Article by Giovanni Polliani

Il 29 maggio 2025 AGOSTINO BURBERI spoke at "Meeting with the author" organized by the EURIDIT Foundation in the former Fornace room, made available by the Municipality 6 of the Municipality of Milan to talk about the book he wrote as a student with Don Milani: “Letter to a teacher”.

In a touching story of his life as a student with Don Milani, Burberi illustrated the motivations and methods with which he arrived at the book composed under the guidance of the Prior.

With an intervention that summarized his past as a student, of the pedagogical legacy left by Don Milani and codified by the book translated into almost one hundred languages, he traced a personal path that struck a chord with the participants.

The relevance of the pedagogical testament of the Prior of Berbiana was underlined, written with the participation of all its children through the composition of a plot containing the pupils' reflections on the school of that time.

The relevance of the values ​​and pedagogical principles contained therein was highlighted and the speaker also spoke of the rich and interesting legacy left which is updated today in many Italian regions and in many schools with important projects that update Don Milani's teachings.

The unforgettable meeting ended with great satisfaction of the participants who sincerely thanked the speaker for his generous and very interesting lesson..