Comments on: The End of Another Semester http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/12/13/the-end-of-another-semester/ Italy, India, the Internet, and the world Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:39:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: kataroma http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/12/13/the-end-of-another-semester/#comment-55232 kataroma Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:34:50 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/12/13/the-end-of-another-semester/#comment-55232 oh, and I also wanted to say I LOVE your boots! Does that little shop in India do mail order, perchance? I'd like to order a pair! (I'm serious) oh, and I also wanted to say I LOVE your boots! Does that little shop in India do mail order, perchance? I’d like to order a pair! (I’m serious)

]]> By: kataroma http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/12/13/the-end-of-another-semester/#comment-55231 kataroma Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:33:58 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/12/13/the-end-of-another-semester/#comment-55231 Wow - it does sound like Hogwarts! How do they decide which dorm you're in - sorting hat? To be honest, at first I thought the plan for Ross to go to boarding school in India seemed a little extreme (so far away!) But the more I read the more fun it sounds. Maybe we'll send our potential kids for a SAGE year at Woodstock - what fun! I've been reading your education threads - and I got the impression that Italian state schools are pretty good in the early years (asilo, elementary school) but are horrible when you get to high school and university. Would you say this is a fair assessment? Wow - it does sound like Hogwarts! How do they decide which dorm you’re in - sorting hat?

To be honest, at first I thought the plan for Ross to go to boarding school in India seemed a little extreme (so far away!) But the more I read the more fun it sounds. Maybe we’ll send our potential kids for a SAGE year at Woodstock - what fun!

I’ve been reading your education threads - and I got the impression that Italian state schools are pretty good in the early years (asilo, elementary school) but are horrible when you get to high school and university. Would you say this is a fair assessment?

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