la dulce vita

Siphalticus. Yep, you guessed it, it is a name of a disease. Not just any disease. It ìs the rare disease that spreads within the human blood only after being bitten by man-eating termites. If you find you have been bit, rush to the nearest pharmacy\grocery store and pick up the following:
1. Milke (it helps rebuild the bones that are wasting away after being bit)
2. Hard candy (the disease makes a persons tongue explode if they are not sucking on hard candy 24\7)
3. Medicine: aspirin, bladder expander (i will explain later), and phlemoxicilan
4. Diapers (the adult ones, Depends seems to be a favorite brand)
You see, this disease gives you an uncontrable bladder, so do all you can to stay near a toilet.

This is the role play I made up in teaching students the difference between SOME and ANY. In a class of four people, one person is the doctor advising the two sick ones to get these things. The sick then go to a pharmacy and ask the other student for these things.

I mean, seriously, why wouldnt you want to learn in MY CLASSROOM?

School is done in one week. This week was long and hard, next week we have exams and then on Friday we will receive our certificates, if we pass. I taught this cute, little 7 year old Esmerelda with my flatmate Sarah this week. We received an A + which was rather exciting.

In other news, I head to Futani tomorrow morning, the little town my grandparents grew up in. I am excited about finally getting to see the place Ive heard of all my life. My cousins keep saying that I shouldnt expect to see much, but its more the nostalgia than anything else that excites me. Neither of Franco's daughters will be with me which means Ill have to use my horrible Italian and listen much more carefully than I ever have. I can get away with understanding the jist of what someone is saying to me, but speaking back is a definite problem. There is so much lost in translation.

In a weeks time I'll be heading to Greece for a week with three of the girls I am in school with. Rather exciting as we attempt to see the ancient world for as cheap as humanly possible. I'll keep you posted!
p.s. this picture is in a park i went to on the outskirts of Rome