Tuesday May 4 Sono nato e morto in Italia

Today we had a rather interesting, but pointless Italian class. We went to the language facility and listened to a song entitled “Sei nato e morto in Italia” which means you are born and die in Italy. It was a really depressing song backed by a bad rap beat. Unfortunately the guy is depressed that although there are a lot of beautiful parts to Italy (churches, beaches) there is too much crime (mafia). The point of the lesson was to analyze the song and learn some new vocabulary, but it was all rather straight forward. This is something I do on my free time and although it was entertaining I don’t understand how they can call it a class. At night I went to the conversation club and talked a lot with a girl from near Assisi who is a sociology major. However, the native Italian already is fluent in Italian and has a working knowledge of Spanish, French, and Danish (it’s her hobby). These people know too many languages.