Greek teachers learn ABCs of particle physics at CERN

GENEVA - The three words "Vague but exciting" graced the back of a T-shirt worn by Mick Storr, one of the most senior physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN.

Those were the words which Tim Berners-Lee's supervisor used back in 1989 when the young CERN researcher presented him with a proposal for the development of what would later become known as the "World Wide Web" - which was printed on the front of Storr's T-shirt.

"The supervisor never told Tim that the project could not be carried out or that he should stop working on it. He gave him space and encouraged him. Whenever I come across educators, I replace the word 'supervisor' with the word 'teacher' because that's what good teachers do. They encourage and guide their students to execute what they think, not just what they have to teach them," Storr told Kathimerini.