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Mark and Paul Preview: Mark had just moved; his parents were busy unpacking boxes and moving furniture. He didn"t know anybody and was sad he had left all his friends.     He walked down the gravel path behind his house to the playground. It was full of children about his own age. Most of them were playing kickball. Mark sat down on one of the swings and watched them play. Soon a girl with long brown hair came up to him. "Hi! My name is Joanna. Who are you?"     "I'm Mark. I've just moved here. I live in the middle of that row of townhouses." He pointed towards the brick buildings. "What grade are you in? I'm in the fifth grade."     "Me too. Maybe youll be in my class; there are only two grade five classes."     Mark and Joanna sat on the swings talking. After awhile the others stopped playing and came over to meet Mark--Amy, Michael, Harry, Bobby, Susan, Peter, Janice and lots more. Mark was sure he wouldn't remember all those names. "It's easy for them," he thought, "they only have to remember one m... read more: click here Topic: 6 Sunday July 20, 2008 - 20:49:01 Visitors: 4,108 Votes average: 0.00Voters: 0 Margaret Fuller: Woman in the Nineteenth Century. Influence And Criticism: An Overview. Preview: Margaret Fuller is considered to be one of America's first women intellectuals. Her book, Woman in the Nineteenth Century , published in 1845, is the most fundamental writing concerning women's rights since Mary Wollstonecraft's treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792).   An unconventionally independent woman of her time, Margaret Fuller was born in 1810 in Cambridgeport Massachusetts, to an upper-middle class family. Her father was her inflexible teacher, compelling her to learn to read at four years old and instructed her in Latin and Greek at six. Wanting to give her the same education a boy of her class would receive, he required her to repeat her lessons flawlessly without any hesitation. These recitations would occur often late at night after he returned home from work. She studied not only all the Greek and Roman Classic writers, but read Shakespeare and Cervantes before the age of ten and learned Italian, French and German. When she moved with her family to the c... read more: click here Topic: 5 Monday November 12, 2007 - 02:49:16 Visitors: 14,929 Votes average: 6.83Voters: 6 Freud and the Evolution of Psychoanalysis Preview: My daughter goes to high school in Italy. The high schools in Italy are divided up by type and she attends the Formation Lyceum. Once known as the Scuola Magistrale, the teacher's high school, in the old system one was prepared to become an elementary school teacher. To become a teacher now requires a college education and so the Scuola Magistrale became obsolete and transformed itself into a Lyceum (as opposed to the professional high schools). It is considered the lowest rung on the Lyceum totem pole and the Linguistic, Artistic, Scientific and Classical Lyceums look down their long hooked noses on this new arrival full of exuberant prenubial girls. She chose this school as it taught psychology and I approved of her decision as it has an extremely varied curriculum which includes music, art, philosophy, physics. To sum it up, it has a rounded program with a heavy dose of humanities.     Although the main focus of the program should be psychology and early childhood development... read more: click here Topic: 4 Saturday April 7, 2007 - 16:13:01 Visitors: 4,664 Votes average: 7.00Voters: 1 Cinema Attendance Preview: I am an enthusiastic cinema fan. As soon as there is a proposition to go to the cinema, I am out of the door. In my excitement I have been known to hush the people in the back, while still standing in line to get tickets. Except for two genres, I love all types of films. The atmosphere of the cinema, the crowds, the anticipation of the showing are all entertaining to me. Now the intention of one going to the cinema is, of course to attend the projection of the film, but I often find that it is not always the film in itself that makes the occasion memorable. Sometimes, it is an incident or a person's actions during the show which leaves an indelible recording on my mind.     The two types of films I refuse to see are horror films and pornographic ones. The reasoning behind that is, for the former, I have been petrified with fear from real life experiences to hold no truck with “Jason versus Freddie” nonsense and with the latter, I deem it unnecessary to watch actors half-heart... read more: click here Topic: 3 Thursday March 29, 2007 - 01:11:25 Visitors: 4,830 Votes average: 7.00Voters: 1 Olive Wood Stories Preview: For six years I worked in a beautiful store in Gaiole in Chianti. Maniera sold top of the line Tuscan Artisan Handicrafts and I had the privilege of being surrounded by the most enchanting items created by professional artisans. Blown Glass, Hand-hammered Silver and luxorious Tablecloths are just a few of the articles we sold. Olive wood was another. Now, although less exclusive than other objects, Daniela Ryan, the owner, selected more original pieces but we even kept some items which were carried by other shops in the vicinity. I love Olive wood pieces so it was easy for me to tell our customers about the care and maintenance of these items. (Perhaps, it was less enthralling with the fabulous silver because I had to regularly clean those pieces and after cleaning 15 to 20 pieces of silver, every month or so the thrill passes!!)     Once a bus load of Japanese tourists invaded the shop (the only time we had a big group of Japanese) and embarassingly true to the stereotype of Japa... read more: click here Topic: 2 Thursday March 15, 2007 - 16:57:38 Visitors: 4,570 Votes average: 7.00Voters: 1 Apolidity Preview: One of my favorite things to do is to create new words. Today I created the word Apolidity. It is the state of being a stateless person. I live my life in apolidity. Born in the United States but raised both in the States and in Europe, I belong to no nation. I am not American enough to feel American, not Italian enough to feel Italian. I have heard the term "Third Culture Kid" used but I do not belong to a third culture, I have enough experience from both Italy and the States to be able to criticize and appreciate both cultures but neither belong to me. My daughter, born and raised in Italy, feels neither Italian, nor American.     A few months ago we were looking for a flat to lease and we were turned down by a prospective landlord who used the flimsiest of reasons. Shocked, I tried to reason with the landlord, but my daughter advised me to stop. She said, "He didn't like us, because we're foreign."     I wish I understood, that I could internalize the phrase "Proud to be A... read more: click here Topic: 1 Tuesday March 6, 2007 - 15:46:59 Visitors: 5,494 Votes average: 0.00Voters: 0
 

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