Maryam Rezaei
Chrissoula Manolakaki
Panos Chreppas
Stamatis Tsagias
Asimeni TountaAlexandros Papandreou
Alexandros Papandreou is a gifted person… ofcourse we all are in our own way… some of us a bit more and some a bit less, some of us know it and some don’t, some know it but never manage to do anything about it and some like Alexandros know it from a very young age and have done alot about it! Alexandros Papandreou is one of those children that felt different in everyway from the rest of his class… he could perceive faster and more creative taking him many steps ahead from the rest! Despite his young age he speaks with great ease and confidence… how can he not when he received his English proficiency degree at the age of 12, speaks 4 languages, plays many musical instruments… and the list is long! Alexandros has a beautiful smile even though he does his best to hide it, as he is super serious and doesn’t waste a moment of his time innovating and eating…
Alexandros Papandreou says there was no need for him to go to school as he didn’t gain much… he hardly stepped in class with an average yearly school absences of 300 hours but still received top of his class grades! He has studied mechanical engineering and received a scholarship in artificial intelligence at the National Centre for Scientific Research “Dimokritos” and published many papers. Being a “gifted child” himself and from a young age helping his friends and other students with their classes, Alexandros decided to do something about all the gifted children that were treated by the educational system as everybody else! And in 2012 together with a team of psychologists, doctors and educators, organized for the first time in Greece an event for the gifted children… and they had a huge No. of attendance! From then on Alexandros knew the importance of his mission and has dedicated himself in challenging the educational system in Greece! Today he and his devoted voluntary team have managed in 4 years not only to educate the public in the meaning of “gifted children”, but to also inspire and motivate all the private schools in Greece in trying to make a special program for these children to give them the right kind of education! They have many programs going for the children but also special tailor made programs for the teacher and educators to better understand and deal with their gifted students.
Alexandros Papandreou has made a tangible difference in the private educational system and has inspired many children in feeling gifted and not left out! As these children usually feel they do not belong with the rest and tend to be loners… Please do visit their website as there is so much to learn from their activities… And one last thing… as I was browsing their website I checked their lovely video… and was amazed by it… the person who created the video is a 16-year-old gifted boy, Jim Boufidis, who has his own super cool website and has already a 5page CV and has won many honorary awards! Enjoy… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfHYTPMP7L0
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