school house rock

For the past two weeks we been observing classes (ish). The teachers have been giving the students the oppotunity to ask us questions in English. We have gotten some real gems such as;

• what is your name? (this actually gets a big laugh when they hear our accent. ps katie is now known as 'Kelly' and Mary E is 'Mary-Elisabit')
• do you like maple syrup/you ahh like pancake?
• do you want to learn how to do a french kiss?
• do you think french men are beautiful/do you prefer france or canada?
• you have big teets! (comment to katie...)

-> Katie is the language assistant at Le Grand Chenois (which is a short walk from our flat). The staff are a rowdy crowd and we saw this first hand last tuesday when we went with them for a bowling night. It was a classy spot (star bowl) and we had dinner (various cold salads, sandwich meats, baguettes, cheese and radishes) and some wine. It was pretty fun when we got the double kissing total strangers down. There was one monsieur who had some mad scruff who double kissed every person there. All of the students smoke and it is a bit of an obstacle course to get through them in the morning. Katie feels important because she has her own keys and even a 'pigeon hole'. We all feel like the teachers are not very accomodating toward us, sometimes we feel like we are in the way or they can't be bothered with us. Katie feels unwanted (but not by the students). Anyway things should improve when we begin taking our own groups. When it comes to lunch time steer clear of the caf at Le Grand Chenois. Katie thought she was getting a pastry...turns out it was fish innards yum yum. (sidenote: last week katie again thought she was getting a pastry and it was cheese...i think we will work on that with her)

-> Speaking of fish, Mary Elizabeth had a ballin' lunch at her school, Lycee Armand Peugeot. There was a special lunch for her and Becky, the german assistant. So there was a little speech then we all had some scotch and cheetos, then for lunch we had shark! Ferocious! and crepes as well. it was a great french lunch! School is going pretty well for her, she is also excited to start her own lessons. It is about a 25 minute bus ride to get there. The school day is very different from Canada. Classes go from 8-5:30. death. However, we only have to work 12 hours a weeks so we can't really complain.