I know that my blog-post-per-day experiment failed miserably, but maybe this one will go better. Today is May 4; I leave Italy for good (for now) on June 29. This leaves me with exactly 66 days left–50 doesn’t seem too ambitious. Transition periods are hard. On the verge of a transition, I always feel two [...]
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50 things I will miss about Italy
Posted in reflective, regular, year 4, tagged 50 things on Wednesday 4 May, 2011 | 1 Comment »
dubbing
Posted in reflective, year 4 on Thursday 21 October, 2010 | 1 Comment »
(Note: this initially short rant has turned into a long essay about my opinions on dubbing. This is why I’ve been having a tough time keeping up my blog – it’s hard keeping it short!) Last night I went to see an Italian movie in the cinema. This hasn’t happened very often, unfortunately – most [...]
“what do you think of 9/11?” (or 11/9?)
Posted in reflective, year 4 on Saturday 11 September, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know that a significant number of educated Europeans (Italians, at least) believe the conspiracy theory of September 11 being government-orchestrated to be a valid school of thought? I have had numerous students ask me, “What do you think of September 11?” to which I never know quite how to respond. What do I [...]
whoops again
Posted in regular, year 4 on Thursday 9 September, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Now I’ve skipped TWO days. Oops. Let’s see. Tuesday – More children. In some ways it was better (obnoxious child was mildly less obnoxious and had more good moments) in some ways it was worse (more interaction with the boy children, who tended to utterly ignore whatever my co-worker and I told them to do). [...]
day 6 – fast forward
Posted in regular, year 4 on Monday 6 September, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I could write about how my day with the kids went and how hopeless I am as a teacher of children’s classes (one actually made fun of my Italian! she is six!), but really it didn’t go all that badly and I’d rather respond to this rather brilliant article that I noticed thanks to my [...]
day 3: immigration
Posted in reflective, regular, year 4 on Friday 3 September, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just gotten back from the Immigration Office here in Bologna. I have many observations which I had wanted to shape into an elegant, poignant essay, but I’m so frazzled and worn out that the best I can do are disjointed observations. Which is not inappropriate, given the disjointed nature of the day. Background information [...]
day 2: the internet refuses to cooperate
Posted in regular, year 4 on Thursday 2 September, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So much for my blog every day resolution. We restarted our modem and it hasn’t come back yet, and probably won’t be back until the morning. But I’ll be good and write anyway. Speaking of the morning, tomorrow morning I have to get up really early (i.e. before eight) to go to the immigration office [...]
blog every day?
Posted in descriptive, photographic, regular, year 4 on Wednesday 1 September, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A friend of mine living in Hawaii (hi J!) last month tried blogging every day for the month of August. Since I am SUCH a terrible blogger, I thought I’d try to do the same in September, as an exercise in forcing myself to write. Yes, I do realize that I said something similar two [...]
