I began my French classes today and had a glance of what the next 4 months will look like; it's too soon to tell whether I like them or not. My professor speaks incredibly slow, which I suppose helps when I'm not sure what she's saying, but it felt too slow and I got distracted too easily because I wasn't focusing all of my brain power to understand her. We started with introductions, which took about 3 and a half hours -- not joking -- then squeezed in a half hour of grammar, which we will finish tomorrow. I'm used to more fast-paced classes, so I'm not used to it yet, but perhaps this class will be good for me. Time will tell.
In my language courses I'll be with the same group of 15ish students every day for every class, and I only have 2 different professors (this could be good or bad). The students in my class are exchange students from all over the world, which is really awesome because, in a few cases, the only common language is French. It seems as though the American students only ever want to speak English, which is disheartening, but it's probably because they're all a little unsure of what they're saying and don't want to mess up, even though we all inevitably do. Hopefully this will change quickly.
I'll be attending classes everyday from 8AM to 5PM or 9AM to 3PM(depending on the day). I have 2 hour breaks between each of my classes when I will more than likely do my homework (what else will I do?). I noticed today that the French don't really pay attention to time; both of my classes started and ended late because the class before us didn't get out on time and neither did we! There are no clocks in the classrooms, so either the students have to pay attention to our watches or the next professor has to poke in his or her head to remind us that another class needs the classroom.
This was only day one, and I'm sure many more impressions of my classes are to come. À la prochaine!
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