Preparing for education
Today the entire family made preparations for "La Rentree" (back-to-school).
For Jonah, this meant going shopping for a backpack - one of those square backpacks with a French cartoon character on it. He loves it and wore it home from the store proudly.
For Ella, this meant going to her school to meet her teachers. The director of the school had told us earlier this week that we would be able to meet the teacher this afternoon, and that she would call us in the morning to arrange a time. I'm sure she's extremely busy, and she didn't call. So, around 2 pm we just stopped by to see if it would be possible. We were told they were too busy to meet with us just then, but I left my cell phone number just in case. The moment we walked in the door of the apartment (we live about 2 minutes from the school) they called and said we could come back. When we returned we stepped right into a fight between the guardian of the school (who believed it was impossible and unthinkable for the teachers to meet with us and no one should have okayed it) and the nice women who had given us the permission (not sure who they are exactly, but we appreciated their help). Despite the guardian standing between us and the classroom door, the teachers managed to slip out into the hallway to say hello. There are 2 teachers because the regular teacher will be on leave for the first two months of school, so another teacher will be filling in. Both will be there tomorrow for a class picture, though. Both teachers (Isabelle and Gail) were very sweet and reassuring. They talked to Ella a little bit (which she appeared not to understand at all) and they told her that they both speak some English if she really gets stuck. We also learned that there is not a half day of school on Wednesday as we had previously thought, but no school at all. I'm sure Ella will need that day to recupperate from trying to understand French all day Monday and Tuesday!
For us, that meant picking up our registration forms from the Marie for the city run adult education classes. Abe is applying to take a French class (which meets in Ella's school on Tuesday and Thursday evenings). I am applying to take a French pastry making class on Wednesday afternoons. It's meant for people planning a career in the pastry business. I'm not planning this in the short term, but you never know where life will lead...Ohio could use a good French pastry shop!
For Jonah, this meant going shopping for a backpack - one of those square backpacks with a French cartoon character on it. He loves it and wore it home from the store proudly.
For Ella, this meant going to her school to meet her teachers. The director of the school had told us earlier this week that we would be able to meet the teacher this afternoon, and that she would call us in the morning to arrange a time. I'm sure she's extremely busy, and she didn't call. So, around 2 pm we just stopped by to see if it would be possible. We were told they were too busy to meet with us just then, but I left my cell phone number just in case. The moment we walked in the door of the apartment (we live about 2 minutes from the school) they called and said we could come back. When we returned we stepped right into a fight between the guardian of the school (who believed it was impossible and unthinkable for the teachers to meet with us and no one should have okayed it) and the nice women who had given us the permission (not sure who they are exactly, but we appreciated their help). Despite the guardian standing between us and the classroom door, the teachers managed to slip out into the hallway to say hello. There are 2 teachers because the regular teacher will be on leave for the first two months of school, so another teacher will be filling in. Both will be there tomorrow for a class picture, though. Both teachers (Isabelle and Gail) were very sweet and reassuring. They talked to Ella a little bit (which she appeared not to understand at all) and they told her that they both speak some English if she really gets stuck. We also learned that there is not a half day of school on Wednesday as we had previously thought, but no school at all. I'm sure Ella will need that day to recupperate from trying to understand French all day Monday and Tuesday!
For us, that meant picking up our registration forms from the Marie for the city run adult education classes. Abe is applying to take a French class (which meets in Ella's school on Tuesday and Thursday evenings). I am applying to take a French pastry making class on Wednesday afternoons. It's meant for people planning a career in the pastry business. I'm not planning this in the short term, but you never know where life will lead...Ohio could use a good French pastry shop!
posted by M-E Family at 9:48 PM
2 Comments:
I am gaining weight just reading about your being a french pastry chef.
Hi guys,
Looks like french messages don't come across on your blog (such as mine way back at the beginning of summer); so now in W.S's language... Glad you're having a great time- perhaps you will understand why I feel that I've been on a european vacation for the last 32 years!! So let me help you open some horizons and give me a shout here in Geneva. Also send me your email address. If you run out of ideas and get bored stiff take the TGV Gare du Nord to Lille; it's a cool flemish city within french border and there's a local art show on NikelTitane where I'm exhibiting two installations. In fact I'm going up again on next Friday 30 Sept for the closing of the show (which is on Sunday evening-) and take it all down for transport back to Geneva. Check out: www.lillemetropole.fr/page.php?P=data/ actualites/actualites_metropolitaines/expositions/
and/or
www.physique2005-5962.org/presse/memoire.pdf
Otherwise I'll probably be up in Paris 12-14 Oct. Love to say hi.
Cheers,
Emile
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