First Week of School

     So, in the time interval between my posts, i have started and finished one full official week of school! The high school in France is very different from America. The structure of the school resembles more of a college, with a schedule in which you have different classes just about every day and at different times, making some days last for only 3 or 4 hours while others last for 8 or 9 hours. I personally prefer the system in America a little more, but the school is still fantastic so far.

     Having most of the same classes as another exchange student is really nice, and it makes things go much smoother with the overall transition from the more guided home life to a more independent setting. I have talked to a lot of students in my classes and have made friends with a lot of my older host brother's (Hugo) circle of friends. The classes are quite difficult to understand, but a lot of the subjects i have already studied and know a fair amount about, such as math, lab-bio, history, and of course, English. English class is kind of seeming like a little bit of a let down at the moment because the teacher is visibly "uncomfortable" when she speaks the language, with a bizarre French British accent by the way, and it seems like is true hat most French people really don like speaking other languages then French! Coming up his weekend i will also be getting to meet he other foreign exchange students in what seems o be he whole south eastern area of France, and we are going o some mountain resort thing or something, not entirely clear.

     As for my own progress in French, i can kind of notice that i am able to better break down sentences and when others talk it seems to be slower than it was when i first got here, though i'm not entirely sure. As for making replies and speaking in French, i have a small arsenal of phrases that i feel pretty relaxed with, such as regular greetings and very basic topics of questions. Understanding the context of a situation better, or just outright guessing what a person just said, allows me to look less of a fool when i am in a conversation, which i have progressively gotten better at. And my last thought on my progress in French is that i translate most of what i think into French just as a habit now and i also had a dream with a few French phrases in it. I'll be sure to post pictures on some other day, maybe on the weekend.