By this time tomorrow the first test will be over. This could help the student population who, starting tomorrow, 19 June, will be asked to take the first test of the state exam. In La Spezia there will be approximately 1,400 people who will have to show up on time for the first test, as per Italian practice. After weeks spent checking their averages, or doing gigantic revisions, clearly for those who have felt up to it, the students from La Spezia appear on the first step.
In short, the famous “Night before the exams” always remains a moment to remember, perhaps not for everyone, but you can bet that many students will have organized themselves to spend the last hours that separate them from the exam together between a chat and some off-key choirs . From this point of view, La Spezia also has some small traditions; often, the kids from Costa high school found themselves singing outside of school on the last evening. And then there are certainly those who will remain within the walls of their bedroom in the hope that what they are feeling is only a justified, momentary concern.
Aside from being an emotional roller coaster journey, high school graduation is also a time to put school programs on paper. The Italian one is among the most important and the hope is that it will touch on themes of well-known authors, current issues in step with the times, without forgetting the radical change in science and technology. The toto theme, or toto trace whatever you want to say, it has always been done and it hasn’t always worked, but nothing stops us from hypothesizing and information and the internet do their job on this.
A tour to find ideas and ideas can also be done, keeping in mind some important anniversaries: one hundred and sixty years ago, for example, D’Annunzio was born, while 100 years ago Giacomo Matteotti was brutally killed by the fascists. Among the authors indicated by the network there is no shortage of Giovanni Verga, Italo Svevo, Luigi Pirandello. Not infrequently, when science ends up in the cinema or the great figures of science return to current affairs, some traces are also found in the exam test. Among the probable ones, for example, the anniversary of the birth of Robert Oppenheimer is indicated and to mention the cinematographic question it has become very topical again with Christopher Nolan’s film, atomic and nuclear weapons are also often talked about due to the ongoing conflicts. However, a certain attention to major current issues very close to everyday life cannot be ruled out: Italy, but in its own small way also La Spezia, still pays and has paid a very high price in feminicides, violence and abuse. Gender violence has erroneously been defined as a “phenomenon” but in some respects it resembles a massacre. The condition of women in general but in global terms was discussed, also in this case, at the cinema in the controversial film “Barbie” by Greta Gerwig which together with Oppenheimer were among the most viewed and discussed films on a global level, as well as having brought home a series of figurines. Finally, among the scientific-themed tracks, a space could be dedicated to artificial intelligence: this, more than others, given the numerous advances in the space of just a few years, represents a crucial issue, if we also consider the fact that at all levels it is always asked the question: what is the boundary between true, false and how will it be possible to recognize it. But these are just suggestions, not certainties because those will arrive tomorrow morning when the professors will give everyone the tracks, sealed and give the go-ahead.
In short, it is too early to draw conclusions, but there are those who have looked to when the written tests will have passed and the oral ones will remain, when the adrenaline discharges and we can finally say “it’s over”. It is the principal of the Capellini Sauro institute Antonio Fini who in recent days has launched an appeal to his students even if his words have found favor with other people, especially on social media. Right in the pages of Città della Spezia he said: “We would like this year the showers of sparkling wine, on those who didn’t want to know anything about it, eggs, flour and foam to become a distant memory. These are methods that have nothing to do with school and the moment. There are more themes that fit in, if we think about it carefully: a few minutes earlier some of the authors of these gestures are in front of a commission talking about ‘civic education’ and climate change without forgetting that for everyone who litters there is someone else who will have to clean and often some gestures are also not very sustainable on an environmental level. Male and female students who graduate from high school have every right to celebrate but it is clear that it must be done responsibly.”
The manager concluded the chat with good luck for the graduates, as did the mayor of La Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini. ““The high school exam is one of the first significant challenges that life puts before you, a crucial moment that marks the transition from adolescence to adult life, as well as an important stage of personal growth and a unique experience that will remain in the heart.
Your teachers, your families and your friends have supported you on this long journey and will continue to do so, proud of your efforts and your achievements, but the entire La Spezia community is at your side in these challenging days. Have confidence in yourself and your abilities, aware that every experience helps shape you as aware and responsible citizens.
Our territory offers numerous opportunities in the work and training fields, the high school leaving exam represents only the beginning of a journey full of opportunities to be seized, to begin laying the foundations for building your future. I wish you sincere good luck for this test and for your career, which I am sure will be full of goals and satisfactions.”
