Last Day of Class

Today was my last day of classes in my Saint Mary's program. I ended with a final class in Mythology, and on Monday I had my final class in Religion.

Tomorrow will be our last day of Italian class and our last day working for the Vatican. It has been an amazing experience in both.

Taking classes in Rome was pretty cool. A lot of the subjects and curriculum of the classes is tied into Italian culture or Rome, so it was nice to be learning about what we are experiencing in our day to day life. Obviously for Religion this relates to the Vatican, where Mythology was focused largely on Roman Mythology. We learned about myths of Roman foundation and of different places in Italy, and seeing the ancient paintings and sculptures of these mythological characters was always a nice way of bring what we're learning into a visual medium, something that makes it much easier for me to learn.

I am most sad to have to end my Italian classes. Carlotta has been the best person to go to for anything while we are over here, so it was much more than just learning the language but also learning the culture and day to day life of Romans through her. She was always open to talk about anything and to answer questions that we had about certain things in Italy, and I think this really gave us a unique appreciation for the culture. We all bonded very closely in our Italian classes. You would think that 2 hours a day would get pretty taxing, especially since we have to wake up to go to class at 8 every morning, but the two hours went by quickly every day, and I found myself looking forward to each class. We did have homework and writing assignments, even a midterm and final, but she kept what we were learning interesting and most importantly it was relevant Italian for us to live in Italy for 3 months. Anything we learned in class was immediately put to use in our daily lives, and I've been more passionate about Italian than I ever was for learning French (sorry to anyone who taught me French over the years, it's hard not to be favorable to Italian in my given situation).

Work has been incredible. I know I talked about it mostly yesterday, and I will still reflect on it in the coming days as everything comes to a close.

To think that this was a full college semester for me is incredible. It is surely the semester I will remember the most.