Finally – last part of our Italian saga, nearly a year later. Rome! Rome was magnificent, it was big, it was hot, it was everything that I thought it would be with tons of monuments everywhere we turned, tons of tourists, tons of Italian gelato … Thanks to my friend who gave me her notes on Italy, I knew exactly what each flavor was :) Rome with kids is interesting to say the least but it did not stop us from doing all the Rome touristy things. For us Rome started with Galleria Borghese. While for most places I bought tickets online because we wanted to avoid the lines, for this museum you either buy it in advance online or you don’t go to museum. They have slots every 2 hours and since boys are early risers anyway we got in as soon as they opened at 9 o’clock. The official time you have to spend at the museum is 2 hours, I am not sure if they kick you out afterwards but it took us about an hour and a half to wonder through everything at somewhat leisurely pace. Th
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So now that I covered the sex ed, I figured I'd share the rest of the classes that Andrei has. First - here is quick overview of the German grading system which is a bit different. Grades (as in marks) go from 1 as the highest to 6 as the lowest with 3 being average, 1 is excellent, 4 is below average but still passing. The first official marks that kids get are at the end of the second grade. Andrei has been at the regular school for about 2 years and while gets marks in math, music, sport, etc., he does not grade in German and social studies but rather a note stating that his German is not yet sufficient to be able to grade him (not to mention dyslexia issues). It’s interesting because while his regular German is fine (according to his teacher), his vocabulary in certain topics is definitely still lacking which is something that the school and us are actively working on. Math – covered the clock (24 hour one), multiplication with 2 and 3 digits numbers (234x16),
We get local paper every Friday and this is what was in it today because you know ... when you are driving on Autobahn in Germany, you will need to know which way to swerve when an emergency vehicle is approaching you. Or you can do as I do - follow the pattern of the cars in front of me, hasn't failed me yet :)