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These three days in May are often cool, and have traditionally been named after three saints, the “three cold men”: Saints Servacij, Pankracij, and Bonifacij. These three cold men are followed by a rainy day, the “wet woman,” Saint Zofka. True to tradition, today is indeed cool, and also wet!<\/p>\n
In the morning, we met with Natasha Svetina, who led us on a brief tour of the University of Ljubljana main administration building. The former home to the regional parliament, the building is very ornate and formal, not at all like Memorial Hall.<\/p>\n
Then we had our first Slovene language class in a computer lab that had formerly been a councilor’s chambers.<\/p>\n
In the afternoon, we saw a very different educational experience. First we heard a lecture about the history of Slovene schools at the Slovene School Museum. The second part of the tour was a re-created Slovene classroom from around 1906, complete with small chalk blackboards for each student, severe discipline, and even an instrument of corporal punishment. A box of dried corn kernels was placed in the corner. If students got out of hand, they had to kneel in the box…very painful. Ask Noah.<\/p>\n
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