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Forum: Italy

Oct 12th 2017, 7:07 pm

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

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Posted By Patty

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

Oh Lorna - you have my utmost sympathy. I am SO glad that I don't have to have anything more to do with the Italian school system. It utterly frustrated me and left me just totally disillusioned. ...

Forum: Italy

Sep 1st 2015, 8:23 am

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

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Posted By Patty

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See told you she'd be fine :p Well done Chloe :thumbsup:

Forum: Italy

Aug 25th 2015, 7:49 pm

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

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Posted By Patty

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I'm sure Chloe will be fine. My son had debiti for the first two years at the superiori and he got through. (and I'd bet that Chloe studies a lot more than he ever did ;) )

Forum: Italy

Aug 24th 2015, 8:20 pm

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

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Posted By Patty

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Ooh golly- you're right. I just enlarged it (my eyesight is getting bad) and I can the little stickers too. Lorna - dont listen to me :p

ps.maybe my glasses are cloudy ....I'll go rinse them in...

Forum: Italy

Aug 24th 2015, 5:16 pm

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Posted By Patty

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When they go back to school please let us know what word they were 'looking for'.....;) (I'm still convinced its soccer -it looks like its meant to be a telly to me -but then the people who write...

Forum: Italy

Aug 24th 2015, 5:00 pm

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

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Posted By Patty

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I think what they're looking for Lorna is 'soccer'
(which is nowt to do with house/furniture is it???)

Forum: Italy

Jun 4th 2015, 5:27 pm

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

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Posted By Patty

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You have my sympathy Lorna. My son should have 2 years left in the system and believe me......I am counting down the time left !! This morning there was a news item on the bbc and they were...

Forum: Italy

Feb 5th 2015, 1:47 pm

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

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Posted By Patty

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Lorna - you have to pay this 'tax'every year. It infuriates me and I get really cross. My son told me that lots of parents dont pay. I was thinking of doing the same in protest but then I did a...

Forum: Italy

Sep 30th 2014, 7:07 pm

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

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Posted By Patty

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thats another thing that should be totally abolished starting tomorrow - the concorsi. Make people apply for jobs without wasting millions of taxpayers money on this ludicrous farce of concorsi....

Forum: Italy

Sep 30th 2014, 7:04 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Ononno I feel the same as you do. Guilt about bringing my 2 younger sons to this system. (which has let them down so many times) but now we are here and their life and friends are here and as much...

Forum: Italy

Sep 30th 2014, 4:05 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Yes Mark - Renzi is very good at talking, he could talk the hind legs off a donkey - but as for actions - well I think we'll be waiting an awfully long time.

Forum: Italy

Sep 30th 2014, 4:02 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Aquafrizzante I'm so sorry to read about your experience, Your poor little girl is only 6 and must already feel so beaten and miserable. I wish there was something more positive we could say but as...

Forum: Italy

Sep 30th 2014, 11:33 am

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Posted By Patty

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they seem to be afraid of any sort of dialogue with the children. I just dont understand why. Is it cos they might appear to seem weak charactered or by chatting they lose their 'teacher power' or...

Forum: Italy

Sep 26th 2014, 9:33 am

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Posted By Patty

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Yesterdays maths lesson .........they watched Good Will Hunting and today they didnt start until 10am cos of course there is still no telecommunications teacher . (and this is an Itis for...

Forum: Italy

Sep 23rd 2014, 1:58 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Seeing as they've just had 3 months off for the summer, you would be forgiven for thinking that!! The word brewery comes to mind.

Forum: Italy

Sep 23rd 2014, 12:58 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Just been and picked up son.Because of lack of maths teacher today they were shown yet another film. Romeo and Juliet today. WTF! What about their maths lessons. Quite rightly my son said 'Mum,...

Forum: Italy

Sep 23rd 2014, 12:32 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Have to confess Mark. I'm a terrible mother because after the farce last year of parents evenings I refuse to go anymore. Unless I'm 'convocata' I simply will not go. I will go and talk to a teacher...

Forum: Italy

Sep 23rd 2014, 11:58 am

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Posted By Patty

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:thumbsup:

(10 days at school now and son STILL has no maths teacher or Telecommunications teacher )

Forum: Italy

Sep 18th 2014, 8:45 am

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Posted By Patty

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Day 4 of school and I'm already in despair.
On day 2 son had 2 hours of "nothing" (ore buco as they say here)
today 4 out of 5 hours are "nothing".
They STILL have no idea who their maths...

Forum: Italy

Sep 5th 2014, 3:13 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Am a very happy bunny - son has been promosso :thumbsup:
(I now wont have to strangle him as threatened !)
seems like I'll just have to pop open a bottle tonight.

Forum: Italy

Sep 4th 2014, 12:31 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Well Mark - I hope he hurries up and revolutionises my son's school ;)

We were supposed to have the results today of who passed and who didn't after the exams last week. People actually went to...

Forum: Italy

Aug 29th 2014, 7:30 am

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Posted By Patty

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Just seen on news that Renzi's big announcement for the school reforms - due today and which he said was going to amaze us all....... has been postponed.
Well what a surprise ;)

Forum: Italy

Aug 29th 2014, 5:39 am

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Posted By Patty

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Primula - from personal experience (1st child did all her education in UK, 2nd child UK 4-12, then Italy and 3rd child did one year in UK then Italy and he's now 16)
Generally what happened was that...

Forum: Italy

Aug 28th 2014, 10:31 am

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Posted By Patty

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Its back to school soon. My son has his exam tomorrow to see if he can be promosso. :fingerscrossed:

My friend's son has been 'bocciato' and will have to repeat the year again. He is 16 and this...

Forum: Italy

Jul 14th 2014, 12:21 pm

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Posted By Patty

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Lorna - welcome back. My son has just finished his 'recuperi' lessons and we still have no idea when the exams are being held. We get back from our hols on Aug 15 and then will just have to keep...

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