Fashion at Mattei By 2A

Our Sardinian/Italian eating habits

We have replied together, in class, to the questions of the survey about our eating habits.
These are the results from a group of about 50 persons, between 15 and 19 years of age (2A/3A/4A)


1.Where do you prefer to eat? At home or at a reastaurant? What is your favourite meal of the day? Why do you like it?
About 75% prefers the reastaurant, the rest prefers home. The reasons? Food at the restaurant is more varied; at home is safer.
Our favourite meal is lunch, because we eat more. Dinner is better for just very few...Well, dinner out is considered an opportunity for meeting friends.


2.Do you ever go out to dinner in the evening? How often? Who do you generally go with? Where do you usually go? Why?


We eat out once or twice a week: all of us. We go to a pizzeria,

with friends, to have a pizza because it's cheaper than the restaurant.

3. What's your favourite dish? Why do you like it?

Pizza, homemade pasta , chips, meat.

Our mothers love cooking: they spend a lot of their time in the kitchen. They do this because they have a strong sense of the "family", even if they have to sacrifice their free time for this aim.


4. Name some food that you do not particularly like. Why don't you like it?


We usually don't like vegetables, soups, without any particular reasons.


5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Lunch? Dinner?

Breakfast:Milk and coffee/tea/biscuits. Some have nothing!!
Lunch: pasta/ meat or fish/ salad/ fruit/coffee.
Dinner: same as lunch, often less, without the starter.

6.Do you and your family generally eat together?
Always, if possible.

7.Do you think families should eat together? Why? Why not?
We think that meals are very important meeting opportunities for the family group. In fact, we never start eating until the persons present at home are all seated around the table.

8. Is the television on while you eat?
Yes: we usually watch the news, or we choose together some other programs.

9.Do you converse with the other members of your family at mealtime?
Yes, we talk about the day events, specially at dinner, about facts and news. Also about politics. We sometimes/often argue and -even - quarrel!

10.Do you ever go on a diet? Why? Why not?
Some of us do. Most don't: we are not interested.

11.Do you think food and eating are important in life?
Of course, they are!!

12.Why are/aren't they important? Tick accordingly.

1: necessary for life ...................... 100%
2:enjoyment and pleasure...............80%
3:socially entertaining......................79%
4:keep me healthy..............................80%
5:make me fat: ........................NO: it depends on one's style
6:take too much time ..............Some agree/Some don't
7:mealtime is family time................100%

Irene's notes

Irene

-Tenerife is a tropical paradise: it gives relaxation and quiet to inhabitants and visitors

-Environment is more respected than in Italy: you don't see garbage on the road

- People are very hospitable, and we were always comfortable

-Students talk piffle during the lessons (not acceptable here..!!)

- The sand is grey: a very special feature!!!

- Lizards are big and black!

- My family was very hospitable: I was lucky because Gabriela's father is Italian and sometimes I could speak Italian at home (he's very good at cooking, too!!)

- The house was similar to ours, but no bidet in the bathroom, like in English houses...

- The family meets for meals, like here, in my home

-I find this experience a very happy one and I hope to see my friends there, again!!!

My Canarian adventure.

Simone

The trip has been very beautiful and productive, especially living with a new, foreign, family. This has been very welcoming, hospitable and friendly.

I have discovered a few differences between our schools.. (ours is more severe and disciplined!!) . Tenerife is gorgeous..

I thank everybody for this "extra" experience, and I send you all my best greetings..:-).

CIAO

Feeling at home!!!

Our Tenerife special experience!!!

Fabio

I have felt really well with Daniel's family: you are very friendly and kind. I was specially impressed by your 4-year-old child, Samuel, who has been immediately very tender!

Santa Cruz and Puerto De La Cruz are very beautiful cities, which everybody should visit! El Teide.. the ocean.. Even the sand...Your sand is different: dark and brown.. because of your volcanoes... ours is light yellow.. almost golden...

There, in Tenerife,environment is more respected. No rubbish around like here ...:-(

People are very welcoming, in fact we have always felt at our ease..

Here school is more severe...

I hope to meet you again!!.........Ciao.

Ciao from some more students..

My name’s Irene , I’m 16 years old.
My birthday is on the 24th November. I’m from Sardinia, in Italy. It’s a beautiful island!
I’m a girl not very tall, I have brown eyes and light brown hair. I define me like a sun because I have a sunny nature, I’m active and smiling. I like going out with my friends (going to the cinema, going to the disco etc.) and I love summer holidays: it’s very funny going to the sea together!
I don’t have a real hobby; but I love music… in fact in my free time I like listening to good music or chatting on Internet with friends.
Even if I don’t play any sports I like watching it on TV.

My name is Alessandro , I’m 16 years old and my eyes are black and my hair are black,. too A symbol that suggests my personality is “yin and yang”. In my free time I like playing snooker and I don’t like watching TV. I can do my homework.. My Italian hero is Umberto Eco, a writer and a Professor . His most famous book is: Il nome della rosa, a thriller settled in medieval times.


My name is Luca I’ m also known as “the flowers son” and I’m from S. Sperate. I have green eyes, brown hair, fleshy lips, I’ m tall and thin. My personality is like that of a cat because I’ m moody. My hobby in my free time is doing taekwondo and going out with my friends.
My model is Gandhi because he’ s successful driven the British away from India without violence.

My name is Sonia but my friends call me Ponga. I’m 15 year old.. I have brown eyes and long, straight, brown hair. I’m 1,62 tall. I was born on the 8th January ’92 in Cagliari. I live with my family in Assemini. I study in Decimomannu because the school is close to my home and because the subjects are those I’m skilled to. I’m a solar, extrovert and nice but very obstinate girl. To suggest my personality, I choose a little monkey because it’s always happy, a red rose because it’s beautiful but if you take it in a bad way it pricks. In me free time I go out with my friends. I surf the Internet or listen to music.. I like swimming and I going to the gym, I hate drawing. My favourite colour is yellow because it remembers me the summer, my favourite season. I love going to the beach in Sardinia, my region

DESCRIZIONE PERSONALE
My name is Gianmarco my nickname is Giammy. I’m 15 years old and I was born on 22/08 at Cagliari, a city in Sardinia then I ‘m Italian, I live in Assemini, I am (1.75 m)tall, I have got brown hair and eyes and finally I am of average build. In my house there are 4 people: I, my sister Luisa, my father Maurizio and my mum Barbara. I attend the 2 year in an accountancy school in Decimomannu. I choose this institute because I don’t like studying very much. Sometimes I am a nice boy in fact I’ m always very solar, rarely I am sad because I don’t get demoralized for small things, but I can be overbeatring and scorbutic. My hobbies are: listening to metal music( my favorite group are Slipknot), playing football in fact I play 5-a-side in my town and finally going out with my friends is my favourite activity because I think it is a momemt of real freedom. I don’t like staying in front of the tv and the computer beacause I think it is a waste of time. My favourite colour is blue beacause it remembers me the sky so one huge thing where I could be part of, while my favourite number is 10, my shirt number when I play football.


Marco
Hello my name’s Marco. I’m 17 yers old and I was born on August 31 1990. I’m very nice: my eyes are brown and my hair is black. I’m 1,72 m tall and thin. My hands are small but wide. I always dress tight and I sometimes wear glasses. I’ve got one sister, Claudia, my father, Luigi, is a bricklayer and my mother, Luisa, is a housewife. My symbol is the sugar, because I’m sweet with the girls. I’ve got a beautiful love story with Roberta. My hobbies are drawing and playing with the computer. I play football in my town team and I love all sports. In my free time I like listening to music, watching TV, playing card, going out with my friends and my girlfriend. I don’t like studying but I must do it. My favourite Italian hero is Marco Materazzi because he was the Italian symbol of the lat world football cup and he plays in the Internazionale, the team of my heart.

M y name is Giorgia, but my friends call me Jo (it’s my nickname).
=) This is my drawing.. I don’t put my photo or my caricature because I’m shy. I’m 15 years old..
I’m medium height, I have got green eyes and long, straight, brown hair. I have got a small nose and fleshy lips.
To suggest my personality, I choose a red rose because as soon as you pick me I can prick a little bit but after a first impression I’m a sweet and merry girl. I’m like some exotic fruits because I love the exotic places where they grow.
In my free time I like watching TV, listening to music, meeting my friends or reading a book (particularly love stories). In the hot months I prefer, in my free time, going with my friends to the seaside while in the cold months I prefer going to the cinema or going for a walk. Three times a week I go to the gym, and the other days I stay at home or I go out with my friends.
I can use the computer, I can do house works.. but I can’t cook…
I haven’t got an Italian hero as a model of behaviour nor I have got hero for his beauty (as some football players, some actors or some singers).
..So I don’t have any heroes…

I’m Erika..
I’m seventeen years old and I’m from Assemini.. I’m tall and thin, I have brown eyes and long brown hair. The cat represents my personality because: I’m loving, sweet and all to cuddle. Then I’m a very cheerful girl, friendly, sometimes I’m obstinate, generous with everyone and if someone is in trouble I will gladly help him. I like dancing, in fact I’ve been practicing dancing for eight years, I like going out with my friends, going to the cinema, eating sweets, playing computer, shopping, listening to music and watch tv. But I don’t like playing football and I don’t like studying.

The Self -Esteem Questionnaire

SELF-ESTEEM QUESTIONNAIRE
Following you’ll find some situations you could have found yourself or you’ll maybe have to cope with. You should evaluate them according to your personal experience.
0 means “Doesn’t correspond to my personal experience”
1 means “Hardly ever corresponds to my personal experience”
2 means “2 out of 3 doesn’t correspond to my personal experience”
3 means “2 out of 3 corresponds to my personal experience”
4 means “It usually corresponds to my personal experience”
5 means “It definitely corresponds to my personal experience”

1.I sometimes think that I’m not fun to be with
2.I often don’t feel to be accepted and appreciated even by those who know me well
3.I’m not sure of what doing or saying when I’m together with people I don’t know well
4.I can hardly see other people’s qualities
5.I often feel to be a too shy guy, even if I don’t look like that to other people’s eyes.
6.People don’t like me if they don’t know me well
7.Even if I try to trust more my own capacities, I’m always afraid to deal with new situations
8.I’m worried about censures and observations about me
9. I don’t think I’m a creative person.
10.I often put off my job/school engagements.
11.I find it difficult to express my opinions when they are different from other people’s ones
12.When I look at myself in the mirror, I don’t like me5
13.When someone pays a compliment to me, I get amazed, I can’t believe it.
14.I find it difficult to accept and cope with my errors
15.My friends rarely appreciate my ideas or accept my proposals
16. I’m a too highly strung person
17.In occasion of important events I’ve always felt alone.
18.Other people see me as an introverted guy
19.Among other people, at work/school, with my friends I’m often not at ease.
20.When something goes wrong in my life, I think it’s because of ill-luck
21.It’s difficult to say what I think.
22.There are many things I’d like to change in myself.
23.I lack “common sense”.
24.I try to conceal some parts of my body.
25.I often feel to be left outside the group
26.I’d change my look if I could.
27.I try to face clashes and contrasts.
28.I don’t trust me very much.
29.I sometimes do things just to please the others more than myself
30.I’ve always thought that my parents don’t like the way I am
31.I’ve sometimes suffered because of unexpected frustrations
32.When other people are kind with me I become suspicious
33.I can’t understand what teachers expect from me
34.I try to fulfil an engagement carefully
35.When I’m not able to do something I often think that I couldn’t have done better.
36.I sometimes feel uncomfortable when I’m in physical contact, even with known people

You total score is______________

If your score is between 30 and 70, you’ve got a high self-esteem level
You’re satisfied of the life you’re living and the choices you have done. You have got a very good “image of yourself”; you express to other people your “uniqueness”, accepting the risk to look different. Your job/studies gratify you and this allows you to invest creatively your energies to achieve new goals.
If your score is between 71 and 110, you’ve got an average self-esteem level
You have got a good self-esteem level, even though the new situation make you feel ill at ease. You are aware of your strong points and positive features, but you find it difficult to accept your weaknesses. At school/work you are very appreciated for your capacities but you don’t accept with pleasure other people’s advice and proposals.
If your score is between 111 and 160, you’ve got a low self-esteem level
You often feel to be of no worth, you’re critical with yourself, and often use negative statements to describe yourself. New situations get you frightened, you start thinking that you won’t be able to cope with them and this fills you with concern. When studying/working you often lack power of concentration and this prevents you to come to the end of an activity. The relationship with your teachers/head clerks is often marked by defiance and rebellion.