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Reims and Repeat: April 2013
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Friday, 19 April 2013. All the world's a stage. Apologies for the lack of posts recently, particularly if you were getting accustomed again to seeing two posts per week (as it was back in the halcyon days of late September and early October). Welcome back, then, to. Edward's classic blogging technique: posting once in a blue moon, and starting every single one of those posts with an apology. Fig 1) Obligatory flashy picture produced by the Académie. As part of its égalité des chances. Ready and excited t...
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Reims and Repeat: December 2012
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Saturday, 22 December 2012. Things I'm learning from teaching. The last week of term has just finished, and already it's blurring into this confused whirlwind of things that happened: going to see The Hobbit. With one of the American assistants (thanks, Heather! Ice-skating for the first time in years, the weekly English-speaking night with other assistants and students from the university . Don't be too ambitious. Make a fool of yourself. There aren't any lessons next door! Monday, 10 December 2012.
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Reims and Repeat: October 2012
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Saturday, 27 October 2012. Things I've learned this week. Just a quick post (as shown by the lack of an open question), after a pretty busy few days in which I discovered quite a few new things about living in France. Specifically:. Presentations on the American elections are genuinely interesting. Unfortunately, during their presentation one group showed us this advert. As an example of Democrat advertising. Whoops. (In their defence, the rest of the class got it .). Shorts are not cool. Speaking of whi...
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Reims and Repeat: September 2012
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Saturday, 29 September 2012. My first day, and other such clichéd titles. So I've been here for about a day now, and have just finished my first day's classes (well, observation). And it's certainly been busy. Of course, I'm only working twelve hours a week, so I wasn't in lessons all day. Instead, I took the opportunity to get some admin done. After my mentor teacher had taken me to get my assurance habitation. A sort of very basic home contents insurance), I took the opportunity to. Explore the centre ...
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Reims and Repeat: January 2013
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Sunday, 27 January 2013. How does a lycée work? Last time on this blog, I said I'd take a look at the French school system. With that in mind, and an empty Sunday ahead of me, I thought I'd deliver on that promise. I've said several times now that I'm "teaching in a lycée. But what exactly does that mean? What is a lycée. What do the students study there? At its heart, a lycée. Before universities, or other forms of tertiary education. Students are split into three years: seconde. 16 - 17) and terminale.
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Reims and Repeat: March 2013
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Monday, 25 March 2013. Coxing in French (Part Two). Regular readers of this blog (all two of you) will remember that, way back in October, I wrote a post about coxing in French. This post will be an update to that, so if a lot of technical talk about rowing isn't your thing, do feel free to come back for my next post. I won't mind. Over the months, I've been doing a variety of things around Régates rémoises. For training off the water, and if a particular age group isn't going out sur l'eau. To take this...
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Reims and Repeat: February 2013
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Friday, 1 February 2013. Things I like, no. 1: the SNCF. On the train.) Or perhaps it's just because, quite simply, the French railways are good places to get work done. The SNCF logo. This one is the newest version, with a. Couple of changes from the one before it: for the graphic. Design nerds, try to spot the three main differences . That offer personal and professional support to the adorable signs on the buses in Reims that advise you to give up your seat par solidarité ou par courtoisie. The SNCF a...
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Reims and Repeat: November 2012
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Sunday, 18 November 2012. I can explain . As far as teaching is concerned, it's going pretty well, actually! Had descended over the class. The Silence. Here refers not to a Doctor Who monster, but to that awful moment during a lesson when everyone is looking down, not meeting your eyes out of a fear of being asked to talk. It's a horrible sensation for a student - I remember it well! And and . and . my teaching website has gone live! What else has been happening? Friday, 2 November 2012. I have a defence...
