SCHOOL
Firstly, I am going to elaborate on the school day. In the middle and high school, the school day depends on what classes one has and when they have them. None of this nonsense of having to come in at 7:30 for a study hall. Haha. Also, this logic is the same for the teachers. The first "period" (i hvae no idea what its called in french) starts at 8:15. Each class last for about an hour (unless in your schedule the class is 2 or 3 hours long) with about 5 minutes between classes. While those of you from Marlington may think that I am luky with 5 minutes between classes, it is necessary that you realize that my school has 5 stories (in english) and sometimes I have to climb 3 flights to go from one class to another. At 10 and 4 there are breaks called "recreation" or "des pauses". These breaks last for 15 minutes and everyone goes out the front door of the school to smoke. It is unbelieveable for me that they do this right outside the front door! Smoking is one of the grossest things ever! I know that I will never be able to start smoking. Depending on the day, the final class (for me) ends at 6 o'clock.
For me, in the mornings, tuesday wednesday and thursday, I start at 8 and friday and saturday I start at 9. Mondays are a little more complicated. Every other Monday I start at 9 and the pther week, I start at 11. IN the afternoons, on Mon. Tues. and Fri, I finish at 6 and Wed. Thurs. and Sat. I finish at noon. I'm actually pretty lucky lol. I have the normal classes for a junior who is in the Litterature truack. Each week, I have french litterature (6 hours), history/geography (4 hours), spanish level 2 (1 less than the highest level)(2hours), math (2 hours), english (highest level lol)( 3 or 4 hours depending on the week) music (2 hours), science (1.5 hours), theater (5 hours) , PE (2 hours and we're working out now. next we'll rock climb then do rythmic gymnastics and then softbal) and TPE ( a type of group research project for 2 hours). That means that depending on the week, I have between 31.5 or 32.5 hours of class. That doesn't even include lunch or the holes in my schedule. after looking at my schedule, I am at school between 39 and 41 hours (depending on whether or not I eat lunch at school Wed and Thurs. I belive that at Marlington, including everything, one is at school for less than 35 hours each week. And, believe it or not, there is soooooo much more homework here!
My classes are a mixture of very interesting, mildly interesting, rather boring, and complete waste of my time lol. But, I think that everyone has that problem wherever in the world they are. Theater class is really really interesting. We are in the process of reading/doing a play by Bertlot Brecht which in french is called "La bon âme de Se Tchoun" I love going to this class. Another interesting class is surprisingly english. While it is very easy for me, the teacher makes me do all of the homework and tests in french. I love it. It's a little difficult because I don't have the same chance to learn the vocab as the rest of the clas but, it's a great chance to expand my vocabulary. French Lit. is interesting but very hard. The actual french isn't the hard part, it's the way of doing it. There is a certain way to do the homework that is very tricky. Also, there is a cerain way to take notes and write the tests. It's a little hard for an outsider to understand all of the rituals but, slowly but surely I'm learning. the other classes are pretty much the pits lol. Music is fine and so is PE (super easy). Spanish is hard. My level isn't where it needs to be. It's not really my fault or the fault of past teachers. In reality, my level is really good for only 2 years of spanish. The problem is that for my 2 years, everyone else has 5. There is just a slight difference there. HIstory is not fun because the teacher doesn't really like me and yells at me all of the time. Hopefully it gets better. And last but not least, math. wow. It really is quite horrid. We have been working on the same worksheet with the same 7 problems for the last 6 weeks now. It's not even hard. For goodness sake it's percentages. I think that it is even easier than OGT math class lol.
Lunch is crazy! Most days, I have a 2 hour hole in my schedule to eat. To accomodate the crazy amount of students who need to eat in the little cafeteria, there are 2 lines: priority and not. If you only have an hour to eat, you get to go first. Then all of the middle schoolers eat and then the high schoolers with more than an hour. ON average, it takes a little more than 45 minutes to go through the lunch line. The food is relatively good though. You get a lot. FOr example, last week, I ate 2 pieces of nice, french bread, a salad, a kiwi, a chunk of brie (cheese) and a huge plate of spaghetti and meatballs. There are also a lot of choices. When I change families in Dec though, I think that I will probably go home for lunch every day.
All in all, school is fine. It's something to do. It's interesting enough and, I get the chance to socialize.
If you have any questions ever about anything, don't hesitate to ask.
Gotta bounce. Kisses!
For me, in the mornings, tuesday wednesday and thursday, I start at 8 and friday and saturday I start at 9. Mondays are a little more complicated. Every other Monday I start at 9 and the pther week, I start at 11. IN the afternoons, on Mon. Tues. and Fri, I finish at 6 and Wed. Thurs. and Sat. I finish at noon. I'm actually pretty lucky lol. I have the normal classes for a junior who is in the Litterature truack. Each week, I have french litterature (6 hours), history/geography (4 hours), spanish level 2 (1 less than the highest level)(2hours), math (2 hours), english (highest level lol)( 3 or 4 hours depending on the week) music (2 hours), science (1.5 hours), theater (5 hours) , PE (2 hours and we're working out now. next we'll rock climb then do rythmic gymnastics and then softbal) and TPE ( a type of group research project for 2 hours). That means that depending on the week, I have between 31.5 or 32.5 hours of class. That doesn't even include lunch or the holes in my schedule. after looking at my schedule, I am at school between 39 and 41 hours (depending on whether or not I eat lunch at school Wed and Thurs. I belive that at Marlington, including everything, one is at school for less than 35 hours each week. And, believe it or not, there is soooooo much more homework here!
My classes are a mixture of very interesting, mildly interesting, rather boring, and complete waste of my time lol. But, I think that everyone has that problem wherever in the world they are. Theater class is really really interesting. We are in the process of reading/doing a play by Bertlot Brecht which in french is called "La bon âme de Se Tchoun" I love going to this class. Another interesting class is surprisingly english. While it is very easy for me, the teacher makes me do all of the homework and tests in french. I love it. It's a little difficult because I don't have the same chance to learn the vocab as the rest of the clas but, it's a great chance to expand my vocabulary. French Lit. is interesting but very hard. The actual french isn't the hard part, it's the way of doing it. There is a certain way to do the homework that is very tricky. Also, there is a cerain way to take notes and write the tests. It's a little hard for an outsider to understand all of the rituals but, slowly but surely I'm learning. the other classes are pretty much the pits lol. Music is fine and so is PE (super easy). Spanish is hard. My level isn't where it needs to be. It's not really my fault or the fault of past teachers. In reality, my level is really good for only 2 years of spanish. The problem is that for my 2 years, everyone else has 5. There is just a slight difference there. HIstory is not fun because the teacher doesn't really like me and yells at me all of the time. Hopefully it gets better. And last but not least, math. wow. It really is quite horrid. We have been working on the same worksheet with the same 7 problems for the last 6 weeks now. It's not even hard. For goodness sake it's percentages. I think that it is even easier than OGT math class lol.
Lunch is crazy! Most days, I have a 2 hour hole in my schedule to eat. To accomodate the crazy amount of students who need to eat in the little cafeteria, there are 2 lines: priority and not. If you only have an hour to eat, you get to go first. Then all of the middle schoolers eat and then the high schoolers with more than an hour. ON average, it takes a little more than 45 minutes to go through the lunch line. The food is relatively good though. You get a lot. FOr example, last week, I ate 2 pieces of nice, french bread, a salad, a kiwi, a chunk of brie (cheese) and a huge plate of spaghetti and meatballs. There are also a lot of choices. When I change families in Dec though, I think that I will probably go home for lunch every day.
All in all, school is fine. It's something to do. It's interesting enough and, I get the chance to socialize.
If you have any questions ever about anything, don't hesitate to ask.
Gotta bounce. Kisses!
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