Back to School: Another Opportunity Not to Be Missed

Discover how to transform the school year into a positive experience, fostering collaboration between parents, teachers, and children, and emphasizing the right to happiness and well-being for everyone involved.

The Secret Society of Happiness

<img class="allinea-centro" src="https://www.gengle.it/posts/entries/images/ricomincialascuola.jpg" alt="" width="1152" height="768" data-caption="" />By Letizia Bolano and Renato Palma  The Story. I thought about it for a long time. A reflection that lasted all summer. I weighed the pros and cons. In the end, I made a decision. Irrevocable. I don't want to go back to school. Enough. School gives me a lot of problems. I never do the right thing. The teachers are always critical. They scold me for everything: I'm not responsible. I'm always late. And then I don't check the contents of the school bag. The notebooks are messy. It's many other things that make me feel bad. In short, a living hell Good. I've decided. Now I just have to find the courage to tell my daughters… Then, in the end, I decided it was time. "Girls," I said, "I wanted to tell you that I've decided not to go back to school." "Great, Mom. But you don't have to go to school anymore." "That's what you think. Everything you do in life, we'll do together. As long as you want. And we must always remember this. Always together, never against. This could be the motto of our secret society." "What is a secret society?" "It's a society of people who have the same goal and prefer to keep it to themselves, so as not to be hindered." "What is our goal?" "If you want to know the secret of the secret society, you have to swear allegiance to the secret society." I swear by the smile that should never be missing, by the courtesy necessary to collaborate. I swear that I want to continue playing Together we can do it "We swear," "The secret is that we want to be happy. And the other secret is that we know how to be happy. So, I was telling you that I had decided not to go to school. But then I thought that by doing so, I would have left you alone. Because, if you think about it, what I wanted was to prevent school from becoming just the drudgery we experienced last year. So, I told myself, if you can't choose not to go to school, you can choose how to transform school into a secret <a class="wpilkeywordlink" href="https://giochi.ai/" target="blank" rel="noopener nofollow" title="game" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">game</a>. At this point, we need a grand constituent assembly." "Mom, what is a constituent assembly?" "A place where everyone, as equals, decides the rules of the game." "But we don't want to play the school game." "That way, school becomes the property of adults, and, as we know, adults no longer know how to take things as a game." "And why are you able to take them as a game?" "I didn't say I was able to. I said I want to learn." "And do you have to go back to school?" "Yes. But in truth, I've decided to learn from you. That is, if you are willing to reveal your secret to me." The game will continue. Together and never against. This way, we will discover its rules and, above all, remember not to forget to play!

Embrace the School Year with a Smile

The lawyer resumes the theme of everyone's right to happiness. Thinking about the return to school, I turn to all of you, dear Gengle members, to remind you that you are not alone. Every problem, every doubt, can be shared and become a subject for inquiry through this <a href="/consulenti" target="blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">valuable channel</a>. Yes, there are duties at the beginning of the year, but those of you with <a class="wpilkeywordlink" href="https://meeters.org/it/categoria/genitori-con-figli" target="blank" rel="noopener nofollow" title="children" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">children</a> with special needs know them very well. I will be here throughout the year with my contributions, but above all, with my availability to answer your questions. However, what I can say right now is that you should really consider some suggestions: 1 Smile at your children and reassure them! Together, you are a great force, and everything will be fine! 2 Smile at the teachers and reassure them! Together, you are a great force, and everything will be fine! 3 Smile at yourselves and reassure yourselves! Together, you are a great force, and everything will be fine! 4 The secret society is with the children the <a class="wpilkeywordlink" href="https://meeters.org/it/categoria/benessere" target="blank" rel="noopener nofollow" title="well-being" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">well-being</a> of parents with their children comes first emotionally…, but the team is among all the protagonists; teachers are part of it in full right, and above all, teachers also want to be happy and have the right to be, even on those mornings when they think about coming to school. 5 Be present. Go the extra mile, but be present. 6 Talk, with your children, with the teachers. Ask questions, cherish your relationships, treat them with affection. In this way, we also act in what I define - as you know - as preventive legal protection. Let yourself be involved, observe, inform yourselves, and educate yourselves. If an opportunity arises for a meeting on the right to happiness for our children at school I'm thinking of organizing one!, participate! Be present and aware. In my professional life, so dedicated to these topics, I have found myself seeing mothers cry at my desk, mothers asking for help because a report from an accredited center, based on which the <a class="wpilkeywordlink" href="https://www.gengle.it/2018/09/01/232-lettera-a-mio-figlio/" target="blank" rel="noopener" title="child" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="270">child</a> would have been entitled to a Personalized Educational Plan, was not accepted for an entire year by the school including teachers and the principal because it did not come from the ASL Local Health Authority. Anyone who is a little familiar with the matter knows that this is a serious abuse, an act that infringes upon the child's right to study I add: the right to study happily. However, things can be sorted out. Let's start thinking that we can intervene, that there are tools, and there are tools because we have wonderful rights that our State regulates and guarantees. Prevention and mediation are the ways through which we can see the law come to life, and do so healthily. Communication, teamwork, asking for help, and above all, always keeping in mind that we all want to move in the same direction: to be well. Even at school! One last thing: let's learn from children; they are perfectly clear that they want to be well and happy, we have forgotten that. Happy return to school! <img class="allinea-centro" src="https://www.gengle.it/posts/entries/images/Rientroascuola.jpg" alt="" width="1152" height="768" data-caption="" />