It started as a lone protest but she was soon joined by her friend Lisa Rogliatti and other classmates, before the initiative gathered momentum across Italy.
Of course, it is not the most ideal way to study – but the children are seemingly desperate to want to return to their classrooms, having spent months cooped up indoors in front of computers during the first wave of the pandemic.
Schools in Italy reopened in September – but within weeks, all high school classes were again moved online as the coronavirus second wave took hold.
“I was not afraid to go back to school, it was a safe place, and it was lovely to see school friends even if only for a short time”, Iacovelli said.
“When you study this way there are so many problems, maybe you lose the internet connection and have to repeat the task. After so long being in front of a screen you stop concentrating and get distracted, and so you don’t follow the lesson any more. But that’s not the only problem – some people don’t even have an internet connection, space to work or parents who can help and support them”.
The protest even attracted the attention of the education minister, Lucia Azzolina, who called Iacovelli to congratulate her and claim she would do everything she could to reopen schools as soon as possible.
“We were always in masks, the windows were open and there was hand gel”, added the student anxious to attend school physically. You can't miss her point that she's making – she’s clearly telling us that schools are safe!
She has other allies. Her protest together with others across the country are now being promoted by Priorità alla Scuola (Priority to School), a movement made up of teachers and parents that fights for a better education system.
On Saturday, Celtic extracted a hard-earned 2-2 draw against Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership.
The Glasgow side dominated the first half – but it didn’t produce any pleasing outcome. And then within a space of eight minutes, Hibs dealt them a massive blow when the former rushed into a 2-0 lead shortly after the interval.
Celtic looked a beaten team until substitute Odsonne Edouard converted a 79th-minute penalty, followed by Diego Laxalt who lashed home an equaliser in stoppage time and rescued a point.
A disappointing match for the Scottish champions because what was on show was a meek forward line and an assailable defense. Only much later when they forcibly pumped in urgency into their game were they rewarded with the two goals that saved their skins.
Neil Lennon's team has now recorded just two wins from eight games in all competitions. What a bummer!
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