Background information from Evert van den Akker.

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What has helped me so far.

To understand others is knowledge; to understand yourself is enlightenment. This saying belongs to Lao Tse and I believe suits me best. Honestly, this is a process that has been going on all my life and will...   Meer

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Primary school.

Just like every toddler, I went to kindergarten from the age of four until the age of six. Cutting, pasting, playing (outdoors) and walking are the activities I still remember. Afterwards I went to first grade...   Meer

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School and work.

Learning and working are the thread running through my life. Ever since I was a child, I wanted to become a confectioner. This started with the summer holidays that we, as a family, usually spent in Egmond aan...   Meer

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My drugs use.

From the age of 10 to 16, during the holidays I worked in the Plaswijckpark in Rotterdam Hillegersberg. It is a playground/petting zoo, where I worked in the stall making poffertjes, which are typical Dutch,...   Meer