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Andrés García Barrios

Writer and communicator. His work brings together experience in numerous disciplines, almost always with an educational focus: theater, novel, short story, essay, television series and museum exhibitions. He is a contributor to the Sciences magazines of the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM; Casa del Tiempo, from the Autonomous Metropolitan University, and Tierra Adentro, from the Ministry of Culture. Contact: andresgarciabarrios@gmail.com
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school and politics

Opinion | School and Politics

School (the classroom in particular) is an excellent setting to teach each other the skill of listening. "Listening is taught by listening." ...
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Andrés García Barrios

happiness

Opinion | Happiness

'Happycracy' is the culprit behind all those hundreds, thousands, and millions of messages we receive every day, wishing us, and even imposing on us, to ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Teaching and gossip

Opinion | Gossip as an Essential Tool of Teaching (and It Is No Joke)

Teaching needs to return to the ancient practice of education as testimony, one in which our personality is present behind the knowledge we share. We ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Suicide prevention

Opinion | Suicide Prevention

Andrés García Barrios shares some reflections as a father and teacher, based on the framework of World Suicide Prevention Day. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Education and Money

Opinion | Education and Money

Investing is increasingly a gamble, a challenge, and a risk. And the world of education is no exception. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Pietro da cortona, Trionfo della Divina Provvidenza, 1632-39, Trionfo della Religione e della Spiritualità

Opinion | The Origin of Creativity

We humans long for change; we long for something to surprise us. That magic, that hope, is in our essence. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Cloning Cybernetic Supervillains (and Other Electronic Fantasies)

Opinion | Cloning Cybernetic Supervillains (and Other Electronic Fantasies)

In this essay, Andrés García Barrios proposes an interesting philosophical-futuristic exercise for classroom reflection: Is it possible to scan the human body and its psyche? ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Opinion | Son of a Neurodivergent Mother

Today, with so much available knowledge, the best lies within each of us. It's time for testimonies! Or will we gatekeep everything we know inside? ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Opinion | Teaching to Think (Teacher or Expert Programmer?)

"We must always have, as teachers, a sense of humor, which is nothing more than admitting, at least momentarily, that there is something essential we ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Opinion | Motherhood, Mental Health, and Education

In the context of Mother's Day and World Maternal Mental Health Day, Andrés García Barrios reflects on a documentary that explores motherhood, mental health, and ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Opinion | Anthropo-ego-centrism

Regarding knowledge, nothing strikes me as more suspicious than the famous "Top ten lists." However, 10 is a memorable number. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Opinion | Empathy, Truth, and Self-knowledge

What part of human history can we not know because of two blind spots: what is hidden from us and what we hide from ourselves? ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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