You can do it!

With regard to “Aviso antipedagógico”and “Prólogo”, I side with Savater in that it is essential that moral reflexion play a big part in education and that we should also take into account the actual sense of freedom. We live in a society where citizens are different and think differently from each other but they should be respected as such.
On the other hand, Savater is very clever at dealing with his son. Knowing the limit of youngsters’ patience,he manages to tell his son what he should know through a book, without imposing himself on him. But what impressed me so much was the piece of advice Savater gave his son in just two words: “have confidence” meaning confidence in himself, his intelligence and his instinctive love. I would say they are two magic words because they are powerful; they give encouragement and hope to do what we should do and we do not dare.
All in all, I think neither parents nor teachers, who are in a way like parents, should never forget to tell their youngsters to have confidence in themselves again and again because in this way they will help them to succeed in whatever they want to achieve.