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The "EUROMENTOR" Journal is published by the "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University of Bucharest.   The EUROMENTOR Journal has appered in March 2010, is recognized and evaluated by CNCSIS, being quoted D from the first appearance. ALL PUBLISHED ARTICLES ARE SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW PROCESS. Each author is responsible for the originality of the article and for the fact that the text has not been published previously.      EUROMENTOR is an academic journal focused on education studies. It is indexed in the international EBSCO database, starting with September 30, 2011.    EBSCO is an international database recognized by the Romanian National Council for Scientific Research. www.ebscohost.com    On November 10th, 2010, the magazine was included in the BDI Index Copernicus, and in January 2011, it was classified by CNCSIS, in category C.

The EUROMENTOR Journal outlines a new vision of what the teacher must represent today, a true trainer, with a European mentality, capable of a didactic performance at the level of international standards. The EUROMENTOR Journal appears four times a year, with double issues, in Romanian and English (on-line); contains studies, articles and information in the field of education sciences: pedagogy, history of pedagogy, psychology, psychology of education, didactics. All published articles and studies are selected by the editorial staff. Subscriptions are received at the Department for Teacher Training with headquarters in Splaiul Unirii Street no. 176, sector 4, room 84, telephone 021/33079/163. Manuscripts, books and magazines for exchange, as well as any correspondence will be sent to the editorial staff of Euromentor Magazine, str. Splaiul Unirii no. 176, sector 4, room 86.

IN MEMORIAM

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PHD. CRISTINA ATHU

The academic community of "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University in Bucharest suffered a great loss, at the end of May this year, by the passing away of the late Associate Professor PhD. Cristina Athu who left us, far too soon, heading towards a better world.

It is said that every human being is replaceable. It is a technocratic cliché. In reality, every human being is unique, each one having a special mission in this world. Cristina ATHU, our dear colleague, left a huge void in our souls, because she was an exceptional personality! First of all, she was a brilliant teacher of English language and literature, with extensive professional training and remarkable culture. Then, she stood out in our academic community due to her special character, being an energetic, charismatic person, deeply involved in the life of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures as Vice-Dean, also having responsibilities at the level of the entire academic community.

She was loved, appreciated and respected by all the pupils, students, their parents, by her colleagues, what is more, by every person she interacted with, being communicative and sociable, open in her relations with the others. She used to rejoice in everyone’s success and always had a comforting word making proof of great wisdom! She knew how to hide her suffering with discretion and dignity, so that her sudden death shocked us all.

What strengthens us is the hope that the late teacher Cristina Athu left behind wonderful disciples, tens of generations of students and pupils, whom she trained and moulded, as well as numerous specialized works, books and textbooks, special scientific contributions in the field of specialization for which she worked hard her whole life, passion, creativity and dedication being virtues that shaped the greatness of her personality.

Thus, her memory will stay forever with those whom she initiated and specialized in the mysteries of the English language and literature, with all of us, her colleagues, friends, she will still be alive in the hearts and souls of all those who knew and appreciated her.

If there can be a consolation when being confronted with death, in the case of our late colleague and friend, even if she still had a lot to offer, she probably fulfilled her mission here, on Earth, and God called her to Him, as he needed the best English language teacher, in order to understand the ‘feud’ of the world we live in today!

In this sense, "no evil can happen to the good man, to the right man, either in life or in death".1 It is one of the arguments uttered by Socrates, in his Defense, in the trial filed against him, resulting in the death sentence. In fact, it is a thought of Socrates uttered before he died: "No evil can happen to a good man either in this life or in death."2 Here death is seen as an ethical problem, and the idea that we can infer, regarding the philosophy of death, is that a man dies as he lives! Socrates' attitude3 is a definite proof that death cannot be the greatest evil, if you have known how to live and if you are prepared to die. Cristina Athu lived with discretion and dignity and passed away exactly as she lived! What happiness can be greater, for a human being?!

Our colleague and friend, the late Cristina Athu, has physically left us, but we will certainly never forget her, because love overcomes death! We deeply regret the irreparable loss of our colleague and friend and we pray to God to rest her soul and place it among the righteous ones! FAREWELL, BELOVED AND BEAUTIFUL CRISTINA!

Prof. PhD. Hab. Gabriela Pohoata
Editor-in-Chief COGITO & EUROMENTOR

Those who wish to subscribe to Euromentor magazine can contact the editorial staff of UCDC, room 3, phone 021 330.10.33 or 021 3307900 int. 113 and the e-mail address gabriela_pohoata@yahoo.com

EUROMENTOR magazine is currently indexed in the following databases: EBSCO, PROQUEST, INDEX COPERNICUS, CEEOL (CNCS recognized) and CEDEFOP, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory