Frog Blog

i'm sleepy today for some reason. i had a good night's sleep and a decent lunch but i'm right knackered. maybe because i'm still trying to kick the last of this cold.

went to two classes today, my first official day of work. luckily they were a kind of "meet and greet" set up where i got to meet the students and they asked me questions. uh, yeah, i could just about hear the second hand clicking on my watch it was so quiet in those classrooms. it was like trying to get your dog to carry on a conversation with you about the upcoming election. good lord. luckily, the classes were with "terminale" students, meaning they're getting ready for the bac and this is their last year. also, english/ language isn't their main study; science is. oh, well, hopefully the younger kids who are actually excited and studying languages will be better...

but think back to your high school language courses... remember how boring and stupid they seemed? i remember every monday morning the french teacher would ask us, what did you do this weekend? and we'd always say the same thing, with the same amount of enthusiasm (next to nothing): "j'ai dormi beaucoup," (i slept a lot) or "j'ai fait des courses," (i went shopping, oooooh!!!), etc.

if you don't have to speak english or french or anything non native, why would you? if you don't have to figure out how to say, "can i recharge my phone card here?" or "is there a bathroom nearby?" or "how much does this fruit weigh?" every time you walk out the door, like me, why on earth would you?