Quels outils éducatifs pour la socialisation des jeunes adultes avec les parents? Quels outils éducatifs pour la socialisation des jeunes adultes avec les parents? REFLECTIONS ON THE PROJECT.

WHAT’S THE AIM OF OUR PROJECT? CREATE A EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT MAKE TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS PROTAGONISTS OF THEIR LEARNING PROCESS REINFORCE THE BOND BETWEEN THEM AND ADULTS KEEP ALIVE THE DESIRE TO LEARN

HOW? EXCHANGES AMONG PARTNERS SHARING REFLECTIONS SHARING ACTIONS

“If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future” Winston Churchill

Imagine yourself on the top of a tower thinking about your past and while watching the present try to imagine your future

The true research is among the students The solution of the problems is based on the knowledge and scientific knowledge is based on trial and error The solution of the problems is based on the knowledge and scientific knowledge is based on trial and error What about us? What we do? What about us? What we do? Criticize? Criticize? Complain? Complain?

Mens sana in corpore sano (lett. A sound mind in a sound body) Juvenal Mens sana in corpore sano (lett. A sound mind in a sound body) Juvenal Juvenal wants to make us aware of the vanities of this world (money, fame …) which men constantly pursue by all means. Only a wise man is aware that this search is ephemeral and, sometimes, harmful. Juvenal wants to make us aware of the vanities of this world (money, fame …) which men constantly pursue by all means. Only a wise man is aware that this search is ephemeral and, sometimes, harmful.

nowadays nowadays education health values values neglected by States

Why? Why? Doctors, teachers, social workers, due to their high motivation, would never stop doing their “jobs” even in the worst conditions Doctors, teachers, social workers, due to their high motivation, would never stop doing their “jobs” even in the worst conditions

But now the situation is dreadful But now the situation is dreadful because because life is more complicated and difficult life is more complicated and difficult

What are the problems of our youth? They don’t have certainties! They don’t have certainties!

Our students Don’t study Don’t study Don’t pay attention Don’t pay attention Don’t behave Don’t behave Don’t……. Don’t…….

But what about their abilities, skills, capabilities? Are they intuitive? Are they intuitive? Are they sensitive? Are they sensitive? Are they good with computers? Are they good with computers?

Let’s look at the Present Let’s look at the Present Do they know the meaning of the word NO? Do they know the meaning of the word NO? Do they know what boredom means? Do they know what boredom means? Do they mystify reality? Do they mystify reality? What about their parents? What about their parents? WE NEED ANSWERS! WE NEED ANSWERS!

BURN OUT BURN OUT How do we compensate our anxieties and the thousands of requests often beyond our possibilities? How do we compensate our anxieties and the thousands of requests often beyond our possibilities? We had better not touch the question of our salaries We had better not touch the question of our salaries

Then we should not bear useless anxieties What would help us? The awareness and the capability to see, to identify the possibility to succeed somehow in our goals The awareness and the capability to see, to identify the possibility to succeed somehow in our goals We can’t search behind for something which is ahead We can’t search behind for something which is ahead We are not perfect but good enough to do our jobs in a professional way We are not perfect but good enough to do our jobs in a professional way

Fast food…….slow food Fast teaching……slow teaching What I mean by “slow teaching” is not teaching less but teaching following a different rhythm in order to give students the possibility to better identify their objectives corresponding to their real possibilities What I mean by “slow teaching” is not teaching less but teaching following a different rhythm in order to give students the possibility to better identify their objectives corresponding to their real possibilities Festina lente Festina lente (hurry slowly Italo Calvino) (hurry slowly Italo Calvino)

“There are two tragedies in life: “There are two tragedies in life: One is not to get your heart’s desire. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it “ Bernard Shaw Bernard Shaw We always need a project to follow… and a goal to reach

If you think young people have an easy life you are wrong YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE a very complicated life a very complicated life YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T HAVE delineated spaces delineated spaces well cadenced rhythms well cadenced rhythms well defined adult models well defined adult models WHAT THEY HAVE IS EMPTINESS WHAT THEY HAVE IS EMPTINESS That’s why our society is defined a That’s why our society is defined a “DISORIENTED SOCIETY”. “DISORIENTED SOCIETY”.

In conclusion YESTERDAY YESTERDAY There were hopes in a better future There were hopes in a better future TODAY TODAY Adults have burnt their hopes Adults have burnt their hopes This is our starting point because….. This is our starting point because….. TOMORROW TOMORROW Young generations need to have their hopes back Young generations need to have their hopes back

Many people think young people are lazy, disinterested, rude… Many people think young people are lazy, disinterested, rude… THAT IS JUST A SILLY GENERALIZATION THAT IS JUST A SILLY GENERALIZATION Our youngsters are cleverer than us because they have learnt to survive in spite of the world we have created for them… Our youngsters are cleverer than us because they have learnt to survive in spite of the world we have created for them… …and let’s thank God if they are still able to smile …and let’s thank God if they are still able to smile

WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ SELF-ESTEEM OFFER A MODEL OF RELIABLE ADULTS MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE OFFER THEM INTERESTING PROJECTS

AND TO CONCLUDE… “ It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” Albert Einstein