School School School

Oh waking up early... I haven't missed it one bit.  I woke up at 6:45 this morning to get ready for school  and then I walked to school with a couple of people.  When we arrived, they showed me to my classroom (luckily! Or I would have never found it) and I walked up to one of the only people in the class at the time and asked "Do you speak English?" She said she did a little and then she said I could sit next to her.  Then we went out to courtyard and talked with a couple of other people. Only for about 10 minutes though, because the bell rang, and we were back in the classroom where I met another girl who spoke even better english. I ended up sitting between the two girls.

The first class started and the teacher drew a graph on the board, reviewing the subjects of the last year. I asked the girl next to me if it was math and she said it was physics.  I don't really get anything that happened in that class, I was just copying the stuff on the board.  Then we had religion. (In Italian schools, the students stay in the same classroom while the teachers switch.)  During the religion class I didn't understand anything, so I just sat there and I was really bored.  After the second class (they are each an hour) we had a 10 minute break to eat something and hang out in the courtyard and then back to class. My third class was biology and yet again, I didn't understand anything.  I could pick up a couple of words like prokaryotic, fungi, plants, animals, and eukaryotic just because they are similar to English, but that's it. The last class of the day was Italian and I didn't understand one word.  The teacher was very interesting because all of the students had to stand up when he arrived and then it felt like he studied each one of us and then let us sit down.  From what I understood (because it was translated by one of the girls I was sitting next to) I will get more basic Italian assignments, which is good!

School ended at 12:30 and I met up with the people I walked to school with and I walked home with them.  Then I had lunch with my host parents and relaxed again for a couple of hours since Lorena and Roberto had to go to work.

I was picked up around 5 by Giovanna and I met up with my future host sister Giulia, and the other exchange student from Iowa who just arrived today, Janie. We walked around the center of Fabriano to show her around and then we went to the Scale.  When we all sat down, we were joined by a bunch of people and we talked about a lot of random things.  I was feeling really comfortable today, and I keep feeling more and more like myself.  It may be because of my new, english speaking friend, Janie, or because I am getting more comfortable with my Italian friends. I love them all!  We stayed at the Scale for about 2 hours and 30 minutes and then I had to get home for dinner.  So far, I have tried something new for dinner every night and it is no surprise that it is all wonderful!

My amazing friends!

The weather is getting worse now.  It has been sunny and warm since I've been here and now it is starting to get cloudy and it looks like it is going to rain, but I like overcast weather all the same!  I can't wait for my english class! It will be refreshing to understand something and be able to actually do work since all I did today was stare off into space until the bell rang.

Overall, today was pretty fun (after school at least). Ugh, I don't know how I am going to survive school from Monday through Saturday! Even if they are shorter days.

Anyway, I'm going to bed early tonight. For real this time!
Ciao!
~Devon