The real stuff!

This morning we had a short and intensive session on the US Constitutional System. After this we were brought to Smith College which is an all women's college and a very exclusive and expensive place to study. Here, professor of education Rosetta Cohen gave a lecture on Education in Contemporary America. It was very enlightening.
During lunch we met up with teachers from nearby Pittsfield and in the afternoon we attended a lecture followed by Q&A on "Modern US politics" by professor Bruce Laurie and Daniel Czitrom, Professor of History, Mount Holyoke college.
It was a very interesting lecture that gave me an insight in modern politics and a realistic view of the challenges Obama is facing!
We visited the campus of Smith College which is very green and beautiful. Then Bruce walked us to the centre of Northampton, where we bought some books.
Finally, we sat on a small terrace reading and commenting Emily Dickenson's poems (which we will study in tomorrow's class). It was a wonderful experience, working together on this. We then had some really good pizza and a glass of Italian wine.
This was a very nice day!