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He says he is not interested in money, which learned in Dubai only that being elected "best teacher in the world" accounted for a million dollars payable ten times. That he does not come to badociate money and education, "that they are incompatible, but we have something to live", estimates with a certain resignation Martín Salvetti, first Argentine finalist of "Global Teacher Prize", which will be Sunday in this exotic and sumptuous city of the United Arab Emirates.
He never seduced money, and it did not occur to him to think of what he would do with that bunch of bills … He appealed to romanticism and the most succulent price is to be here in Dubai, in this example, with his wife and children. "I devoted myself to teaching, the money is not in my mind, the teaching and the money go in different ways, some work for personal satisfaction or for money, if in teaching you work for money, forgive me, but you have messed up violently ".
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He does not believe that this is the ideal place to talk about common problems or judgments, he simply points out that "in Dubai, I represent all the Argentinian teachers who deserve the best salary in the world ". This will help Argentina, once and for all. all, grow as a country ".
Talk about Salvetti's dreams, daily efforts to conquer. It may seem idyllic at times, but that is how, on the basis of dreams only, this humble man, who has worked all his life at Temperley Technical School, has reached the elite of world education. "I miss my students, I miss being in clbad, even if it seems like a semester."
He says that students at his school write to him at any time to wish him the best. "They seek to approach me by offering their support and, incidentally, singing the activities they develop." This shows that it was not easy to build this round trip with the student, "key strategy to know his needs and concerns".
Salvetti talks with Brazilian Debora Garofalo, with North American Melissa Salguero, the Dutch Daisy Merten, "rivals and opponents" with whom Argentina will compete, but he seduces because he insists on "dreams, commitment and perseverance" "They observe him because of his vocation and his charisma:" I do not know what you are going to think, "he tells them," but the horizon is the boy, the student, we must work for him ", harangue
He is convinced that projects – his own – such as the creation of a radio or the motto "a car for a horse", are innovative, think about the community, drastically reduce school dropout and are reproduced in other schools, which measures the work of this teacher who "feels already satisfied".
He tells Clarin He was able to visit some schools in Dubai, which could not interact with their colleagues on academic aspects, but could go through facilities. "The truth is that I was surprised by the investment in the buildings, which seemed solid, they also seemed illuminated and the artistic work done on the walls of the clbadrooms by the students themselves. that I want to emphasize, it's about art, "describes the Temperley native.
From Temperley to the Dubai Mosque. "I am living a sensational experience that has never been through my life," Salvetti said.
Without going into comparisons or parallels, because for Salvetti "we are the best in the world", the professor insists that "the art is fundamental, it is vital as the axis of 39, integration to work in the design of the program ".
He does not want to fall into commonplaces, but to be with "them" – for the nine other candidates – is a triumph, it's a pride ", because here is my wife and my children, who came to support me, that I could bring them with effort, get into debt and have the trust of others, who lent me the money to be here in Dubai. "
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During the meeting with his colleagues from Asia, Europe, America, Africa and Asia, "we are all in the same line, we consider innovation as a sine quanon, it is what reveals us to all ". Innovation: Generate new strategies for boys to achieve the desired knowledge. "And expands:" Some with better socio-economic support than others and with other realities, but we are d & # 39; agree on the same profile as the one we are aiming for: we think that education is the future and there we are united ".
When Salvetti speaks of "other realities", he refers to "in some parts of the world, teachers work in armed conflicts, in Latin America and Argentina in particular, we have problems of inequality, which is a plague that provides innumerable problems ".
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