#DoTellBocconi. Paola Dubini

Protagonist of #DoTellBocconi for the Economics and Management for Art, Culture and Communication undergraduate program is Paola Dubini, who answered a burst of 32 questions in front of the camera. You can read are all her answers here below.

1. What adjective describes you

How about "Smiling Dubini?"

1. If you were an animal?

A giraffe. Or a cricket

1. The best quality for a student

Intellectual curiosity

1. As a teacher, what adjective fits you?

Reassuring, yet a bit unsettling

1. If your program was a cult movie?

"The Blues Brothers": wit, entrepreneurial attitude, great cast ... and what a rhythm!

1. Create a motto for your program

CLEACC: a state of mind

1. The phrase you like best to say in class

Everything is under control ... it's a trademark

1. Three things you would take to a desert island

A book to dream, good shoes to explore, a flute not to feel lonely

1. The book that your students should absolutely read

"Six memos for the next millennium" by Calvino

1. If your course was a dish, what would it be?

As they say in Naples: 'nu baba!

1. What do you like to sing in the shower (or car)?

"Voi che sapete che cos'e' amor" from le Nozze di Figaro

1. Any obsessions?

Baking Christmas cooking

1. The most beautiful gift you ever received

My kids

1. And the most useless one?

San Girolamo docet Noli equi dentes inspicere donati: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

1. What kind of student were you?

Omnivore. Learning is fun

1. The exam you found most difficult (as a student)

Private law: 3 times to get a meager 25

1. Where did you / would you do your Erasmus?

NYU or in a country with a different alphabet

1. What superpower would you like to have?

Vision to imagine the future and energy to make it real

1. What superpower does your program provide?

It widens the realms of possibility

1. Your hero?

Madame Curie. 2 nobel prizes are better than one

1. As a child you dreamed of becoming

A teacher

1. You cannot live without

Emotions

1. If you could meet a figure from the past, who would it be?

One of the pre socratic philosophers. Pure brain.

1. In which country would you like to live?

Italy of course

1. If your program was a sport, what would it be?

Fencing: strategy, energy and speed of reaction

1. Something you think needs to be invented

A kindness generator

1. Your most unbridled passion

Hiking

1. Something you just cannot stand in the classroom

When my students forget the difference between smart young adults and whining brats

1. If you were the protagonist of a novel, who would you be?

Mary Poppins

1. In the future, where will lessons take place?

Wherever you want them to take placeI'd say anywhere you have a possibility to think. But "where" is just one part of the story isn't it? with whom is also important

1. The work of art that most represents your course

"The School of Athens" by Raphael

1. What would you ask from the genie of the lamp?

Give trust to good ideas