Monday, January 10th

Today we framed the class - we discussed the article by Jeffries and Dyson on youth. We had a thought provoking discussion about how to define youth and all came to a point of extending the definition beyond age. Some of the definitions included dependence and independence which brought up cross-cultural perspectives and how this definition also changes temporally and also depending on the economic condition of a particular country. The students were then asked to go that afternoon and ask questions regarding youth in Italy and their perspectives on their future and the future of the country. We also started brainstorming research topics for their final research projects and presentations. In the afternoon, the students met Aurora Santoro, their Italian teacher. They will be starting language classes on Wed, and they will have these two mornings a week.