11th of December. Universal Day for Children's Rights

"Climb up! little boy," said theTree, and it bent its branches down as low as it could; but the boy was too tiny. And the Giant's heart melted as he looked out. "How selfish I have been!" he said; "now I know why the Spring would not come here. I will put that poor little boy on the top of the tree, and then I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's playground for ever and ever." He was really very sorry for what he had done." The Selfish Giant, Oscar Wilde

Make the world a happy playground for all the children in the world.

Ο Εγωιστής Γίγαντας του Όσκαρ Ουάιλντ γκρεμίζει το τείχος του κήπου και της καρδιάς του με αφορμή ένα Παιδί (το μικρό Χριστό) κι εκείνος αποφασίζει να αφήσει τα παιδιά να παίζουν πάντα στον κήπο του για να διατηρηθεί η άνοιξη.

Ας κάνουμε αυτόν το κόσμο τον Κήπο των Παιδιών.

On the right you see a page from Hilda Boswell's Treasury of Children's Stories, (1971), which, as a child introduced me to Oscar Wilde.

Library comment

10th of December - Universal Day of Human Rights

An important day to remember every single day... Only then can Oscar Wilde's quote be put into effect: “The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly –that is what each of us is here for”. The Picture of Dorian Grey, chapter 2


And we did in the last time....As a proof that e-Twinning collaboration can establish friendship, is our project http://partilhandodiferencas.wordpress.com/ , which is a photoproject related to Universal Day of Human Rights. Students from three schools (Romania, Greece and Portugal) took Black and White pictures and made an expo in their school. To improve the impact of their action, students from Targoviste made also postal cards with these pictures and sold them. The money collected will become presents during the week before Christmas for the children from Boy's Centre in Targoviste. We are very thankful to our partener from Greece who made calendars and sent them to Targoviste to increase the results of our charity action. Not in the last time, we have to remember a target associated to our action which is...Telis, Geniko Lykeio's dog - he will receive some crispies to eat in Christmas day....


On the other hand, we realize a research concerning the relationship between art and life, in Wilde's opera and also in the opera of some Greek Philosophers. The results of our research you can access here:
1. A virtual dialogue about art
2. Wilde's quotes or....ancient wisdom

Library note following:
Telis, the shcool guardian-dog, comes from Aristotelis (=Aristotle). Since we started our etwinning collaboration, our school has been renamed to Aristoteleio Geniko Lyceio Elefsinas, just like the ION GHICA Targoviste Economic Colegiul.
The calendars were made to twin Targoviste's work on Human Rights. Our first thought was to collect money for Telis (who broke his leg more than a month ago). After discussing it with him (and bribing him with a can of meat) we sent the calendars for the Boy's Centre in Targoviste. For his generosity, he was allowed to take a snooze in the school library (he prefered the art department!)
Από την έναρξη της συνεργασίας μας με τη Ρουμανία, το Λύκειό μας μετονομάστηκε σε «Αριστοτέλειο». Ο αδέσποτος σκυλάκος της φωτογραφίας έσπασε το πόδι του τον Οκτώβριο, υιοθετήθηκε από το σχολείο μας και ονομάστηκε «Τέλης». Τα ημερολόγια που φτιάξαμε για να ακολουθήσουμε τους συνεργάτες μας για την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Δικαιωμάτων του Παιδιού θα εξασφάλιζαν τη σίτισή του. Αντ’ αυτού, στάλθηκαν για το φιλανθρωπικό σκοπό των Ρουμάνων, που σε αντάλλαγμα, θα έστελναν μπισκότα στον σκύλο μας. Πάντως, για την καλή του συμπεριφορά, η Τέλης, αποπαρασιτωμένος και εμβολιασμένος, επιτρέπεται να πάρει τον απογευματινό του υπνάκο στη Βιβλιοθήκη!

PAINFUL LOSSES

Albert Oprea ( student ION GHICA Economic School, Targoviste, died of aneurism)

Alexis Gregoropoulos (everybody's student, Athens Greece, shot at student demonstration)

Words are not enough. Our sincerest condolances to family and friends.

Τον μήνα αυτό είχαμε δύο οδυνηρές απώλειες. Ο Αλμπερτ Οπρέου του Οικονομικού Λυκείου ΙΩΝ ΓΚΙΚΑ, που έφυγε ξαφνικά από ανεύρυσμα και ο μαθητής ολονών, ο Αλέξης Γρηγορόπουλος, που πυροβολήθηκε σε διαδήλωση μας άφησαν πρόωρα. Βαθύτατα συλλυπητήρια στις οικογένειες και τους φίλους τους.

DORIAN GREY'S COLLECTIONS.Chasing the shadows away

“he used to give curious concerts in which mad gipsies tore wild music from little zithers, [...], while grinning Negroes beat monotonously upon copper drums...” The Picture of Dorian Grey, chapter 11The aesthet Dorian creates his own little worlds of beauty to chase away the fear that rises from his terrible secret, guarded by his ageing and decaying portrait in the attic. Click here for this collection of exotic musical instruments, Anastasia’s work, and here for his precious gem collection, Socratis’ work. We also brought whatever perfume we had, and placed it near the book, so library visitors asked about it and were told the story.

Ο εστέτ Ντόριαν Γκρέυ, προσπαθεί να διώξει το φόβο που πηγάζει από το φοβερό του μυστικό, το οποίο είναι καλά κλειδωμένο στη σοφίτα, στο περίφημο πορτραίτο του που γερνάει και αποσυντίθεται, με το να συλλέγει μανιωδώς πετράδια, αρώματα, υφάσματα και εξωτικά μουσικά όργανα. Πατήστε εδώ για τα υπερκείμενα της Αναστασίας και του
Σωκράτη. Τα αρώματα και τα πετράδια που φιλοξενήθηκαν αυτή την εποχή στη βιβλιοθήκη ήταν μια πρώτης τάξεως βιβλιοπαρουσίαση!