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Forum: Italy
Sep 9th 2014, 6:31 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

One (of my two) Brit A level history teachers was like that.

A fair few of the pupils/students didn't like his approach as they really did want something more packaged with dates/neat periods etc....
Forum: Italy
Sep 8th 2014, 3:52 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Well several of you do make a good case for teaching it I must say.

Not actually having seen an Italian school philosophy course I suppose my worry was that it would train a series of fine minds...
Forum: Italy
Sep 6th 2014, 5:54 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Thanks for the reply primula.

Clearly you had a good school.

Though as I may have said to you privately, the Italian teaching of philosophy to pre university teens puzzles/worries me :)
Forum: Italy
Sep 5th 2014, 7:37 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Would you mind if, when I have a bit more time over the w/end, and at the risk of being boring if I ask you on the public forum for more views on some of the specific points you raised - ie:...
Forum: Italy
Aug 30th 2014, 3:20 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Answers

1: Maybe best to PM you on that one.

2: No of course I don't think you favour anyone.

>>Do I think certain things are lacking in Italy, in schools? You bet your boots I do. I know...
Forum: Italy
Aug 30th 2014, 2:24 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

very interesting post Lorna.

Sounds like you liked your school and thought it good.

Also a curious post though - do I take it that you think some of the qualities of schooling and teachers you...
Forum: Italy
Aug 30th 2014, 2:15 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Perhaps the dog ate his oh so carefully written proposals.
Forum: Italy
Aug 7th 2014, 8:12 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Thanks for the post mark but it is worth noting that La Sapienza appears to have condemned the Prof.

Hard to figure what the prof was thinking unless he meant to stitch Schettino up/let him hang...
Forum: Italy
Jul 14th 2014, 11:11 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

more alarmist rot about foreigners from fleetwoodmac (was never a great fan but I always thought they were a kind of gentle sounding band - silly me) - does the image of Italy no good at all. Yes...
Forum: Italy
Jun 17th 2014, 7:25 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

I'm not in Italy (tell me if that means I shouldn't be here Lorna) and have no kids but all these tales of the education system not keeping folks' informed does ring true. I know a young Italian in...
Forum: Italy
Apr 25th 2014, 2:55 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

:)

please don't take this the wrong way Doris but me and my partner smiled a bit when we saw that card - not that cuglieri isn't a perfectly decent place but it just struck us (well particularly...
Forum: Italy
Apr 25th 2014, 1:50 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

My memory playing tricks or did you say Cuglieri?

I've been there - seem to remember being in a bar there with a postcard or sign or something behind the bar saying it was the most beautiful...
Forum: Italy
Apr 24th 2014, 8:16 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Does Decathlon help Lorna? Though I've never researched it to see if there's differential pricing - ie: charging Italians more to fit in with the Italian way.
There's a Decathlon in Sassari though...
Forum: Italy
Apr 24th 2014, 6:12 am
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

no need to apologise - a really nice post. And might encourage others amidst a lot of the negative stuff about Italy.

And your gushing is built on real events/facts - it's not as if you were...
Forum: Italy
Apr 2nd 2014, 2:48 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

OK.

True, they did, towards the end.

Good reply to teech by the way.

Though often an idea to sleep on these things.
Forum: Italy
Apr 2nd 2014, 2:37 pm
Replies: 2,578
Views: 258,581
Posted By sunnysider

Re: Schools, teachers, kids and parents. Education in general.

Do you mean WWII?
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