“Oh LOOK! It’s the AMERICAN!!!!!!!!”
You may or may not have heard that I am participating in a photo exposition in France right now. You may be wondering how this awesome situation came to be.…
You may or may not have heard that I am participating in a photo exposition in France right now. You may be wondering how this awesome situation came to be.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
During my trip to Alsace (region of France in the north bordering Germany), I experienced an amusing ironic moment. I found myself having dinner at an Alsacien family's house with…
So the week before Christmas vacation, there were threats of a "big storm" that was said to yield about 10 cm of snow in the Loire. (10 cm is about…
So, I decided instead of buying gifts for everyone in the French family that I was with for Christmas, that I would continue the cultural exchange and make something that…
Being that I'm from New York, I'm pretty used to snow. Also, I'm used to people that know how to deal with snow. Well, apparently that is different here in…
We are now in our first period of “vacances scolaires” (school vacation) – for the Toussaint holiday. We have a week and a half off from school. Yes, we have…