Have you ever wondered what the elderly do in retirement homes? Well, Mrs. Softic’s volunteering team meets every Saturday morning. In this volunteering, the team spends their time with elderly people, playing […]
Category: Society
Economic Development and Sustainability: a Paradox?
As I was reading Plato Tackles Climate Change by Matthew Pye I stumbled upon a passage that I found quite interesting. This passage led me to ask myself the question: why do we, as a society, choose to measure nations based on their monetary value, their wealth, or their industrial advancement?
I’m paying in € right?
It is a beautiful morning and you are walking to wherever you need to go. On the way, you see a lovely bakery and decide you would like to have a coffee. You go in, talk to the person at the counter and then get your coffee. You pay by card, as always. But this time, the card refuses.
Ramadan and Lent: Beyond Fasting, What Truly Sets Them Apart?
This year, Lent for Catholics, Ramadan for Muslims, and the Lunar New Year all fell on the same day: Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
A Journalistic Dilemma
Most people assume journalism to be the craft of presenting reality in the visual, auditory, or written form. And that is right – in essence. Although in a changing world such as ours, journalism – the quiet act of observing and note-taking, or recording, and spreading the truth – ever shifts in tone and medium…
Endométriose : La maladie invisible
L’endométriose est une maladie gynécologique chronique et inflammatoire, liée à la présence de tissu semblable à la muqueuse utérine en dehors de la cavité utérine. […]
Dead Poets Society – Passion Needs Support, Not Punishment
“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
Iceland, a Laboratory of Inclusion: Chronicle of an Erasmus+ Journey into Social Policymaking
Our Erasmus+ group, made up of students and teachers from the “Rainbow Group”, spent a week dissecting the Icelandic inclusivity model, exploring its possible applications in our own schools
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, the Forgotten Dictator of Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, Portugal’s dictator from 1932 to 1968, is one of the least globally known dictators of the 20th century.
Is self-help a recycled version of stoicism?
Influencers tell us how to live and be happy. These ideas seem novel and revolutionary, but what if they’re much older than we think?