Helpin out

O today was funny. My first HEC class, I gave them common sayings like "Money doesn't buy happiness" and had them discuss them in pairs. Went around asking their thoughts, so got to actually talk one-on-one with them, much better. Then made them listen to a Tim McGraw song ("Do you want fries with that?")...gave them the lyrics with certain words blanked out, so they had to fill in the words as they heard them. Pretty fun, I thought. My secondes today spent most of the time in pairs...gave them a bunch of adjectives that they had to put into two groups: those for a good friend and those for an undesirable friend. Discussion one-on-one followed. It was a pair-activity day...the second HEC class spent most of the time doing mock job interviews with each other.

Got home, left almost immediately for a thing at the engineering school in Blois...it is international week or some such thing, and tonight was kind of an anglophone night, including games (scrabble, pictionary), general conversation, and debates. Rose and I directed some debates...they had to take stances on the statements: "Politics are inavoidably corrupt" and "exit exams should be abolished." Heated, let me tell you.

Splurged and went out with Rose, Alan, and Teresa to the creperie, but it was sooo worth it. Had a mushroom-ham-cheese one, followed by a nutella one. And coffee. What goodness.

Caught up with some of the engineering students and other assistants at a nice little bar, "L'Hendrix." It's nice to talk with French students who I don't have to worry about seeing in the classroom the next day.

Rose got a letter from the CAF today telling her how much they were giving her, so that bodes well for the rest of us too! HOPEFULLY it comes soon, things are rather dire.