First let me explain that I am writing this after my third day at the school, but it now seems as if I have been there for years because of the friendliness of the students, and the lessez-faire attitude of the teachers. The school itself is located in the heart of this wonderful city near fruit vendors, piazzas and many outdoor caffes. Its not marked by any particularities on the outside and is done in the traditional Bolognese style, with an orange and white exterior and an elevated sidewalk protected by domed porticoes. The inside is actually pretty ugly and not very imaginative with its white-washed walls and little decoration with the exception of the front hallway which showcases some art belonging to the school.
On my first day I arrived at the school but due to some miscommunication I was not told exactly where to go, I started wandering through the halls like a tourist who was very lost, but eventually I was spotted by a teacher who guided me to a classroom where twenty bewildered Italian students my own age where disturbed from their French lesson. The teacher asked me in a perfect Parisian accent whether I could speak French and I responded with my heavy Canadian accent, she told my that I had a terrible accent which caught me off guard but seemed perfectly normal to the rest of the students and the lesson proceeded.
The young people are much more outgoing and are each gifted with very defined personalities. They seem vary at ease with everything that goes on around them and are very quick in speech in thought and in laughter.
Its been a great experience so far and I hope that it'll continue that way. Hopefully with a bit more of an Italian speaking role for me.
2 comments:
Whew! We were beginning to think the Itlaian lycee was a ruse, and Omri had not returned from the trip to Venice - all those canals...
Hey Omri,
Thanks very much for the interesting and informative writeup. I hope that won't be your last blog post, eh?
Cheers,
Howard
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