Italy: Love it or Leave it

            I absolutely loved going to Italy: Love it or Leave it! I think both of the directors are such talented people and they were able to portray actual issues while keeping you engaged and invested in their story. That was a great way for us to see another example of people who actually live in Italy and have to deal with the pros and cons of that. It is sad to see people struggling because they love their country but know they could probably be more successful going somewhere else. I think the farmer that made a stance against the mafia was a great role model and i'm glad they included him. Even though it would probably be much easier to run off to somewhere else, if the good people all leave there will be no one left to force a change. The corruption will simply continue uninterrupted.

            It also amazes me that there are people here who don't realize that anything is wrong and still support their government. It was ludicrous to see the older people at the Berlusconi rallies giving him their unwavering support. How can people's judgement be so clouded that they think he is even close to being someone that should be running a country. Not only should he not be in charge of a country, he should be in prison.

           I would definitely suggest continuing to show this to future students even if you aren't able to do a Q&A like we were able to. I think everyone would benefit from seeing it!