Moraitis School

Mathisi Initiative, a non-profit organization which aims to introduce innovative and recognized educational programs in Greece, is cooperating with private school Moraitis and MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) to bring to Greece a summer STEM program for junior high-school students.

Mathisi Initiative, a not-for-profit organization which aims to introduce innovative and recognized educational programs in Greece, is cooperating with private school Moraitis and the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) to bring to Greece for the first time a summer STEM program for junior high-school students.

Mathematician and author Stamos Tsitsionis will be giving a presentation at The Hub Science initiative on "Humor and Math," on Tuesday, March 27, starting at 8 p.m. The former Moraitis School and Athens College teacher will be addressing questions such as what makes a joke funny and whether a sense of humor can be explained mathematically. The presentation is in Greek and is free of charge.

Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis can be accused of a lot of things from a narcissist with bad fashion sense to a failed negotiator, but nobody can deny his narrative skills. Through scattered fragments here and there with a dash of spice, his selective memories are emerging like something of a pop psychodrama.

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