On the 19th of June we were invited to participate
in a talk given by the lecturer Emilio Tenti Fanfani. Apart from the fact that
it is always very interesting to meet personally a writer from whom we have
read material at the teacher training institute, I think that most of the
people who attended the talk were pleasantly surprised with the lecture.
I was definitely impressed by the warmth,
clarity and simplicity that this well-known sociologist addressed to the
audience. He talked of many problems
that we face at school every day. One of the things that struck me the most was
that currently schools are overloaded with too many demands that in fact tend
to make impossible to cope with them. He also brought the issue of technology
and the enormous amount of information present at internet and the necessity of
developing the skills to be able to decode that information. At that point he
mentioned the very important role of education to unveil and seize that
knowledge.
I found lots of sites and articles on the web
and, for those who were not able to assist to the lecture, may be this is a
possibility to meet an extraordinary and inspiring author who is constantly defending
the right of each citizen to a dignified and public education.
