Sorry I haven't written for a while, I haven't had much time for writing on my blog and I am still using the French keyboard.
Its crazy I have been here for 2 weeks. Time here is really weird. Days go by pretty quick but it seems like I have been here forever. For the most part my first 2 weeks here have been really good!
At school, I started in seconde (sophomore) so I could be with my host sister. But then after a week and a half I changed classes and I am now in premiere (junior). All the kids in seconde were really nice but I had a few reasons I needed to change. For the most part I had already learned everything in seconde but also I thought for me to get the most out of my experience here I need to be independent, even if that requires not being in the same class as my host sister. Being alone also forces me to make my own friends and I think that is best for me.
I have only been in premiere for 2 days now and it has been pretty good. When you start premiere you must pick a track to take. There is L (literature and languages), ESL (economics) and S (science and math). Thinking I would learn the most about french culture in L I chose that track. However when I chose I was unaware that this is the "artzy" track which for those of you who know me, know this is not the section for me. The class is nice but for the most part they are definitely very well...creative. Not saying this a bad thing but they aren't the typical people who I would hang out with in the US. Even if they have over 15 visible piercings I am trying to not judge. As I have always been told "Never judge a book by its cover". However I have made a few friends in the class and they are all great!
I have also met another American here and she is really great! She has been here the whole year and is with another program called rotary. Its really nice having somebody here I can talk to! As an exchange student it's best not to just be friends with other exchange students, but since she has been here for half the year already she is really helpful. Also she has introduced me to a lot of really nice french students! All the students I have met here have been really friendly and helped me get around school.
School here is a lot more similiar to school in America than I expected it to be! But of course there are differences!
- Students stay with the same class all day (for the most part).
- Everyday students have a different schedule. Some days I finish at 12 and other days I finish at 6.
- Students are a lot sassier to the teachers.
- PDA is normal in the hallways.
- Although school here is longer than it is in America, students here have a lot more breaks in the day.
- The teachers here talk A LOT!
- School food is actually really good and everybody eats at the cantine.
- The textbooks are a lot smaller.
- There are boys and girls bathrooms. (I was shocked to say the least!)
Thats about all that I can think of now.
I have to go do homework but I only have half day of school tomorrow so hopefully I can put another post up and get some pictures on here!
A bientôt!
Its crazy I have been here for 2 weeks. Time here is really weird. Days go by pretty quick but it seems like I have been here forever. For the most part my first 2 weeks here have been really good!
At school, I started in seconde (sophomore) so I could be with my host sister. But then after a week and a half I changed classes and I am now in premiere (junior). All the kids in seconde were really nice but I had a few reasons I needed to change. For the most part I had already learned everything in seconde but also I thought for me to get the most out of my experience here I need to be independent, even if that requires not being in the same class as my host sister. Being alone also forces me to make my own friends and I think that is best for me.
I have only been in premiere for 2 days now and it has been pretty good. When you start premiere you must pick a track to take. There is L (literature and languages), ESL (economics) and S (science and math). Thinking I would learn the most about french culture in L I chose that track. However when I chose I was unaware that this is the "artzy" track which for those of you who know me, know this is not the section for me. The class is nice but for the most part they are definitely very well...creative. Not saying this a bad thing but they aren't the typical people who I would hang out with in the US. Even if they have over 15 visible piercings I am trying to not judge. As I have always been told "Never judge a book by its cover". However I have made a few friends in the class and they are all great!
I have also met another American here and she is really great! She has been here the whole year and is with another program called rotary. Its really nice having somebody here I can talk to! As an exchange student it's best not to just be friends with other exchange students, but since she has been here for half the year already she is really helpful. Also she has introduced me to a lot of really nice french students! All the students I have met here have been really friendly and helped me get around school.
School here is a lot more similiar to school in America than I expected it to be! But of course there are differences!
- Students stay with the same class all day (for the most part).
- Everyday students have a different schedule. Some days I finish at 12 and other days I finish at 6.
- Students are a lot sassier to the teachers.
- PDA is normal in the hallways.
- Although school here is longer than it is in America, students here have a lot more breaks in the day.
- The teachers here talk A LOT!
- School food is actually really good and everybody eats at the cantine.
- The textbooks are a lot smaller.
- There are boys and girls bathrooms. (I was shocked to say the least!)
Thats about all that I can think of now.
I have to go do homework but I only have half day of school tomorrow so hopefully I can put another post up and get some pictures on here!
A bientôt!
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