Mattarella: appreciation at the school "Lascito RANIERI" for the work done together with CME "Puglia"

(To Staff)
04/06/19

The kindergarten "Lascito Ranieri" of Bari, in the Japigia district directed by the director Dr. Annamaria Lagattola during the last three school years has undertaken a formative course of Citizenship and Constitution. Pupils led by the teacher Tiziana Conte have gradually acquired a sense of belonging to the Nation and the idea of ​​a responsible Citizen, the teacher claims that Italians are not born, but become with the learning of those "Fundamental Principles" that characterize DNA of Italians in the world.

National identity is how family identity is learned by living in a context, observing adults, listening to family stories and breathing in domestic values. The teacher Conte continued, affirming that "the right attitude with which the teachers of the" Ranieri Legacy "work supported by the Italian Army for the promotion (in a highly pedagogical and not punitive role) for the promotion of hope and social redemption through the story of pages of history and a “critical” reading of the Constitution.

To train the students with the teachers, the Italian Army soldiers under the command of Brigadier General Giorgio Rainò who explained how trust, courage, solidarity, dignity and sacrifice are essential parts of life with and without uniform. The military with simple aphorisms explained that their work of peacekeeping in the world it is for the little ones to divide two boys who fight or how the defeat of Caporetto is not the end but the beginning of a rebirth.

The teacher Tiziana Conte wanted with her pupils to inform her grandfather Sergio (for her students), that is the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, of this educational path, enhancing the contents of the Italian Constitution and asking for a signed copy. The response of the President of the Republic to the students' astonishment came through the director of the secretary's office of President Simone Guerrini, sending a copy of the signed Italian Constitution and an expression of keen appreciation for the work done.