Lucia explains the learning system

I am begining to notice how different the learning style is. Probably becasue Im getting pretty dang good at this whole speaking italian thing and am noticing more things at school.
We have never had to read a book and analyze it, or write a paper, or do a project, or make a video, or anything creative in any way shape or form. they are insane ridgid on how they learn. i went to my friend alby's house and he showed me his science work from the 5th year of high school. they litterally COPIED AN ENTIRE TEXTBOOK! They would go to class, their teacher would READ THE TEXTBOOK TO THEM SENTENCE BY SENTENCE and they would copy what he said. then at home they had to copy the drawings. my friend had to draw 54 mammals with insane great detail, 30+ mushrooms for the mushroom chapter and a ton of muscles for the muscle chapter. i dont think you understand, they wrote a textbook. litterally WROTE IT. this is how they learn.
and then theyre like "school is harder here isnt it?!?!?" its not harder, its just different. they learn in a really wierd way that would for sure not fly in america. its so boring, and repetitive, and yeah you learn the facts, but do you understand them?
So were on month four of school, at this point the semester is coming to a close and you should be getting your grades right? yeahhh...there are still many students in my class that have no grades in certain classes because when theres a test or interogation they just skip school, and arent forced to make it up right away like we do. italian students are INSANE good at playing the system. they also enjoy cheating. and when i say cheating i mean like they dont actually study for the written tests or do homework, they just copy off the best persons test or homework. for example, morgana is good at french, so they copy morgana. i am good at english, so they copy me. when the teachers back is turned they mouth the answeres across the room, write the answers on sheets of paper and throw it across the room, or take pictures with their phones and send it to everyone. i actually think its kind of cool, like the sense of unity. im so used to the whole "do it yourself" mentality, but its neat to have a group of people that dont think twice about helping someone out.