If you are as polished in your italiano as I am (after only 5 days ...#not!) you may have guessed it from the subject of this post. Scuola or school has begun. I am taking classes at SDA Bocconi School of Management. According to Forbes, Bocconi ranks world's 3rd best program excluding those from the US and is the only Italian School present in international rankings.
My classes are focused around Customer Marketing and Social Media and are all pretty interesting. So far, we have already had presentations from executives from Coca Cola and J&J. Another aspect about my classes that I really appreciate is the diversity. I looked around class today and read the nametags of 5 classmates sitting in a row and they read Venezuela, Italy, India, United Kingdomand USA. Classes are completely in English with the exception of
my Italian class. Everyone is also super friendly.
The commute to school isn't bad at all and I have been forced to learn the city very well. It takes about 30 minutes to get to school which includes a ride on the metro and then the tram. I'm also happy to announce that I successfully asked someone for directions to the bus stop in Italian tonight on the way to salsa with classmates. All was well with our conversation until he assumed I spoke fluently. At that point, I had to break out what has become my favorite phrase Il mio italiano e elementare (my Italian is elementary!)
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