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This week has been pretty uneventful so far. Many of my teachers have been sick this week so my class watched Forest Gump, in Italian of course. At first there were subtitles in English for me, but I tried to just listen and understand. I was surprised by how much of it I understood and how different the translation was from the English version. I think it's funnier in English because some of the jokes don't translate to Italian very well. My Italian is coming along pretty well I think. It's hard because people want to practice their English on me at school so I don't get to speak as much Italian as I probably should. However, I understand most things now and can even eavesdrop on conversations and more or less understand. It's hard though because most Italians talk to each other in dialect so it's like learning two different languages. My Italian language class I take after school is ending next week and for our final test we have to make a dish from our home countries and describe a part of our culture in Italian. I have no idea what to make because there aren't many American dishes and I have to make something that will last all day until after school. I guess I'll figure out something. Here are a few pictures from this week.

These are some kids from my class. We were the winning basketball team!!

Some more pictures from Gym

My view as I walk to my bus stop every morning

So this is an Italian school bus. They are terrible! As it starts to pull into the lot, everyone runs to it and grabs onto the sides and runs with it till it stops. Then they all push and shove to get on first to get a seat. There are only about 20 seats on each bus and about 60 kids. Which means about 40 people are left standing everyday smashed together. I'm one of those people. I'm usually one of the last ones on because I don't feel like getting shoved and pushed around. So normally I get stuck by the door which is probably the worst spot, because there is nothing to hold onto so you lose your balance all the time. All I have to say now is that I will never

again complain about American school buses. At least everyone gets a seat!