Getting ready to Fall back...

Welllll, it certainly has been a while since I've written... No matter I'll get everyone, (including myself) caught up.
Everyday gets easier and easier, I've hit a few plateaus since I've come as far as speaking, but a lot of people tell me I'm getting a lot better, speaking more rapidly and more correctly. It makes me so happy when people tell me that. I love talking with people I'm comfortable with, hahaha like Olivier's grandmother because everything just flows so well and I rarely feel like I'm grabbing at words. She told me the other night that my French has gotten so much better.

I AM 4th in MY CLASS!!!! Out of all the subjects averaged out, I am number 4 of 22 students. Olivier told me today after school and I was so excited. I also recieved a 10 out of 20 on my Communication Exam today. In the U.S. (and Canada) that may seem really bad (50%) but here in France a 13 is considered pretty good. It's hard to explain, the standard is just different. They don't exactly expect less, it's just different with grades. I saw the grades of the other exams in front of me when the teacher was writing down the scores and I saw 10.5, 15, 7.5, 6... The highest score was 15. I think a good way to explain it is the grading is very objective. French class is pretty much impossible like that. Olivier is first in the class, I gave him a pat on the back. We are such stellar students haha. I told him that I could put that on my college applications maybe and he said that I could also put that I am in love with the kid who's first in the class - joke haha

I taught everyone in Anglais again today and it went really well. I think the kids are more interested and motivated in the class with me showing them things because I actually speak the language and I really want to know how to speak their language too. Plus, I don't yell at them when they mess up or aren't sure like the real teacher.

I found Luisa Junginger on Facebook today. She was a German exchange student not last year but the year before in my French class. She was really good at English when she came, so it was just a matter of becoming fluent. I guess it was because she had spent some time in Texas with her relatives before coming to California. Hopefully we can talk next week.

Going to eat dinner chez Hélène soon. She is really good at making quiche. I will be sure to be more diligent about writing, I feel like I'm always on my toes here though. I don't want life to pass me by!

Good news, a two week vacation is next week! The Audiberts and I are going to Paris and I can't wait!