often hear from colleagues and teachers that working with children is as difficult as it is exciting, that the responsibility that everyone feels for them, although motivating and valuable, sometimes does not end with the end of the working day, and how they are able to surprise us with their quest…
THE FREEDOM TO SAY NO
Stories of women, of rejection, and courage
These days, among the school desks, with some teachers we are addressing the issue of refusal, that is, the possibility that people have at a certain point of saying “no” in front of something that does not correspond to them. It is an intriguing, but al…
SENSE OF REALITY OR PREJUDICE?
Today I want to tell you about something that happened to me last week that made me think a lot about prejudice, fear of the other different and unknown, and the alertness in which we live on a daily basis that makes it difficult to trust the other and to be open to the other.
On a morning like an…
GASLIGHTING
Days ago I came across an article on Repubblica on gaslighting that is defined as “psychological manipulation that during a prolonged period of time causes the victim to question the validity of their thoughts, their perception of reality or memories, and leads to confusion, loss of security and self…
REFLECTIONS ON THE SCHOOL WORLD
With the arrival of the new year, more or less, we find ourselves taking stock of what we have done and what we intend to do in the days to come.
It is the evening of January 1st as I write what you are reading and just before starting to tick my fingers on my pc I thought: “The first article of 2…