Just over twenty years ago, I thought that I was studying the architecture of Guarino Guarini so found my way to Torino, where I stayed at a Salesian residence at Piazza Rebaudengo. When I went to pay, the director said something like, "You are a student and looking after you is what our order is for. The only way you can pay us is by learning and making good use of what you learn."
Today's the feast of San Giovanni Bosco, who founded the Salesian Order. Non ho dimenticato, direttore.
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Pray, tell what, did you learn?
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@ipd They assigned a priest who was an art historian to show me all the important sites so I could examine them first-hand, including some of Guarini's furniture that isn't in the art history books. He introduced me to the curators at the state library so I could access Guarini's books with no problem.
But probably the most important thing is that, while you can use learning to make money, it's far better to make people and good lives for them.
I ended up not writing on Guarini at all!
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@ipd Back in Australia, I found myself counselling some students in deep distress. Everyone says "Don't do it; refer them to expert services" but every expert service was behind eligibility restrictions, costs, and queues many months long. Educators hit this all the time.
I'm no psychologist. I read what I could in the library but really needed a real psychologist to back me up. The Salesians had one for their internal problems and said that I could just borrow him whenever.
Good people.
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