Our rural school is a small scale school in a rural environment. Its main
wealth is the active social function that develops within the life of the village.
Being in a more familiar and quiet environment, the school opens up
to the town and the town welcomes the school. This way, the market,
trades, shops, and craftsmen are part of the team that teaches and educates
the children. This is the natural continuity of academic to professional
education, the school does not separate children from society and adult life,
but prepares them from very young age to direct immersion into real life.
Because what else are they studying and preparing for?
This month at school we have put into practice this immersion with the experience
of work practices. The students have chosen which profession they
wanted to know in depth and thanks to the companies and small business
collaborators of the town, it has been made possible. All children liked the
work experiences so much that next month they want to repeat the activity
again ! Who knows, maybe in future we can transform the classroom into
workshops, instead of pencils and rubbers we can use tools, pneumatics,
pipes, wires, saucepans, casseroles, hairdryers, sewing machines, and so
on…!
