Au debut: It has come to my attention that my spelling on here is... less than stellar. I apologize but I can't say it is going to get much better. All my mental energy is focused on learning to think in French, and as such English is not very important. I have not been editing my posts at all so please excuse my English.
Ma premier jour du lycee. First day of school. I am entered in Premier (the equivelent to 11th grade) and ES (economics) so I have to take some French, Math, History, English and Italian (I chose that one, maybe Jennifer and Maria can talk with me when I get home?) and lots of economics and social studies. Two dreaded hours of biology (can you imagine all that crazy naming in French?) but...pas de chemie! Yaaay. That was why I chose ES because while I like math, I really really don't want to struggle through science in French.
Beacoup des profs font la grève maintenant. (Many of the teachers are on strike right now) and so even though we had finnished enrolling me by... somewhere between 9 and 10 (in the US there are clocks everywhere, here, there is one in the house and I am yet to find one in the school) my teachers were not there and so I didn't have to go to school before 2 because here there are no substitutes, if the teacher is not there you don't have to go to class. I am in P3, so I have all my classes with another group of ES students. Here, you have all your classes with the same group of students which is really really helpful for getting around and I have found several people who will help me with my school work. There is another exchange student from Brazil in P3 who speaks English well but can not speak any French. Two girls, Iness and Juliette I think, found me just before French class started and introduced me to their friend Sophien (sp?) and they all helped me throughout French class. When I was totally lost on my way to gym (they were talking to friends) I met Sophie, Charlotte and the other exchange student, they helped me figure out what was going on. I love friendly helpful people. We didn't really do much in PE and it ended an hour early and I walked home in the lovely weather (lots and lots of rain).
Love you all!
Mots de le Jour:
Roman- a story or novel, my French class was very hard to understand before I asked someone what it meant.
Mouille- wet, like the bottoms of my jeans when I walked in the house today and my laundry that Malika did for me (I keep trying to do things and she refuses to let me). I have had to ask her the word 3 times already.
Un eclair- a flash of lighting and Tonnerre- thunder, both of which I have seen in the last few minutes and looked up, but it is not nearly as beautiful or loud as a summer storm in Texas.