The children at one school are a little rowdy... Example: Hugo pipi-ed in his chair...Selma pulled Collines hair and broke her pencil...Hugo won't sit in his chair correctly and fell over. I have decided a reward system is in order.
Thank goodness for Achard! Camille loves trying to do a British accent like her Mum and Leandre gave me a heart!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
"Greving" or "Fairing la Greve"
Greve= Strike Faire la greve= Going on strike
Today is the 4th of what will probably be many strikes for the extension of the retirement age in France.
My first encounter with this greve was with my parents in Paris when we got stuck after 15 hours of traveling from SFO to London to Paris. The last leg was, of course, Bordeaux. We couldn't get there because last minute our flight was canceled for the greve. We transferred our flight to ORLY from CDG and slept on the benches at Orly.
Since I live near a main square the Greve march was my alarm. My roommate came out of his room and said "What the hell"? lol even some of the French get annoyed by greves.
At least I don't have work today!
Maybe I'll go check out the laundromat after my run (Riveting...I know). Maybe run by the tourist office (if it is open) to see if there are buses to St. Emilion tomorrow.
Today is the 4th of what will probably be many strikes for the extension of the retirement age in France.
My first encounter with this greve was with my parents in Paris when we got stuck after 15 hours of traveling from SFO to London to Paris. The last leg was, of course, Bordeaux. We couldn't get there because last minute our flight was canceled for the greve. We transferred our flight to ORLY from CDG and slept on the benches at Orly.
Since I live near a main square the Greve march was my alarm. My roommate came out of his room and said "What the hell"? lol even some of the French get annoyed by greves.
At least I don't have work today!
Maybe I'll go check out the laundromat after my run (Riveting...I know). Maybe run by the tourist office (if it is open) to see if there are buses to St. Emilion tomorrow.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Heaven in a jar...
I HAVE DISCOVERED HEAVEN IN A JAR! It is this jelly like Coconut stuff and another that is Banana to put on BREAD. I also found peanut butter, cran juice and SPICY salsa! What grocery shopping spree!?! I even found PUMPKIN soup! It is called Witches Brew :-). I think I am actually looking forward to eating at home this week.Taco Tuesday tomorrow night with the gals.
Now I need to get some binders for my lesson plans.
REALLY annoying: The French use 4 hole punched paper. What is up with that?
The sun actually came out today and it will be out the next couple of days. Grace a Dieu! Rain made for a peaceful Sunday though. I do love how the French do Sundays. No stress because you can't actually get anything accomplished because nothing is open.
Now I need to get some binders for my lesson plans.
REALLY annoying: The French use 4 hole punched paper. What is up with that?
The sun actually came out today and it will be out the next couple of days. Grace a Dieu! Rain made for a peaceful Sunday though. I do love how the French do Sundays. No stress because you can't actually get anything accomplished because nothing is open.
Day 1 of teaching
So last Friday was my first real day of teaching. I have three schools; Schweitzer, Lac II and Achard. I have four classes of CP which means around Kindergarden to 1st grade, four of CE1 CE2 which is like 2nd and 3rd grade and one CM which is like 3rd and 4th grades.
I am astonished with what my CMs know though! I hope I can be as fun and as efficient as their last english teacher.
One of my CM students asked if Michael Jackson was cremated or buried but the word for cremate in French is incinerate. Oy! You would not believe how the French worship Michael Jackson.
The CPs are quite trying because they understand so little even in French let alone have the attention span for English.
I had another first day this morning with CPs. I felt like I was banging my head against the wall trying to get them to be quite for long enough to follow directions for the name tag project.
The other thing that had me beating my head against the wall was trying to schedule and reschedule where I was going to be. None of the numbers or emails I had be given worked in order to confirm!
It is definitely going to take some time to figure this all out...
I am astonished with what my CMs know though! I hope I can be as fun and as efficient as their last english teacher.
One of my CM students asked if Michael Jackson was cremated or buried but the word for cremate in French is incinerate. Oy! You would not believe how the French worship Michael Jackson.
The CPs are quite trying because they understand so little even in French let alone have the attention span for English.
I had another first day this morning with CPs. I felt like I was banging my head against the wall trying to get them to be quite for long enough to follow directions for the name tag project.
The other thing that had me beating my head against the wall was trying to schedule and reschedule where I was going to be. None of the numbers or emails I had be given worked in order to confirm!
It is definitely going to take some time to figure this all out...
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Testing 1,2,3
Alright! My first blog post ever.
This one is going to be short even though I already have so much to share about my first month in Bordeaux. Excited to finally be up and running so I can fill you all in on my French adventures.
Gros biz xx
This one is going to be short even though I already have so much to share about my first month in Bordeaux. Excited to finally be up and running so I can fill you all in on my French adventures.
Gros biz xx
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