Happy October!

I cannot believe that it is October already!!! I have been back in France for a month and I am in full swing of normal activities. 

School...Last week was my first full week of classes and like normal, I have a ton to do. I only have 10 hours of class a week but that means I have at least 20-30 hours of work to do outside of class. But I'm used to not sleeping so why change things now? ;) In general classes are great! I am known as the "American" which I find hilarious because at CSUSM I was the "Frenchie." As for the classes themselves, I have four taught in English with a hint of French mixed in and the other is in French. I've found a few big differences between the US and French education systems: 1) the facilities are crap! To all of you who complain about Academic hall at CSUSM...you have nothing on me! trust me! I'm paying practically nothing for my degree here so I guess the saying "you get what you pay for" is very true. 2) you either have an exposé or an exam at the end of the semester and that is it! In three of my classes, I have exposés over the next three weeks and then just reading to do! I know I will have one oral exam at the end of January and for my last class, I have no idea because the prof hasn't even began the class! and that leads me to number 3) profs apparently do things as they want. If they don't want to hold class for two weeks, they don't! It's ridiculous! I am liking it though...it's fun to be back in my academic element as I iron out the details of my "what's next"

It is incredible that I have been able to do all of this. There are plenty of challenges and things I still need to figure out but I'm getting there! My French is back and its improving rapidly once more and I LOVE that...the frenchie is in her element :)

Time to get to work! Bises de Bordeaux!

:)