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Toxic Educational Environments

Photo credits Keira Burton

What’s worse than seeing your students shivering in fear as they hesitantly enter your classroom on the first day of school, only to be frowned upon by their classmates with contempt or even hate? Sounds all too familiar, doesn’t it? How many of us have been bullied at a young age, desperately pleading with our parents to skip school, only to be falsely reassured that nothing awful would befall us? I remember being taunted by my classmates which had grave consequences on my own mental state. I became quite the introvert, rarely participated during lesson and struggled to reach my true potential.

Text by: Katherine Reilly, originally published by ELT NEWS Printed Magazine

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I’m Positive Ceremony 2023

Without shame. Without stigma. Purely love. For the sixth year at Onassis Stegi, people living with and without HIV talk about their lives in an open discussion about inclusion, visibility, and acceptance, against stigma and prejudice. A meeting chaired by the Greek Association of People Living with HIV — Positive Voice.

Author’s Note: Thank you to the Onassis Foundation for their trust in me to co-present the ceremony alongside my dear friend Lydia Papaioannou.