The spiritual similarities between playing music and table tennis
Posted on Tue 24 March 2020 in music, table tennis, meta
As a fellow table tennis player and piano player, I have noticed some interesting spiritual similarities between the two arts. I'm pretty sure they are also common to other sports anyway.
The need of teaching and learning more languages
For a second, stop to think about how many languages you know. With languages, I do not mean verbal languages: rather, any means of expressing thoughts and feelings, or of expressing a dialogue. I am …
The reasons why mathematics teaching is failing
Posted on Fri 01 November 2019 in mathematics, teaching, meta
As a mathematics PhD student, I have seen a lot of mathematics teaching. I have been lucky enough to witness some (very) good teaching, but I have also been inflicted with so much bad teaching …
IPSC 2014: Imagination is more important than knowledge
Posted on Sun 18 May 2014 in public speaking, meta
From 12th to 17th May I took part to the International Public Speaking Competition (IPSC) 2014 in London, representing my country, Italy. The topic was Imagination is more important than knowledge, and the title of …