Tuesday, 23 November 2021

IL COLLEGIO: GOING TO SCHOOL BACK IN THOSE DAYS

  


Hi guys, today I would like to talk to you about IL COLLEGIO (The college) , a reality show that has been running on Italian TV for 5 years and has become more and more popular.  This reality show is focused on the lives of 20 kids who have to live for a month in a boarding school set in the past trying to prepare for eighth grade.

But how does it work?

 

 


As soon as they arrive, the students have to take an entry test that will allow them to enter the boarding school or not, then they will go to their respective dormitories where they can get to know each other, but, immediately afterwards,  they will have to deliver the prohibited items which are, for example, deodorants or electronic devices.



The following day lessons will begin with the principal's initial speech, who will explain the rules to be respected in order to stay in the boarding school.  And, finally, the students will have to have their hair cut in the style hair used to be cut in the period the show picks up for the season.(This year the 1970s).   After doing all that you can start with the lessons.

 After the first 3/4 weeks, a trip is usually organized in which the forms of life are mainly studied and where many experiences are made that at that time were the norm in the place visited.  To finish, a week before the exams, competitions are organized that show which student is the sportiest

 

 How many seasons have there been?

 

There have been 6 seasons, set in 1960 1961 1968 1982 1992 1977. The one I liked the most was the second one.

 As far as the teachers and supervisors are concerned, certainly the most loved was Mrs Petolicchio,   who is both the principal and one of the teachers, the only teacher present in all the seasons together with the overseer.

 

My favourite adult characters

 


Mrs Petolicchio

She is the teacher of mathematics and science, almost certainly the most loved teacher by the students and viewers, but also the one who was most teased, famous for her screams and for her phrase out of kindness

 

 


 

The supervisor

The supervisor is my favourite character and she has many fun tasks including waking up the kids with a bell and always accompanying them to the principal when they do something wrong. Over the years she has always been very strict but fond of some of the kids more than others, and that has been lots of fun, and now when I think of a boarding school I think of her. 

 My favourite students

 In the several seasons I have had many favourite students, some among the good ones and some among the rebels.  Those students will always be remembered in the college by teachers and supervisors. 

Jenny de Nucci

 


 She is a girl from the first edition who is probably one of the most popular ones, since she has become an actress and has been featured on the covers of some fashion magazines.

 In the boarding school she was not a brilliant student, in fact,  she failed her exams, but surely she was one of the nicest.

 Andrea di Piero

 


 Awarded as the best student of the fifth edition, he is certainly one of the most famous boys of Il Collegio, remembered above all for his dressing style,  always very elegant for his political spirit and for his really being a boy belonging to  past times.

 Arianna Triassi

 


A student of  the second season, she is certainly remembered for being one of the most revolutionary students ever and, above all, for the constant quarrels with the supervisor, which, unfortunately, led her to expulsion after 2 days of isolation.

In my opinion this is a cool program but, unfortunately, the real objective of this experience has been lost since the third edition as now many guys go there just to become famous. 

 Giorgio M., 3sc

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