For a people with such a fun-loving reputation, the Italians are very serious about some things – coffee, for instance, and food. As it turns out, they also take their summer holidays – le ferie – very seriously as well. Although I’ve been in Italy during the summer plenty of times before, this is my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Italian idiosyncracies’
la vita estiva
Posted in reflective, summer, year 1, tagged beach, culture, Italian idiosyncracies, summer on Wednesday 13 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
purring then fuming
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged frustration, irritating, Italian idiosyncracies, students, teaching, work on Monday 26 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(This entry intially titled, “Words that warm a neophyte teacher’s heart”) Today I was nearly nodding off at the end of my 3:30 lesson, so just before my 4:30 lesson started I asked my student if we could start a couple minutes late so I could dash across the street for a cup (read: shot) [...]
come si dice CHEAT
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged cheating, irritating, Italian idiosyncracies, students, teaching, work on Sunday 25 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, the first thing you should know about cheating in Italy is that there is no real word for it, at least not in the academic sense. There’s a word for plagiarism, and for romantic infidelity, but not for the kind that you do on tests. The only word the Italians use is “copiare,” to [...]
elections
Posted in reflective, winter, year 1, tagged Italian idiosyncracies, politics on Friday 29 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So here’s the deal, politically speaking. On the one hand we have a familiar character, albeit a controversial one; one who likes to hearken back to the 90′s and is urging the country to get back on its feet. On the other hand we have a dark horse contender, a relatively young newcomer to the [...]
sette belle cose
Posted in autumn, reflective, regular, year 1, tagged Bologna, coffee, culture shock, food, gelato, Italian idiosyncracies, l'aperitivo, pizza, random, towers, wine on Monday 22 October, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Living in Italy is a little different from studying abroad in Italy, and sometimes it’s easy to forget why I came back. Taking the bus from work to my home in a pretty but relatively normal residential area, one that could easily be found in Cambridge or Bethesda, is a little less romantic than clattering [...]
