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tnetic, writing, and the basic history and geography of Italy and the church. A foreign language is started In the third or fourth year, though many cities are now starting this study in the first year. After elementary studies, there are three more years of the “Scuoia Media.” Here the students dig deeper into elementary subjects.
During the first eight years, students dress alike in black or blue smocks and white collars* Teachers also wear a. uniform smock. Youngsters attend school from 8—1, with a 16—minute break, for Si* days a week.
After the first eight years are completed, ; Judy says, the student may choose to continue for the next five years in a school geared tbt a trade. It may be preparation for commerial studies, agricultural studies or classicpl.courjseste prepare him for the 4'niversity.
“I visited an agricultural school financed by the Agricultural Department of Italy,"she says. "The students were 15—18 years of age and receive a diploma after three years of study v The practical aspects of agricul-' ture and machinery are taught, not the technical. In the class
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