in ▁of ▁Ne a ▁S my r ni ▁( sen ior ▁high ▁school ) ▁and ▁then ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁higher ▁education . ▁He ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁lif el ong ▁learning ▁is ▁the ▁key ▁to ▁human ▁ful fill ment . ▁His ▁studies ▁lead ▁to ▁this ▁u top ian ▁direction . ▁ ▁Education ▁▁ ▁D eg ree ▁in ▁Mathemat ics ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁Pat ras ) ▁– ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁ ▁Post grad uate ▁Di pl oma ▁in ▁Computer ▁Science ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁Ath ens ) ▁– ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁ ▁Post grad uate ▁Di pl oma ▁in ▁Statistics ▁and ▁Oper ational ▁Research ▁( Univers ity ▁of ▁Ath ens ) ▁– ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁ ▁D eg ree ▁in ▁European ▁Civil ization ▁- ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁George ▁Pol . ▁Pap ad ak is ▁is ▁a ▁secondary ▁education ▁teacher ▁in ▁Computer ▁Science , ▁having ▁also ▁taught ▁in ▁instit utes ▁of ▁voc ational ▁training ▁and ▁many ▁sem in ars . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁sciences ▁he ▁has ▁a ▁fond ness ▁and ▁incl ination ▁towards ▁literature , ▁poetry ▁and ▁the ▁arts . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁Liter ary ▁Society ▁and , ▁moreover , ▁excel led ▁in ▁many ▁literary ▁cont ests ▁concerning ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁fields ▁( po etry , ▁story , ▁ess ay ) ▁being ▁awarded ▁pri zes ▁from ▁several ▁organizations , ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁being ▁the ▁prize ▁received ▁in ▁pro se ▁writing ▁from ▁the ▁Liter ary ▁Society ▁Par n ass