A day in the life of an English assistant in France

Today was supposed to be my busy day, with 6 classes. Happily last night I got an email saying I wasn't needed at 8 am. So my day began at 9 am where I take just a few students from a brilliant euro class. These students choose to take an extra hour of English and are I believe the friendliest group of kids you could come across. Most of the kids consider it a dream to visit America and they all seem to have an intellectual curiosity and sense of humor, making it my favorite hour of the week. The teacher was concerned that one of the girls wouldn't speak up, but I decided to play a game, Alibi, where everyone has to speak English so it worked out easily. I somehow got last place. We also talked about their future plans, so I may have lost my Alibi game to a future journalist, editor, and diplomat.

The next two hours turned into just an hour of work, where I listened to students (who were just a couple years younger than me) talk about online shopping for groceries. Turns out everyone would prefer to shop in the supermarket. The main reason? They all said, you don't meet people if you shop online. In another class last week I learned about why Walmart and similar large stores wouldn't work in France while they'd work in neighboring countries like, say, Germany- "we care about what we eat."

My last two classes were also cancelled as the kids are on work placements, so my busy day quickly turned into a pretty relaxing one. This gave me a chance to make my almost daily trip to the market- no need to downsize on trips to the market when its just a matter of walking there, and I have plenty of time for that. At last, I picked up something that will work for hanging my Perpetual Paris calendar!! The nails and thumbtacks didn't work, but these little coat or towel hangers are perfect for the job. Thrilled to have the new addition to my little chambre.