Monday: 9-10 English, 10-11 French literature (in which my brain melts), lunch, 12-13 english agaaaain, 13-14 history (my professor is so nice in this class, he always plays classical music and gives us chocolate :) aaand 14-15 i meet with a frenchie and help her with english (i haven't actually started doing this yet, but on monday i will)
Tuesday: 9-10 English, 10-12 P.E. (climbing at the moment), 12-13 fucking english again, lunch, 14-15 French lit, hour break = useless, and finally 16-17 math
Wednesday: 8-9 Biology, 9-10 Math, 10-11 english
Thursday: 8-9 Spanish, 9-11 French lit, then a three hour break, 14-15 English, and 15-17 my 'European' class which is history in english and french
Friday: 8-9 Spanish, 9-10 History, 10-12 French lit
and because french school is mean,
Saturday: 8-9 Chemistry, 9-11 History
So yeahhhh, i don't like school. But anyways, other than school, i am having a good time :) There have been many instances when i have wished you two could be with me, thinking of sarcastic comments to make, and laughing at ourselves :) highschool in forest city feels like decades ago, but i will never forget alllll the time we had to waste together, because it was the best part, by far.
The other day at school i was sitting with a couple people from my class, waiting to go to lit, and a guy decided to squeeze in between me and the girl i was sitting next to, and talk to us. So, inevitably, he found out that i was American, and instantly about 7 other guys flocked. It is so absurd how much of a novelty i am here, Jannie, you must have felt like this too, americans are just as bad :) I have decided to start telling guys that i have a boyfriend, because when they find out that i don't, everything gets ridiculous. French teenagers are exactly like american ones in their social behaviors. Well, i suppose there are slight differences, but overall, there are just as many idiots, just as many carlys (not very many, carlys are hard to come by) and just as many helplessly dorky people. Although, everyone dresses a little bit better here.
Being here has given me a great appreciation of independence. As of now, i feel aggravatingly young, despite the fact that i am older than most everyone around me. I do not like having to rely on other people for so many things, but at the moment i don't really have a choice. However, the more i learn, the happier i get, mostly because i feel like i am getting myself back, rather than living with a strange version of me in which i live inside my head, feeling like a stupid kid. If you want to be humbled, move to a country in which you cannot understand or speak the language, it definitely works.
I think the US public education system does a great disservice to the youth of america by not teaching language at an early age, we take our natural english speaking ability for granted, don't bother to learn other languages and stupidly assume that everyone else in the world should adjust to our culture. Blehhhh it's rather disgusting.
So anywayyyy, i miss you both, and love youuu :) Laura, i wish so badly that you could be here next week with jannie and me, it won't be the same with out you :( But we will reunite eventually, and it will be AWESOME. Alors, a bientot :)
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