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This morning I had my last class with rowdy, lovable 2de 5, the sporty class whose students assured me last week “We are not the children.” I made them chocolate chip cookies and they were really pleased. I was sad to say goodbye, but it didn’t seem […]
Bret’s Angry Dance, Flight of the Conchords episode 12.
On par with Napoleon Dynamite, I think.
[This actually happened a long time ago, but while I’m writing, I might as well share it.]
The woman at my school in charge of all the finances, the intendante, is very sweet. I’ve been to see her a few times to buy lunch at school, so she knows who I am. She is always smiling […]
Yesterday in class, I had my secondes (sophomores) play a game in which they were divided into two teams. This particular class is composed entirely of sportifs, students who are seriously involved in a sport in high school and who take four years to finish instead of the usual three. My school is special because […]
This article describes the recent dance craze in France, called the Tektonik. There are some videos as well. My students love this dance and talk about it all the time–I would have mentioned it earlier but I didn’t know how to describe it. This is the description I have from my students: ”Ben… tu te décoiffes… […]
Barack Obama’s speech on race was so good that just reading it made me sort of tear up. It would probably sound pretty hokey to my students, since they have no reason to feel proud of the United States, but my first urge was to show it to them. But they wouldn’t be […]
My favorite class and I are watching a film known in France as Ricky Bobby. I figured even if they hated it, they would at least have something to talk about.
They don’t think it’s that funny, of course, because they are just reading the subtitles. Sometimes they shoot me puzzled glances when I’m […]
It’s like if I said “We’re having pasta for dinner tonight, but I’m not going to tell you what vegetable we’re using. Surprise! It’s tomato!” It’s that kind of surprise.
What I’m trying to say is, you’re going to get a tomato cake.
Said Joe, as he was leaving on a secret mission to retrieve a birthday […]
AV Club interview with Will Ferrell
Kids Today Have It So Easy…