Sunday, April 20, 2008

Skype exchange!


Hi everybody!

On Wednesday, I finally Skype with the other members of my group! It has been a very funny and interesting experience. I've never used this tool before; I think it is a great way to communicate with people who are abroad because it is free! I mean, of course you must have the Internet connection...

Well, our peer is a Spanish girl, whose name is Rocio and she is in Dickinson for one year. At the beginning, we thought her name was Rachele, because we had this name written on the table; however, as soon as she started speaking we realized that she wasn't American. Her accent was typically Spanish! We introduced ourselves and then we started talking about immigration (as we were supposed to). As far as she wasn't American, she spoke about immigration from her point of view. So, we couldn't have general information about how is immigration in U.S.A.; she spoke about the closed reality of the college and she said something about her country.

Finally, for our final project we decided to make a comparison between the university life in Padua and in Dickinson's college. We thought it was the best choice because our peer is Spanish and she couldn't gave us opinions about topics such as death penalty or education in U.S.A..

See you!

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Final project!



Hi!!

Well, in the final project I would like to focus on death penalty. I know that is a very delicate topic but I’m curious to know what the Americans think about it. I’m completely against the death penalty because I think it doesn’t solve any problems to apply it; furthermore, I think that killing a murderer is the worst way to explain someone who had done something wrong. I think that to put someone into jail for the rest of his/her life would be enough. In my opinion, if someone is deprived of his/her freedom he had already received a strict punishment. In Italy the problem is that when someone is jailed for 30 years for example, he will never pass all this period in prison. Certainly, he will sent out of prison after 10 years because he had a good behavior… it’s incredible but it always happens! So, I would like to know what Americans think about death penalty and if they think it really reduces crimes.

See you!

Elena