The enemy isn’t liberalism, the enemy isn’t conservatism, the enemy is bullshit. Jans-Erik Nelson, found on Lino the Rhino’s Facebook page
Author: Europasionaria
Quote of the Week: Androulla Vassiliou
Schools are overwhelmingly staffed by women, but education systems are managed by men. Most graduates are female and most school drop-outs are boys. We need to base gender equality policies on these realities. Androulla Vassiliou, European commissioner for Education, Traditional stereotypes remain the biggest challenge for gender equality in education
The mid-mid life crisis of the expat-generation
Most people in their late twenties experiment what I would call a “mid mid life crisis”. They studied for ever, finally got the first real job that matter, then get bored and feel they need a change. While most people in this situation would react by changing job or having a baby or even starting…
Europasiona… what?
Looking at people’s reactions to my pseudonym, I have come to realise that unless you are Spanish or French, there is little chance that you understand what it means. So I thought it deserved an explanation. First, Europasionaria = Euro+Pasionaria, and not Europa+Sionaria. That should already make things clearer to some of you. How did…
Europasionaria
I’ve often wondered why it was that I was so irresistibly attracted by Europe. I’ve always liked learning languages, English in particular – I never got German. When I was a teenager, I remember that whenever there was a foreigner in a group, I would become the designated interpreter, as most often I was the…