I ended the year at a conference where Pepe Menéndez, among others, was speaking. And for the first time I had the privilege to meet him and hear about his school. And I was so inspired! As if I hadn't enough inspiration by now, Los Jesuitas came to give me a new breath of fresh air.
The number of examples of the school I would one day like to build start pilling up and that is a wonderful sign. A sign that is possible. A sign of hope. Because no school is like the other. Schools are the people that make them, and we are all different people. So the schools can only be different.
There is no recipe for the perfect school. I know that now. But I still travel and visit schools and I still believe that every school has at least one good idea that I can share with the rest of the world. With my little world, at least.
And why should I stick to the Portuguese schools and ideas, when I can have influences from all over the world? My students might be from all over the world, so it is the least I can do. Diversity is the answer!
For now, I plan one of my next stops to be Los Jesuitas, Barcelona!
The number of examples of the school I would one day like to build start pilling up and that is a wonderful sign. A sign that is possible. A sign of hope. Because no school is like the other. Schools are the people that make them, and we are all different people. So the schools can only be different.
There is no recipe for the perfect school. I know that now. But I still travel and visit schools and I still believe that every school has at least one good idea that I can share with the rest of the world. With my little world, at least.
And why should I stick to the Portuguese schools and ideas, when I can have influences from all over the world? My students might be from all over the world, so it is the least I can do. Diversity is the answer!
For now, I plan one of my next stops to be Los Jesuitas, Barcelona!