So there is sun today, but it's still minus a billion degrees. And also I can't SEE the sun because the buildings are too high, so it doesn't count. So no sun. France has no sun.
At the start of the day they had some sort of class thing where they got their averages for their notes for the term... or something. It is pretty much the worst thing ever, I think. This guy sits up the front of the class and calls out names one by one and reads their reports in front of everyone. And the person who is getting the marks has to stand up while they're being read out and everyone looks at them. I suppose it's good for the people who get good marks to get some recognition or something, but oohhh, the people that didn't.
Sample: Teacher Dude (keep in mind that this guy has one seriously cold voice): "Jean-Paul Jacques" (I don't remember who this was so that is now his name.)
(JPJ stands up. TOTAL SILENCE for about 5 seconds)
TD (eyes narrowed) - "11.3. (more pause) Bof. (Rough translation: "Meh," but more dismissively formal. The teacher looked absolutely disdainful when he said it)
TD then goes on to bawl out the guy for having un "unacceptable" number of sicknesses. He told Juliette's friend Heloise that from now on she had to sit up the front because she wasn't good enough to sit up the back. I honestly expected him to take a cane out from behind his desk and start giving 10 lashes to anyone who got below 12. So yeah, I spent most of the class up the back with my eyebrows almost up to my hairline. Luckily Juliette came top of the class.
I can't get my head around that English (i.e. book study with Ms Bourne and the like) is called French. I don't care if they speak another language. They can just deal. They are studying a play called "Lorenzaccio" which I do not understand. There is a marquise in it and at the end someone called Alexandre dies. Despite spending two lessons on it no-one has read aloud from it, hardly anyone seems to have their copy with them, and the teacher has only mentioned one or two quotes. This confuses me. I think they have all read it at home but what is the point of that? How ca you study a text when they just get lectures on which of the characters are ambiguous and which are not?
Oh, and Juliette forgot to give me the key again. Luckily a nice lady let me in.
--Emma
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Ha!
First,i haven't read the book yet but,i do agree with you, this is really boring.
&second,i didn't forget to give you the keys! I told you there was someone home because,she is there everyday.I forgot yesterday but not today.
Your friends are going to think i'm a terrible friend.. :(
But how am I supposed to get inside to ring the bell?!
You're not terrible. I'll tell them you're not terrible!
Okay,i didn't give you the code to enter..
I suuuuuck !
Sorry :(
Aw, Juliette is so nice! How unfortunate for her that she ended up with you as a host sister.
She's also probably better at English than you. I bet she doesn't mention Spiderman 3 in English.
juliette dont worry- i think your AWESOME
We already think you are nicer than Emma, and we haven't even met you.
Haha,&how can yuo say that? :)
You know nothing about me..But,thanks :D
Be careful, Juliette, Nicola's just being friendly so that she can tie you to a chair and make you watch hours of Neighbours when you come to Melbourne.
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