Mεntoring in Education
Mentor was the name of Odysseus trusted friend, the man that “kept him awake” and cultivated his entrepreneurial and creative mind. The man that was one of the first people that recognized him, despite...
View ArticleCulture innate or can be taught?
I read this quote the other day by Thom Hartmann: Culture is not about what is absolute, real or true. It is about what a group of people get together and agree to believe. Culture can be healthy,...
View ArticleThe side effects of the current education system.
Just 5 examples of the negative side effects of the current education system. I call them side effects because education is supposed to be a positive “treatment”, a positive drug. Sometimes though, it...
View ArticleLearning to love oneself
mεlite hosts once a month inspiring stories from friends and colleagues, who apart from being ultra-cool, they in their own way offer something special to Education. This month, Amalia Ghiban, a...
View ArticleDetermination knows no barriers
mεlite hosts once a month inspiring stories from friends and colleagues, who apart from being ultra-cool, they in their own way offer something special to Education. This month, Matthias Meier, a...
View ArticleThe definition of insanity
As per Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity is doing the same things and expecting a different result. So, indeed, most of us are insane. I will not go into how we function in relationships,...
View ArticleEsc
Sometimes we wish that life had an Escape button. One that could be pressed so that it takes away this annoying window/picture/site and that it could take us back in the comfort we had a few seconds...
View ArticleThe human loss
We have all experienced human loss in one way or another. When the child is separated for the first time from the parents, in order to go to kindergarten, when a loved one passes away, when we lose...
View ArticleWhen doubt crawls in
(Play) When doubt, fear, anger and darkness crawl in, the choice is one. To fight them with light. To love. To whisper to yourself, to write down to your notepad or with your fingertips to the dust on...
View ArticleTo new beginnings
There are reasons for things to happen at a specific time. The biggest one is us being ready to see them, acknowledge them and most importantly learn from them. I was about to write about a topic I...
View Article21 Ιουνίου 2013*
(μουσική) Και χόρεψαν. Τον πρώτο χορό της ζωής τους σαν παντρεμένο ζευγάρι. Δύο ζευγάρια μάτια κλειδωμένα το ένα στο άλλο, δυο χέρια ενωμένα, δυο ψυχές που βρήκαν το στήριγμά τους. Και η στιγμή μαγική…...
View ArticleAbout choices. Going back to the core…or not.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. - Khalil Gibran - I have recently concluded to the following...
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