Some more photos from Italy!

This time, I've got photos from The Forum and a couple from the Capitoline Museum.

Firstly, though, a picture of me with the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum in the background, and the Colosseum, again.

Now, The Forum.

Arch of Septimius Severus and the Senate House

Tabularium with what's left of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus in front

View of The Forum from the west (Arch of Titus is in the far background)

Another view from the west (taken from inside the Tabularium)

Same as above, just different camera settings

Forum from behind the Temple of Saturn (close on sunset)

After visiting The Forum (and having a dodgy lunch), we visited the Capitoline Museum.

The original statue out the front of the museum

A model of the Capitoline Museum

The She-Wolf statue depicting the legend of Romulus and Remus

Next up will be photos of Ostia Antica. This is a cool little town to visit if you're into ancient Rome, as it was the sea port of the city (until humans - emperors - interfered, changing the environment through creating another port to the north of it, and ruining the original port, or something like that). More on that later, though.

The Officiousness of People...

People who help others out when they need it are always welcome. Especially when those that need the help have a lot on their plate (possibly due to procrastination), and they haven't got around to completing everything in the time they wanted to. However, those that tend to 'help' out, get things wrong, and need things correcting can be quite annoying at times...

Some of you may know that I'm a teacher. One that wrote the yearly exam for Year 7 History at my school this year. All well and good, and I promised the teachers of the other Year 7 classes that I would get an answer sheet to them in plenty of time to get the results in for reports. The end of this week, in fact, when all the exams were over for Year 7.

What do I find when I go to another Year 7 History teacher's desk this afternoon? Someone had done an answer sheet already. No problem. I don't mind. That is very kind and good of them. What I mind is not being informed of this already. What I also mind is that they did not consult me on the multiple choice - which they got wrong for at least one answer, if not two. What gets me the most is that they started marking their class's tests without knowing the marking break-down for two sections of the test.

Being co-ordinator for Year 7 History doesn't involve much. In fact, it just means getting the results done on time and checked over, and making sure everyone has the exam to check over and ready before it's due. (Okay, also an answer sheet.) But not being told that a 'Teacher Copy' of the exam existed, when not all classes had completed undertaking the exam - in other words, not in my keeping where I knew it was safe! - is something one would think a co-ordinator should know about.

Thanks guys!

Yes, okay. This is a complete rant...but it really got on my nerves today...this afternoon...just when I was about to start a good weekend full of marking!