I've officially been given clearance from the Inspection office in Nice and both my schools to leave after next week. And I'm only probably going to work on Monday and Tuesday.
Then my time working for the French government is up.
It's funny because now that I'm about to leave and have friends visitng, I've been doing all the fun things I should have been doing this entire time here. And I'm really enjoying myself! Maybe it's because I know that I have a finite number of days remaining in this country.
Either way, I've done a lot of administrative crap like filing for an address change (22 € ridiculous!), finishing my CAF document, etc. Basically I'll be keeping my bank account open so that way the CAF can be putting in half of the rent payments that I've made since October all the way through June. Then supposedly I can close the account online, but I'll need to figure that out for sure.
As for today, all afternoon classes were cancelled so the teachers could sit and argue on the new government's plan of action for proposed programs during the 2008-2009 academic year. Supposedly the ministry of education has already signed off on these plans, but all schools are banding together to oppose them.
And as usual, I sat on the side while everyone argued.
But supposedly the new plan includes over ten hours a week of French grammar lessons and the regularly allocated time to foreign languages. That leaves less than five hours of the week to dedicate to geography, math, art, sports, science and maybe one or two other subjects. And don't forget about the two 15-minute recreational breaks they get before and after lunch.
So where does the rest of the time in the day go?
France will be reinstating daily "moral" lessons for the first time since all the teachers were children.
Then my time working for the French government is up.
It's funny because now that I'm about to leave and have friends visitng, I've been doing all the fun things I should have been doing this entire time here. And I'm really enjoying myself! Maybe it's because I know that I have a finite number of days remaining in this country.
Either way, I've done a lot of administrative crap like filing for an address change (22 € ridiculous!), finishing my CAF document, etc. Basically I'll be keeping my bank account open so that way the CAF can be putting in half of the rent payments that I've made since October all the way through June. Then supposedly I can close the account online, but I'll need to figure that out for sure.
As for today, all afternoon classes were cancelled so the teachers could sit and argue on the new government's plan of action for proposed programs during the 2008-2009 academic year. Supposedly the ministry of education has already signed off on these plans, but all schools are banding together to oppose them.
And as usual, I sat on the side while everyone argued.
But supposedly the new plan includes over ten hours a week of French grammar lessons and the regularly allocated time to foreign languages. That leaves less than five hours of the week to dedicate to geography, math, art, sports, science and maybe one or two other subjects. And don't forget about the two 15-minute recreational breaks they get before and after lunch.
So where does the rest of the time in the day go?
France will be reinstating daily "moral" lessons for the first time since all the teachers were children.
2 comments:
the extra french might be good, the mom of a 7yo i tutor complains how little they study french grammar, "not like how i used to" she said. even my 25yo roommate remembers doing big boards of conjugations and stuff. it's hard stuff, if they don't learn it early, the rest of life will be so much harder!
i also might be in favor of the "moral" lessons too, but just because the kids were really evil today and some moralizing might do them some good, and future assistants will have an easier time!
i'm sorry you have to leave early! i hope the last few weeks with her doesn't make you think back on your time in france badly. have fun with your friends and enjoy the time you have left!
moral lessons? you think ucsb will ever pick up on that? i know a few jerks who could use the class... ;-)
if it's sunny there, enjoy it now. i'm home in san ramon right now and it's RAINING. seriously.
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