A few reminders

Hello everyone,

have you recharged your batteries? I hope so!

Just a few reminders:

1.      our blog: personally, I need to know better – from a technical point of view – what to do to upload different kinds of documents. I thank Silvia Cataudella for having written a message explaining ‘how to create a new post’. I’m also very happy to see  that one of us has uploaded two maps, the PowerPoint presentation I prepared for our first class and the video ‘Inglesi che vanno in Italia’ to our blog! I would like to do the same thing soon. If we meet let’s say at 4:45 p.m. on Monday, will Silvia be able to show everyone how to find their way around our virtual place? As for me, this is the last time I email you: from next time onwards I’ll be posting our blog in the hope of  keeping it thriving!

2.      The holiday brochures: How many brochures will you bring to class on Monday? I haven’t received any so far. Never mind: if you couldn’t make time for realising glossy brochures, you can still use the ones you were given last time before Easter.

3.      The syllabus: I’ve written a comprehensive chart illustrating the three units we will go through together before the end of the course. I’ve just emailed you a copy.

4.      Weekly quotes and riddles: I’m earnestly convinced (even though some might think I am a little naïve) that if everyone of us does their part, we could make our world a much better place. What about choosing inspiring quotes from men of science, men of letters, artists, and philosophers and illustrating their significance for mankind?

This is the quote I would like to share with you next time:

 “L’amour lie, et il lie à jamais. La pratique du bien est une liaison, la pratique du mal une déliaison. La séparation est l’autre nom du mal; c’est, également, l’autre nom du mensonge. Il n’existe en effet 

qu’un entrelacement magnifique, immense et réciproque.”

 “Love binds, and it binds for ever. Good binds, while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit. All that exists is a magnificent interweaving, vast and 

reciprocal.”

(Michel Houellebecq – Les particules élémentaires)

Have you ever read any novels by Michel Houellebecq?

Enjoy you weekend! See you on Monday.

I’m looking forward to having feedback from you on the syllabus.

Davide Bergonzi