Franchement, my teaching experience
If you know me personally and/or have talked to me about my experiences teaching, you'll know that it hasn't been the easiest for me. I started in October with minimal…
Success in the French Classroom, i.e. Some Activities and Tips that Worked
1 STG Surprise Yesterday I worked for the first time with a group of premier STG students, which I had heard was not an easy group. I was thus not…
What is “Appropriate?”
For some of my classes, usually with the "terminales" (like seniors in the US), the teachers want me to train the students for the baccalauréat (le bac) exam that they…
Teaching in a French High School 101
Tomorrow I'll start a new teaching schedule. Instead of working 3 days a week, I'll work 4 - Tuesday through Friday. In my old schedule I worked Tuesday, Thursday and…
Château de Bouthéon
Yesterday we took a trip to a local chateau. It's funny living in a place where you can visit castles in your spare time. It's not like the United States…
What a day!
Today was difficult. I had four classes and none of them went as smoothly as I would have liked. In the first class there were only boys - you can…
Vive la France … Vive les Grèves !
I admit, I was a little worried last week when I heard there would be a nationwide strike in France today. And in spite of having experienced French strikes in…