Anthony Robert Kushner (born 16 July 1956) – American playwright and screenwriter. 💎 “Every student needs someone who says, simply, “You mean something. You count.” 💎 “You’ll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you’d go.” 💎 “In this world, there is a kind of painful progress.… Read More Tony Kushner
Bill Watterson (born 5 July 1958) is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes”, published from 1985 to 1995. 😄 “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.” 😄 “Reality continues to ruin my life.” 😄 “I… Read More Bill Watterson’s Humour😄😃🙃
WE’RE GOING TO BE FRIENDS Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the bell Brand new shoes, walking blues Climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we are gonna be friends I can tell that we are gonna be friends Walk with me, Suzy Lee Through the park… Read More A song: “We’re Going to be Friends”
🎥 “Meeting kids is harder than meeting adults.” – Auggie 🎥 “If you don’t like where you are, picture where you want to be.” – Auggie 🎥 “We all need a standing ovation at least once in our life.” – Auggie 🎥 “Be kind for everyone is fighting a hard battle. And if you… Read More “Wonder”: quotes
At school he is bullied by many of his classmates, led by Julian, and initially ostracized by nearly the entire student body, who spread the rumour that if they touch him, they will catch the “plague“, but he is appreciated by his teachers, especially Mr Brownie, a kind and inspirational person whose approach to literature… Read More “Wonder” – the film (3)
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Sydney J. Harris (September 14, 1917 –1986) American journalist. (Lo scopo della scuola è quello di trasformare gli specchi in finestre)
Maria Montessori, educatrice (31 agosto 1870 –1952) “Il più grande segno di successo per un insegnante è poter dire: i bambini stanno lavorando come se io non esistessi.” “Il bambino è insieme una speranza e una promessa per l’umanità”. “Costruire la pace è l’opera dell’educazione, la politica può solo evitare la guerra”. “The greatest sign… Read More Maria Montessori
Estate in Tv: tempo di repliche… Ho appena rivisto con piacere il film “Mona Lisa Smile”, la storia di un’insegnante di storia dell’arte in un prestigioso collegio americano degli anni ’50, che si scontra con il perbenismo e il conformismo e sogna di allargare gli orizzonti delle sue allieve, affinché non accettino passivamente il ruolo… Read More Un film: “Mona Lisa Smile”
