Day 7
9:15 a.m.
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Woke up, got ready for class. The weather is not
great. Lots of much needed rain for Rome.
9:30-12:20
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Class:Roman Catholicism
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Pretty interesting, just went over some
introductory things today. This class will be partially “on site” meaning that
every other week we go to a church for class. (Next week is St. Peters)
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We took a break about half way through class and
got a cornetta (a pastry). Eo vorre un
cornetto: “I would like a cornetto.”
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Class resumed with some syllabus talk.
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Class ran about 20 minutes late.
12:30-1:40
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Ate lunch in the Mensa
2-2:55
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Italian Class
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Worked specifically on how certain letters and
letter combinations are pronouced.
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i.e. ce is pronounced “chay” while che is pronounced “kay”
3-5 p.m.
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Got our books and school study trips paid for.
Very inexpensive!
5-6 p.m.
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Checked email, yahoo, ogame, etc.
6-7 p.m.
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Ate dinner in the Mensa
7-9:30
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Did some italian listeing homework. Found a youtube
video of this kid show that sings the Italian alphabet. We now can sing the
Italian aphabet just like they do. Here is a link to the video we used (its
absurd to think we are actually studying while listening to this):
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Also, we looked up movie, book, and tv shows so
that we could put a good charades game together.
10 p.m. -1 a.m.
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Jordan taught Tom, Courtne, and me how to play
hearts. It is actually a really fun game! Then bed time!
Quote of the Day
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“I can’t roll my ‘r’s. When I try, I just end up
sounding like an Italian wookie.” –Ben
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Ben: “I bet you one Euro that you (Jordan) will
lose.” (5 minutes later, I owed Jordan a Euro)
Italian Cultural
Quirks
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The southern Italians think the Northern
Italians are stuck up. Northern Italians think southern Italians are lazy.
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Italians are the craziest parkers I have ever
seen. I am going to post pictures of the craziest parking jobs at some point.
Hey! What happened to W, X, and Y??
ReplyDeleteI am so proud ofyou! You are finally learning your ABCs! DadR
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