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" This I learned from the sun, which abounds in wealth, when it goes down:
drawing from inexhaustible treasure filled with gold the sea,
so that even the poorest fisherman rows with golden oars!
This I saw, in fact, once, nor satisfies me to tears to see him. "

F. Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra, of old and new boards.

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h and effort! It almost seems like climbing a mountain climbing along a gravel as I have done quite a bit of climbing together when suddenly we lack the ground under your feet slip and tumbling downstream. And we have to start all over again.

We all knew two years ago, to agree that many different experiences into a single new large and comprehensive institution would not be easy, but at the same time we were convinced that the generous efforts of each would have also allowed to the poorest among us fishermen, me first, rowing with golden oars.

The Plan of Studies should be the focus of what each of us strives to field in terms of ideas, skills, availability for the good of everyone, and especially our children. It 's the strong moment in which everyone contributes in person to plan the future of our school and at the same time, in our work. It 's time rewarding when I can demonstrate personal competence in which they are paid and especially that I can not express the best in the tiring daily routine curriculum. It 's the time when I am given the opportunity, even at work, to show the great and the good in me.

In POF this year we introduced major projects to large-scale vertical and horizontal fare amare la musica ai nostri ragazzi e progetti di teatro studiati appositamente per risolvere specifici casi di ragazzi a rischio dispersione; abbiamo proposto progetti ad altissimo contenuto tecnologico in collaborazione con le scuole superiori e progetti di laboratorio per imparare a usare il tornio per la creta; abbiamo pensato di arricchire le competenze linguistiche dei nostri ragazzi con l’intervento di docenti di madrelingua straniera e abbiamo progettato collaborazioni con le università per poter accedere allo stato dell’arte della conoscenza. E tanto e tanto altro…

  E, alla fine, abbiamo rischiato di gettare tutto questo nettle for four "planks" of the fund's Institute!

course, the POF has been approved by a majority, the projects start, the activities they will. But with a bad taste in my mouth.

I ask, really with so much respect and simplicity, to those colleagues who for reasons entirely unrelated to the powers of the Board were opposed to the POF, can consider their decision not as a time to tear, but as a desire strong fairness, even if manifested in ways perhaps inappropriate.

We are all aware of the profound reasons that have that embrace this work, which is surely one of the most difficult and low-paid, but is also one of the most beautiful and exciting in the world. What makes us proud of our work is, in my opinion, the deep conviction that much of what we offer in terms of time, energy, skills, affection is totally priceless.

When the disease had been deeply undermined, Don Lorenzo Milani still had the strength and courage to write these words:

"I'm wasting away to school. I sent the greatest work. Do not take more new guys. I still have a dozen of kids who do school here in the room. Or when they are tired you do each other in the classroom school that communicates with this chamber. Then my teacher is only a few activities to keep them urlaccio good. I have leukemia and I will not die stupidly in the gap with boys immature half educated and half not. So I'm planning for a year is a reasonable and calm sunset. I enjoy the children and their children could. I get emotion with the returning prodigal. Keep away the signs that do not add up. I mean I live like a beloved grandfather and I enjoy this life. We wrote the letter to the judges as a work of art. Unfortunately, in the hundreds of letters we receive from Italy and abroad, we realize that very few if they are noticed. Everyone thinks we have some wonderful ideas. A few, maybe two or three people around, they realized that to clear his mind as to ourselves and to others we must put ourselves to work together for months on a few pages. [..] At the end it becomes clear to those who write and for whom the law. The letter to the judges was a gift we received and we did. Before you write it, neither I nor the kids knew those things. [...]
The desire to express our thoughts and to understand the thoughts of others is love. And the attempt to express the truth that only makes one intuits find us and to others. So be a teacher, being a priest, be Christian, being an artist and be loving and being loved are basically the same thing. "

In these words, contain the same richness of the setting sun with his gift that simple, repetitive and free gold makes even the poorest of the oar fishermen. Other

not say.

Frank Callegari

Headmaster