Well, here I am in Piazza Savonarola again. I just got out of my first full day of class. The first half-- well, a little more than half--is grammar. Today, we did present-tense conjugation. So, it's a little beneath my level, but I don't know how quickly we'll go. It was nice to be one of the better ones in the class, however, instead of the slowest, as I was in the last school, since I'd come in a week into the course. I just want to learn as much as I can, and I hope we don't go over what I've already learned for too long.
I spent some time talking with Cheryl, and American, and her French husband, and a Japanese girl named Shiho (that's probably not how it's spelled, but that's how she pronounced it). There are quite a few Japanese students.
The second part was a lecture on Etruscan art. I was surprised at how much of it I could understand, but the professor was doing his best to speak slowly and clearly, and not use too many big words. There are lectures on different cultural topics everyday. Many of the elementary-level students don't stay, but I think I will. The only thing I'm not sure I like is that there isn't a part of the schedule specifically for conversation. It's certainly less stressful without that, but that's where I felt the most behind. Oh well, I guess I'll get quite a bit of that at church.
I guess I'll head back to Scandicci now; I think I'm getting Lauren's cold, and I just want to take a nap.
I spent some time talking with Cheryl, and American, and her French husband, and a Japanese girl named Shiho (that's probably not how it's spelled, but that's how she pronounced it). There are quite a few Japanese students.
The second part was a lecture on Etruscan art. I was surprised at how much of it I could understand, but the professor was doing his best to speak slowly and clearly, and not use too many big words. There are lectures on different cultural topics everyday. Many of the elementary-level students don't stay, but I think I will. The only thing I'm not sure I like is that there isn't a part of the schedule specifically for conversation. It's certainly less stressful without that, but that's where I felt the most behind. Oh well, I guess I'll get quite a bit of that at church.
I guess I'll head back to Scandicci now; I think I'm getting Lauren's cold, and I just want to take a nap.
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