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The Last Few Weeks
... the end of the test, the surveiller (who is very nice) asked to read my test. She called me to her desk and for the first time in my whole life, she told me that she didn't understand what I wrote. I immediately burst into tears. I have always been good with words. I can always say exactly what i want to say and people always get what I mean. But learning another language means learning new ways to communicate, and it was the first time ...
Big Day Today
... of the forest and walked along a canal. After countless complaints from my sister, I realized that I was exactly like her when I was younger: perfectly capable of walking 6 miles, but it's more fun to complain and whine and say that you can't. I laughed a few times to myself. At one point, we turned and walked on the paved roads that run between the farms. Gucci went off and sniffed all the crops. The weather was ...
Making Progress
... later, I would know that there was some text missing. If you look at my notes from the first 2 weeks, there were more ellipses than words.
Today, we were talking about the way an eye works and my teacher had us write down the lesson for the day. About halfway through the period, I realized that I only had 2 ellipses for 3 pages of text. I had the biggest smile on my face. My friend ...
Thinking of Home
... grades. Every test and piece of work is graded out of 20. Anything above 10 is good and anything above a 15 is excellent. Getting a 20 is about the same thing as 150% on a test in the US. So when my teacher handed it out, everyone was absolutely shocked. She made a point to tell the class that they need to work harder because I don't even entirely understand the language but I could finish the entire test without a mistake. Suffice to say I was proud of myself.
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Reciting Poetry
... day. Well Friday, I got an announcement for Monday, and I forgot to get the signature. My teacher told me that I didn't need to complete the punishment because it was my first time. The other students that were punished had to recite a 32 line Fable by Jean de la Fontaine in front of the class on Monday. I got a sudden rush of bravery when she announced that. I decided to memorize the poem in one night.
When I got to class ...