So sorry for the dearth of posts. The fact is that I’m not really big on the everyday-life sort of blogging, and now that I’ve lived in Bologna for more consecutive time than I’ve lived anywhere else except for my childhood home, it doesn’t really feel exciting enough to write about anymore. Anyway, I’m embarking [...]
Posts Tagged ‘work’
to the mines!
Posted in 1, tagged complaining, work on Sunday 11 April, 2010 | 1 Comment »
update
Posted in regular, year 3, tagged apartment, cat, work on Friday 16 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I PROMISE I’ll post pictures soon…ish. I’ve taken some, I just need to post them. We keep changing things around, so it already looks a bit different. So they won’t be quite “before” pictures, but more like, “not before before, in the middle, after we moved in and after we finished buying all the furniture.” [...]
disjointed writing ahead
Posted in regular, year 2, tagged English, teaching, work on Tuesday 28 October, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, now we have taken care of bedbug problems, contract problems, codice fiscale problems, hospital problems (I STILL need to write that post), and apartment-hunting problems. Now we’re settling into a delightful routine that…involves a 30-hour workweek. 30 hours a week might sound delightfully relaxed to you full-timers, but actually for teachers 20 hours [...]
she lives, maybe
Posted in regular, year 2, tagged apartment, friends, work on Wednesday 8 October, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So it’s been a while. But I have plenty of good excuses! We’ve only JUST managed to get internet in our apartment, which means no more trucking to the internet cafè, and plus, we were in a pretty sticky situation for a while regarding our apartment contract, and Natalie’s not having a legitimate <i>codice fiscale</i>, [...]
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 [...]
the end of April:
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged Dad, home, joy, students, teaching, TEFL, visits, wedding, work on Sunday 25 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything real here. A month, in fact. April ended thusly: – I went home for Birdy’s wedding about a month ago. The wedding itself was absolutely lovely: the weather were perfect, Jeff and Kathryn were adorable, the reception was fun, and watching my best friend get married wasn’t [...]
aaarrghgh
Posted in regular, spring, year 1, tagged politics, students, visits, work on Thursday 17 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sooo what’s new in Italy? 1) Berlusconi won. Again. Not entirely unexpected, but a little disappointing that Italy’s decided to go on chasing its tail instead of finding, I don’t know, a rabbit or a stick to chase instead. 2) Sara and Edward came to visit! A lovely time was had by all, even if [...]
why can’t I work in a normal school like Julia?
Posted in humorous, regular, spring, year 1, tagged frustration, random, work on Wednesday 12 March, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[This copied from an email I just wrote to my sister Sarawan, as it happened in the middle of writing an email to her.] Okay, can I take a moment to tell you exactly how crazy my boss is? I just now received a text message from my boss, saying, “Are you coming for 6.30?” [...]
the shadow knows…
Posted in humorous, regular, winter, year 1, tagged friends, goodbyes, roommates, students, teaching, work on Thursday 21 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The title has absolutely nothing to do with anything I’m about to write about, but Julia’s listening to a 1938 recording of “The Shadow,” so it seemed like as good a beginning as any. My newest student, Franca, lands in the older percentile of my students, but makes up for it in enthusiasm and energy [...]
