Sebastian was 17 years old, black sheep of the
family, when he left his home to travel Europe as a circus and performance
artist. He returned to Italy years later where he found himself and his true
profession. He started to work with stateless Roma children living in ghettos,
with youngsters that no one else cared for; he believed in them and paved their
way. As a result of their common work, the music group Sarabanda was founded.
The play “Children of the Wind" was written and performed by Sebastian
Spinella.
What can a schoolgirl do to fight injustice? What do we look for in pedagogues? What can we do for our children to be taught of equality and accepting each other in school? In primary school, I always sat in the first or second row. I hated it! I always wanted to sit in the last row because there, I could have been next to the window watching the whole class. From time to time, some of the "worst" boys were seated next to me. The rules for table plan were the following: 1. bad students sit next to good students 2. if you are a good student and do something wrong (which happened to me quite often) then you will get a Gypsy next to you For a few days or for months, it depended on the scale of the punishment. I liked those boys because they found this process unfair, too. I had three seatmate by this method in the first four years of primary school. When teachers realized that this seating arrangement was no problem for us and we even made friends, I ...
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