Today was the longest day we had in Rome... woke up early to discuss our presentation, listened to 6 other presentations each consisting of 3 parts then finally it was onto ours. Now those who know me know that I do not like to present infront of people, I also talk fast, and when I think people don't care I talk even faster. Anyway we describe our different neighborhoods including the Jewish ghetto. Well anyway our 3 groups go, someone asks a question of the artists, then this girl raises her hand. So the professor calls on her and some stream of words consisting something of "well I'm Jewish, and I think that you have to consider that, and I think that you have to realize that the Synogogue is a place to visit blah blah blah blah blah."... .... .... YEAH............. So needless to say I was a bit caught off guard, because, well, I didn't understand what she was saying, and I set out to try to answer her question "well I'm Jewish too, and I went to the Synogogue for religious reasons, something something, does that answer your question" "well... no, I'm sorry I forget your name (points to my friend/group project partner Caitlin)" "Caitlin" "yeah... I just don't understand why you said that the synogogue isn't a place worth going" Caitlin: "I must have mispoken (she didn't) I'm sorry, what I meant to say is that it is a cultural boundry." So then the conversation switched. Meanwhile there are people in the class (specifically planners) who are pretty close to outright laughing at this. Anyway just a strange interaction of the day that I thought I would share.
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