Vasillis Panayiotaropoulos always had a thirst for knowledge – but had to leave education behind aged 12 to help his father in the fields
“Everything I learn is interesting,” says Vasillis Panayiotaropoulos. “Being here opens the mind.”
It’s 7.45pm. The bell has rung in another class and the world of classical Greece beckons for the pensioner who has neatly laid out his pencil case and textbooks on a tiny wooden desk.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/best-in-the-class-greek-man-in-his-80s-starts-night-school-after-life-of-toil
Author : Helena Smith in Athens
Publish date : 2024-11-25 07:00:38
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