Sometimes my fellow-Italians make me proud. Not every day, but more often than you'd think

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A junior high school in the town of Catanzaro, in the far south of the country - a territory plagued by mafia and economic stagnation, and not generally regarded as among Italy's most vital or progressive - had a Year Three class (13-14 year olds) one of whoom had Down's syndrome. (Italian law demands that, as far as possible, children with any

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[arhyalon]

Wow. Good for them.

Makes me proud, too. And I'm not particularly Italian. ;-)

[fellmama]

Heh, you took the words right off of my screen!

[ravenclaw_eric]

Good for them! If I were a parent of someone in that class, I'd take them all out someplace on my own nickel.