they're the same pretty much wherever you go. the kids here seem a little smarter on foreign topics, prob. because they are forced to more than kids in the states.
i visited 2 classes today. the first was brutal; i was nervous and no one asked me any questions. the second was better, i was more animated and asked them more questions. coming up with lesson topics should be interesting. someone suggested tongue twisters. anyone else got anything?
i did laundry today. what a joke! holy shit, i was the only one in there and loaded my clothes just fine but then had to figure out which button to push on the wall. each machine has a coordinating button to make it work after the money is inserted. before i knew it, i'd pushed some button for the soap to come out of this whole other contraption on the wall. i left a big pile of soap on the floor. the dryer was a lot easier.
i also went to the prefecture today to apply for this carte de sejour pass which allows me to enter the country freely. oy, i'm amazed i made it out alive. they have very little patience there for shitty speakers like me... but i have an appointment on oct.22 to go back with all my red tape paperwork filled out. bravo for me.
tomorrow i am going to apply for a card which allows me to eat meals in the cafeteria here.
some info about my school: there are about 1000 students in 10th to 12th grade and 2 years beyond. they are mostly women. 2 girls asked me to coffee sometime next week, and i said yes. a class told me how to ride the bus today and one of the teachers gave me some extra tickets. so far so good.
off to make dinner.