# Reading List for the Holidays

*Elisabeth Piotelat*
11/09/2026

Following the poor PISA results in mathematics, the Minister proposed... reading lists during the holidays. Is that logic? Certainly, we must de-empower ourselves by finding a culprit. He mentions the screens! I also played this game of "it's the fault to..." by accusing the end of the broadcast of the X-Files series

![ Galaxy Express mangas on a bed](lecturege999.jpg)

## Paper and screen

So, certainly, every time I go to Frangy-en-Bresse, I have at least one book in my suitcase. I decided to read the series "Galaxy Express 999" only on the train, and nowhere else. I'm not moving very fast, but this long time to something pleasant, a bit like I'm modeling on the writing of Leiji Matsumoto.  

![ Galaxy Express 999 T10](galaxytrain26.jpg)

 And just because I read a paper manga doesn't mean I don't read on screen. For example, I do not sufficiently master English to be certain that I do not make any opposite direction, probably a bit like a middle school student lacking vocabulary. Sometimes I select a passage and check the translation, or even ask for explanations of an AI. In Frangy, I immersed myself in this article on preserving the relationship with a deceased person with virtual companions.

![ Copy of scientific article screen](chatbotlecture.jpg)

## Reading List in 2013

The minister did not invent anything. In 2013, Sonia, who has always read a lot, had a playlist before the entry into the fifth. She had loved "My beautiful orange tree" by Vasconcello but had found that most of the novels had male heroes!  The professor had replied that it was difficult to find books that appealed to every student in the class. 

![ Sonia at the 2013 children's book fair](2013-12dedicace2.jpg)

## Mathematic Reading List 

Either way, a playlist will not change anything in math and science. There are games on social networks like #ArtSciSeptember that offer lists of scientific terms and invite to respond in an artistic way. 

Like origami, it's mathematics, why not create a playlist of tutorials on Youtube too? This is more or less what the Wabi app offers me. 

![ Wabi screen capture](listeorigami.jpg)

In Frangy-en-Bresse, I had fun bending a pink cube, and then I fought with a star octaeder.

![ Cube and other origami in Frangy](oxtacubrose.jpg)


I was not satisfied with it. I did it to put it in my suitcase on my way back. I used the balance triangles to fold crocuses, to offer in Sonia with sunflowers. 

![ Sunflowers on the tomb of Sonia](crocustournesols.jpg)

 Origami also teaches the importance of failure. This pangolin is also rather missed. 

![ Origami pangolin](pangolin.jpg)

 To be wrong about mathematics, everyone went through it. That's how you learn. I never missed a penalty, I never fell off a horse. It just proves that I have no experience in football or riding. 

Two days later, I folded this camele, which is not perfect, but all the better. 


![ Origami cameleon](cameleon.jpg)


 I'd have to bend another goggling-fisherman, but there's progress! 

![ Origami fisherbird](martinpecheur.jpg)

And the big advantage of a list of origami tutorials on Youtube, is that many models exist in version for debutant. Some are so complicated that I was content to watch the video without making the folds in the same time.  

The digital can be an ally and help to progress when you do not spit on it!