I'm finally giving in to family pressure in two ways: I'm letting my family friend me on Facebook and I'm blogging about my classes. Sigh.
Here's a little bit about my school life:
~My classes normally don't start until noon, except Art In Rome, which I'll explain in a bit.
~ Everything at the JFRC is in the same building, an old convent.
~ I can be on facebook until 3 minutes before my class begins, go to my room, grab my stuff and still be on time for class
Italian 101:
Sadly, my one day of Italian freshman year did not fulfill my Italian requirement here. Italian is one of my favorite classes actually because the class is so small and we're really encouraged to ask questions and make mistakes. Whoever said Italian would be easy because I have so much Spanish experience is a moron. Spanish just makes everything so much harder! You think you know how to say something in Italian, but then the person looks at you like your crazy because apparently, you're speaking Spanish. Gr. Still, I'm improving.
Roman Catholicism:
Is a lot harder than I thought. We're still in the abstract phase: what is theology? What is faith?
The professor, though, is really interesting. He's from Germany, lives in Rome, teaches "Faith" at the Gregorian Institute in Italian, and teaches 2 classes at the JFRC in English. We asked him just how many languages he spoke and he said 10, 13 if you count ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Latin...
Christian/Jewish Encounter:
I have the same professor as for Roman Catholicism and it is a lot more interesting than my Roman Catholicism class, which is a little disconcerting. :/
Art in Rome:
This is the class that you all love. It's the one where we meet each Wednesday at a different site and get a tour of it from our professor. I've only had it once and we went to the Forum, Colesseum, and the Palatine Hill. Very cool, but I heard his tests are impossible.
Immigrant Experience:
MY FAVORITE! The book is really interesting and the professor's adorable. We watch clips from movies that really show what it was like back then. Oh, and our big homework assignment was a 2 page paper on a Charlie Chaplin movie we watched in class.
That's all for now!! =-)
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I bend under the pressure of being the first to comment on your latest Blog posting. First I must remind you that your mother will be upset that you used "Butt" in you posting title. Don't you know that your grandfather will be reading this post?
ReplyDeleteYour classes sound interesting, but you have not mentioned Italian TV. Do they still show soccer games 24 hours a day? Kind of like living in Green Bay and seeing past Packer games day and night. (With hate commercials on Farve).
Actually, I was glad you used the word Butt, considering the alternative. Your classes sound interesting, though. How is your Art in Rome teacher going to test you? What do you do in the mornings? Thanks for updating. I look often to see if there is anything new. Take care.
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ReplyDeletesounds like you are having a blast. I may be able to hook up with your mom and dad and / or uncle jon and aunt mj and come and see you. i only get to see wisconsin and illinois, not exactly the most culture, eh?
by the way, i still can't find roma on a map. is it nort or sout of canada?
seriously, are you fluent in spanish? will you be fluent in italian after your study over there?
take care and God bless!
uncle chris
So you get to live in Rome, have Fridays off so you can travel on weekends, no classes 'til noon, AND a course in Roman Catholicism??!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Erin. Keep up the good work and thanks for re-friending us.
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