7 AM…not the best time to get up in the morning, but that’s what time I was awoken this morning to get ready for school. I commenced the day with history…which is by far my favorite class. My professor is hilarious…and I can actually understand a good portion of what’s happening (I think probably because I’ve already studied the material). I actually attempted to say something aloud in class today, and the words came out of my mouth not unlike someone falling down a flight of stairs. I was proud of myself though…for actually speaking aloud in class (in French), but it’s annoying knowing what I want to say and having it come out with the sentence structure of a four year old.
I…hate…physics. English or French, doesn’t really matter, I just don’t like science in general (funny how I’m in the scientific track of my high school). Anyways, I understood about as much Physics as I did Math yesterday, so I kind of tried to copy what the girl was drawing off the board but then it basically turned into me coloring my schedule in for two hours.
Then philosophy, where we sat for two hours and picked apart a paragraph from some philosopher named Spinoza (that even the French students said was written awkwardly and hard to comprehend). I actually understood a lot, and tried, again with great valor but not so great of an outcome, to explain a point that was inside my head. Two hours is just way too long for a class to be, so by the end of the first hour I just kind of stop paying attention.
Today was a “half day” which meant getting out at 1 instead of 4ish. This fact is funny because last year I started school at 7:50, had an hour for lunch, and got out around 1:10, I guess that shows a great disparity between our schooling systems. I don’t think French students really get senioritis.
I went and hung out with my friends at Parc Monceau again today. We played cards, which was fun because I’m starting to get a hold of the Tarot game. Sidenote: if you want to impress Europeans, learn how to shuffle and bridge a deck, they really have no idea how you do it and it also provides entertainment in watching them attempt to shuffle the cards. Anyways, that was very relaxing then I came home and ate more than I have in my entire life. That is all.
Brent
2 comments:
I'm glad to see that you're finally going to have a senior year that will require some effort!
And, I'm glad you can enlighten the French as to the important card shuffling skills.
P.s. Christian says he is surprised the teens here don't play cards at lunch. He said he and his friends played a lot.
Love you lots and lots,
Mom
Hey, Im glad Im not the only one who basically spaces out during those 2 hour class periods, but Im no where near the point of speaking out loud. The teachers will say things to me 3 times in French then attempt English before I understand. Oops. But it was awesome, I was told I'm the best in math class (which took me 5 minutes to understnad).
Keep me posted about that beard.
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