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In 1952, a young teacher, a graduate of the Ralleion Pedagogical Academy of Piraeus, decided to resign from her position at the Kalipoleos Elementary School to fulfill her dream! She pursued postgraduate studies in Germany!
There was no German Language Department in Athens yet (established in 1977), and there was not even a German department at the University of Athens (the first was introduced in 1960). Studying in Germany was her only choice.
Having learned German from a young age with German teachers, she fell in love with the language. Fortunately, she had the opportunity to study during her student years, completing her studies in the language with her beloved Werner Günther, who encouraged her to continue her studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München.
Completing Magister Artium in Education in 1957, she returned to Greece and began teaching German at both the Goethe Institut Athens and in private lessons, applying her fast-paced teaching method.
Over the years, her reputation spread in Athens, and she decided to focus exclusively on private lessons, where she could comfortably apply her innovative teaching methods. Many later renowned professors of law and medicine (including a Rector of the University of Athens) chose her as their preparatory instructor, learning German correctly and quickly with her.
Her communicative skills and the minimal time she needed to prepare students for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Germany established her for thirty consecutive years until 1987 when she gradually withdrew from active teaching, having prepared her successor.
Since 1984, when her youngest son decided to follow in her footsteps by enrolling in the Department of German Language and Literature at the University of Athens, she taught him her methodology. He, as a second-year student in 1985, began teaching initially to teenagers and later exclusively to adults. Now, more than sixty years, this method comes to a close. Each generation spans thirty years.
Their students are the descendants and continuers of their method. Neither the pioneering and, above all, humble teacher nor her son, who faithfully followed in her footsteps, wanted to associate this method with their names or claim ownership of it.
With love, they passed it on by teaching it to many of their students, who, in turn, as German teachers, apply it – more or less – in their own study programs! A firm belief of both mother and son has been and continues to be that knowledge is not the property of anyone!
It simply evolves, enriches, and gradually, generously, shares! With the wish that the next ones become the “carriers” of their teachers. Only thus can they become rich and bear fruit!