Segreteria

Alas, the cooking classes are not every day so I spend the days I'm not in the kitchen assisting the school secretaries. It has been interesting trying to explain the concept of an internship to Italians, apparently that isn't a big thing here and they don't understand why someone would work for free, experience isn't a valid answer. I know this will look good on a resumè and I'm also getting college credit for it, but they all think I'm a little crazy.

I'm only on my second day in the office, and I don't think I'll ever be very busy because I already finished up the project they had for me of editing the study abroad website for American students. They immediately placed all that trust in me and I got to read through the entire website, correcting spelling, grammar, awkwardly worded sentences and giving suggestions to make it more appealing to college students. It was interesting trying to frame the awkward sentences into more commonly worded phrases, because what they said was technically correct, it just sounded foreign. I'm guessing I probably sound like that a lot of the time.

I get to listen to a lot of Italian while I'm in there, but fortunately Victoria, another secretary, lived in the US for 15 years so when I don't understand something perfectly she helps me out. They offered to let me answer phones, but I don't feel comfortable doing that yet, hopefully by the end or, even better, the middle, I'll be to that point, but for now, I'll just listen and try to compose Italian answers in my head.