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Am I the only one to have disliked the film Amélie ?
It seems so. My next-to-last project, nearly done, is what the instructor calls a compte-rendu of the long and predictable film. My last assignment, just begun, is a PowerPoint about why it too...
Another thing about French -- Le futur historique
Par exemple (from Lawless French https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/historical-tenses/): “Deux ans plus tard naît leur fille, Irène, qui deviendra, elle aussi, une grande scientifique.” I fe...
New understanding of "Psycho Killer" lyrics
It turns out that the real lyrics are: Ce que j’ai fait, ce soir-là Ce qu’elle a dit, ce soir-là Réalisant mon espoir Je me lance vers la gloire, okay All this time–more than 40 years–I’ve bee...
100% on French assignments
However, I don’t think anyone who turned all the work, no matter what the quality, got less than an A. I think the French department thinks of its students sort of like my tiny library thinks o...
Did my homework, did my taxes, need new door
The discussion questions, 1.7% of my final grade, took about four hours. It was a deep dive into Guillaume Apollinaire. These classes are a boatload of work but are the main thing getting me thr...
Final paper (boring!) / am really going to have to call plumber
There’s probably about 10 hours’ work in this, believe it or not! I’m thinking about making a personal website to stick all these things in, or maybe I can do this through the University of Cinc...
Waiting for the oral exam (boring)
Sue me, but I’m going to read my PowerPoint aloud. It will take about 7 minutes and 44 seconds, which is comfortably with in the 5-10 minute required range. There are 13 slides including the Ouv...
Three days off in a row / French Paper 4
I worked today and so have tomorrow and Sunday off, and then Monday is my floating holiday. My annual review did not go well but in ways I didn’t anticipate. 408 days to go, but many are non-wor...
Final Paper Topic
The first four (of which she’s only graded one) were meant to be about 400 words. This one is 900 words and has to be done according to MLA style. So, like for me, that’s, MLA! Bring it on! How ...
French test incredibly hard / I hate the Portails 2 bot
I only got a 92 on the last test, which seemed easy, due to (a) stupid, stupid careless grammar mistakes and (b) not listening to the bot’s question all the way through. This one was harder bec...
The new French teacher is a harder grader than the last one
Feeling discouraged
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