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Education in Italy: One Foreign Parent’s Views & Experiences
Caveat: The articles in this section are based on my family’s experience of the Italian education system in a specific time and place: Milan, and later Lecco, from 1991 to 2007. I haven’t lived in Italy all my life, nor ever attended any Italian educational institution myself, so my views may be biased, and your mileage may… Continue reading Education in Italy: One Foreign Parent’s Views & Experiences
Ross Got Into Woodstock School
A week or so ago I ran across this on the blog of one of my new colleagues at Sun: To A Daughter Leaving Home When I taught you at eight to ride a bicycle, loping along beside you as you wobbled away on two round wheels, my own mouth rounding in surprise when you… Continue reading Ross Got Into Woodstock School
A School Year Abroad
In my encounters with fellow alumni of Woodstock School, many naturally ask me if and when my own daughter will attend. The answer is: with a great deal of luck, she will start in August, 2007, for an exchange year which will be her fourth/senior year at Woodstock, but only her penultimate year of Italian… Continue reading A School Year Abroad
School Cheating in Italy
School continues to be hell, not just for Rossella, but also for her parents. She scraped through her repeat second year at a new (private, Catholic) school with two academic debits (failed classes) – math and physics, as always. Being in private school has advantages: last year she had private tutoring in math from a… Continue reading School Cheating in Italy