Andrea Serra is a master who teaches in the oncohematology department of the Microcitemico hospital in Cagliari . A very special elementary school. He told his story in the program "Zarathustra, traces not to get lost in the fog" with Pietro Del Soldà and Ilaria Gaspari on Radio Tre.
Andrea meets many children, some ready to take their lives back outside the health facility, others, unfortunately, as was underlined during the broadcast, with an uncertain horizon because " the time of illness devours any possibility of a future ".
An emblematic story about a delicate work of dialogue and comparison, in search of harmony and trust, to offer very young students concrete help to live a full life beyond the pathology. It is not the usual relationship between teacher and student. It's something different , explained Andrea Serra.
It is said "as long as there is life, there is hope". In this case, the master modifies the proverb that comes from Cicero: " As long as there is life, there is life ", because hope, as Spinoza says, is "a fickle joy". Many themes have intertwined in the dense contribution of Andrea Serra, who has been collaborating with the "Tuttestorie" Festival for years.
There is the immense value of school and education, the role of parents and teachers, the meaning of existence to "savour" every minute of the day. "Running at the top of my lungs" was the title of the testimony of Andrea Serra who also wrote a book for his children, "L'altalena" (Bookabook, 2022). You have to "run at the top of your lungs" to live every moment well even if life is a horizon that can be short .