Monday, January 12

First Day of School

I went with Juliette at school at 8.30 am bc school starts for her class at nine.
My classes will actually start at eight... I am taking Spanish, history, english, physics, francais, latin, mathematiques, PE... je ne sais pas. Beaucoup. I think I spoke pretty well with my classmates, but now I am exhausted. I think I made friends with the smart kids :D two of the girls speak pretty good english and help when I get stuck. None of the teachers really recognized me except when I was first introduced and when I went to History with Mme Putet qui est my adviser. I don't talk much with any of the adults...

Surprises:
*there is a lot of pushing and shoving in the hallways
*there is a lot of talking and moving around in class
*there is sliced cheese at lunch!
*everyone eats yogurt at lunch
*there are 9 one hour classes (well, 55 mins) and two 20 minute breaks and one 15 minute break.
*teachers share classrooms a lot
*there are 900 kids in the school
*we go outside and walk aroung during all of the breaks ( COLD!)

in the english class we watched Friends, which was really fun. I had actually already seen the episode we watched...

There was a boy who usually sat a little behind me who talked to me all the time... He offered me his coat when we took our first break and was very persistent... I think he said some vulgar things in french :P but i'm not totally sure. The girls told me to tell him to shut up haha
The girl who helped me the most was Clautide (sp?) and she spoke pretty good english and gave me her phone number in case I have any questions.


I'm so tired I can hardly think of what to say. I'll be going to bed early tonight...


Oh, and i wore some pink shoes today that KILLED my feet. And I underdressed... i didnt think we would be outside so much, and i froze. but im pretty good at acting warm when im cold so it was ok :)


I think everyone thought I was stupid, speaking is so hard... i could usually understand people and know what I wanted to say, but the words just wouldn't come out. Good thing they've all been taking english for a couple years.

what else...
Mme Putet said something during class like that the boys were glad I was here and then everyone started talking haha i think it was good things...
I spent the first hour with Juliette's class and it was fun. They were learning how cars and airplanes work...



k im tired. Ask me questions and I'll respond <3

3 comments:

  1. Wow - a HUGE co-ed school - what a change for you! ;-)

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  2. sorry ur feet hurt, baby. i bet the girls name is clotilde. let people help you, take their coats, let them use some english. do not punish yourself. wear your Uggs.

    i am sure no one thinks you are dumb. your SAT scores came today (that we already saw online) proving you are right up there as students go! good job, smart cookie. you got a 9 on your essay, btw, which is muy bueno (now that you are learning spanish)!

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