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"Being a Hellenophile means: being an enemy of raw power and dull intellects." Nietzsche

ABOUT ME:

My name is Rebecca. I attend the Bard Graduate Center in NYC for an M.A. in the Decorative Arts. I earned my B.A. in art history at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I have also studied at University of Delaware, John Cabot University in Rome, University of Cambridge, and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. I am an editorial assistant for smARThistory.org, which won the 2009 Webby Award for Best Educational Site.

Main areas of interest include "Barbarian" grave goods, jewelry of ancient cultures, medieval magic, and material and visual culture of video games. Above all, I just love learning. Piacere!

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TRAVEL BLOG:

For those of you who want to read about my adventures abroad, starting from the very beginning, you may read everything I have posted about Italy in general, about my semester in Rome, or in Milan.

Jun 02
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“Don’t think, everything will be all right.”
Really? Because if you’re not thinking for yourself, then someone else is, and you can’t trust someone else to think for you. Maybe that’s why Italy is having problems with the “Cult of the Bimbo,” and allowing Berlusconi to own so much of the media.
Also, the school system doesn’t help. The learning method here is reading and then regurgitation for oral exams. What about critical thinking? Analysis? Those are more important than just memorizing books!
(Grazie a Lorraine per la foto!)

“Don’t think, everything will be all right.”

Really? Because if you’re not thinking for yourself, then someone else is, and you can’t trust someone else to think for you. Maybe that’s why Italy is having problems with the “Cult of the Bimbo,” and allowing Berlusconi to own so much of the media.

Also, the school system doesn’t help. The learning method here is reading and then regurgitation for oral exams. What about critical thinking? Analysis? Those are more important than just memorizing books!

(Grazie a Lorraine per la foto!)

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