Rebonjour tout le monde!
It's been a while and things seem to be getting more hectic given the time of year {i've heard you only get as much as you can handle...someone out there must think i'm a rockstar}. This time in the semester is always just awful in a variety of ways. Enough pessimism for now. The silver lining is that in under 4 weeks, I will be on a plane to France!! Needless to say, the excitement is building. To add to this already bursting balloon of excitement, I got an email the other day with my school placements for my time in Amiens. For those of you who don't know, I will be assisting at different schools throughout Amiens. The idea is to not only immerse yourself completely in France, but also learn a bit about the education system in France/different teaching techniques. So...here is what I drew out of the black satin hat:
Part 1- Lycée Edouard Gand {students aged 15-18}
Part 2- École Primaire Delpech {elementary students}
Part 3- Collège Jean-Marc Laurent {students ages 11-14}
Once I got my placements, I felt really excited but then had this wave of nervousness hit me. There are 4 other people going with me to Amiens for this program. What didn't occur to me until now, as the idea of it is getting more and more real, is that although I will be spending time with these people, I will essentially be completely separated from everyone the rest of the time. Other than my trip to France the first time {even though I was around some english speakers}, this will be the first time for me to be in the country completely surrounded by the language without my "security blanket," which in this case is the ability to expect to hear english at any given moment. That can be pretty scary, but I really think it's going to be fun and help my french at the same time. Hopefully I can speak the language as well as I think, and won't say or make too many huge mistakes. I want to get a chance to get to know the students and have actual conversations, instead of getting my words jumbled all the time. Guess it's time to do a final review of my tenses.
In honor of all of the above, today's TBT is dedicated to the first time I knew I was French in a past life.
first glass of wine in France
In front of Notre Dame de Paris
Musée Rodin
Centre Pompidou
just a little coffee break
bonne soirée tout le monde
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