Writing and More Writing

     Monday consisted more of talking about cancer and more of writing our papers. Our paper for the first half of the science class is about the Renaissance and the Black Death. Cancer and the Black Death: two bright and cheery topics! From what we were told, this paper is a new thing for the maymester. They wanted to try and tie the topics of Italy, science and art together by getting us to write how the plague affected art. I’m not really sure if they succeeded.

     Yesterday, guess what I did? More writing. I finished my Black Death paper!

     Today, guess what I did? More writing, except this time, I finished my third and final paper! Woohoo! This one was on stem cells. Oh, and in class today, we had this half of the science class’s group presentations. My group talked about Gleevec as a treatment for leukemia. Ask me anything the Black Death’s influence on the church, induced pluripotent stem cells, Euthanasia, and Gleevec as a treatment for leukemia, and I may or may not be able to answer it. Hopefully I will :)

     This evening, the theater program here with us had their first performance at the theater where the orchestra was. They have been working on Much Ado About Nothing. I was really impressed! I have developed so much more of an appreciation for live performances, like plays and musicals, because of my sister’s interest in it. I just love it!

      I am looking forward to being able to enjoy our last day in Cortona tomorrow because I am done with my schoolwork! Can't believe how fast it flew!